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johncterryc

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Live in San Diego, California. Love to travel and learn new things about the world that we live in.

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

Kava

Sweets

Kava

The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.

Sweet on the inside, floss on the outside.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

Snake skin outside, tart pulp inside.

Fruits & Vegetables

Snakefruit

Beneath its serpent-like skin lies pineapple-flavored flesh.

Sugarloaf Pineapple

Fruits & Vegetables

Sugarloaf Pineapple

Devour this rare variety without fear of post-pineapple mouth irritation.

Beans drying at Kona Premium Coffee Company.

Drinks

Pure Kona Coffee

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.

Pacific Razor Clams

Meats & Animal Products

Pacific Razor Clams

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.

Gooseneck barnacles are called "percebes" in Spanish.

Meats & Animal Products

Gooseneck Barnacles

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.

Geoduck

Meats & Animal Products

Geoduck

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

A few dashes are sufficient.

Ingredients & Condiments

Maggi Seasoning

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

Malasadas

Sweets

Malasadas

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

Biscuits With Mice

Sweets

Biscuits With Mice

After the birth of a child, Dutch families celebrate with a sweet and colorful treat.

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