Foods helenthemelon25 Has Tried

Iceland's fermented, dried shark smells like urine and can taste like strong cheese.

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

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

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

Some fish can dance.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

The briny “asparagus of the sea” grows along coasts around the world.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

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

This melting-pot munchie combines fries, shawarma, melted cheese, garlic sauce, and spicy sambal.

A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.