Foods joanbugmurphy Has Tried

A crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

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

The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.

This bird comes with a brew inside.

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

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

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

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

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

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.

Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.