Foods fordhamtank Has Tried

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

Melaka's Kristang community makes a dish so spicy, it's known as “devil's curry.”

The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.

A desert dweller’s delight, this bread gets baked in sand.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

A pork blood stew so rich and velvety, it's known as “chocolate meat.”

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

In South Africa, women transform a tart fruit into a celebrated sour brew.

A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.

Wrap a slice of pizza around a cheesesteak to create this decadent mashup.

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.