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A basket containing nine pounds of harvested chaga.

Gastro

Chaga Mushroom

This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.

Jjajang Myeon

Prepared Foods

Jjajang Myeon

On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.

Basi Sweet Potatoes

Sweets

Basi Sweet Potatoes

Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.

Fresh-pressed pandan leaf adds a limey glow to this refresher.

Ingredients & Condiments

Pandan Leaf Extract

This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.

Step one: Bite off opposite corners of the biscuit.

Gastro

Tim Tam Slam

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

Southern Jutland Coffee Table

Sweets

Southern Jutland Coffee Table

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

Peanut Butter & Mayonnaise Sandwich

Prepared Foods

Peanut Butter & Mayonnaise Sandwich

Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.

Poutine Râpée

Prepared Foods

Poutine Râpée

Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.

Żubrówka

Drinks

Żubrówka

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

The teardrop-shaped piece resting inside the large wheel is the Callu de Cabrettu. The larger wheel is casu marzu, which is also worth checking out.

Meats & Animal Products

Callu de Cabrettu

Sardinia may be home to the oldest style of cheese.

Stinking Bishop

Meats & Animal Products

Stinking Bishop

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

The fermented meat of a Greenland shark.

Prepared Foods

Hákarl

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

Surstromming on flatbread.

Meats & Animal Products

Surströmming

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

One of these peppers could set your mouth on fire.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pimientos de Padrón

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

The acidity and light carbonation of magkeolli pairs well with the spicy-sweet flavors of Korean cuisine.

Drinks

Makgeolli

South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.

Chicken Salt

Ingredients & Condiments

Chicken Salt

Curry powder gives this savory seasoning its golden hue.

Meet F.R.E.D.

Gastro

Field Ration Eating Device

The tool, found in Australian military ration packs, is considered handy by some and awful by others.

Bovril from the Supermarket

Ingredients & Condiments

Bovril

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

Terva Leijona

Sweets

Terva Leijona

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

Irn-Bru

Drinks

Irn-Bru

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Boylan's Birch Beer

Drinks

Birch Beer

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

Polkagris

Sweets

Polkagris

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

Riga Black Balsam

Drinks

Riga Black Balsam

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Pocari Sweat

Drinks

Pocari Sweat

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

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