Foods GeeOJulie Has Tried

The casserole with a person's name.

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

This bird comes with a brew inside.

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

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

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."