Foods Erin Johnson Wants to Try

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Foods I want to try

Foods this traveler wants to try.

Lanzarote Wines

Drinks

Lanzarote Wines

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.

Vibrant jelly flowers fill jelly cakes.

Sweets

3-D Jelly Cakes

These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.

An array of t'anta wawa.

Prepared Foods

T’anta Wawa

On All Souls' Day, South Americans celebrate life and death with "baby bread."

Lifting a fresh eggette from the skillet.

Sweets

Egg Waffles

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Fruits & Vegetables

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

Some blues get you down, some blues get you up.

Ingredients & Condiments

Blue-Green Algae

The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.

A butterfly pea cocktail.

Ingredients & Condiments

Butterfly Pea Flower

With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.

A close-up of the candy's fine strands and crunchy filling.

Sweets

Dragon's Beard Candy

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

Acorn jelly is often seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil, and comes topped with green onions, sesame seeds, and Korean chili flakes (gochugaru).

Prepared Foods

Acorn Jelly

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

Su filindeu doesn't cook in strands, it cooks in sheets.

Prepared Foods

Threads of God

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.