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Hickory Syrup

Ingredients & Condiments

Hickory Syrup

A sweet regional alternative to the maple kind.

A tray of corn flake–topped casserole.

Gastro

Funeral Potatoes

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

Mexican Hamburger

Prepared Foods

Mexican Hamburger

This Denver specialty, a hybrid of Mexican and American cuisine, is peak comfort food.

Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout

Drinks

Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout

What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.

Rocky Mountain Oysters

Prepared Foods

Rocky Mountain Oysters

Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.

Cocoa powder makes convincing potato skin.

Sweets

Ice Cream Potato

In Idaho, even sundaes pay tribute to the state's beloved tuber.

A replica of the original McDonald's fries in the McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum.

Prepared Foods

The Original McDonald's French Fry

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

All hail Cel-Ray.

Drinks

Cel-Ray

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

Behold, fry sauce!

Ingredients & Condiments

Fry Sauce

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

Cornmeal johnnycakes topped with honey.

Prepared Foods

Johnnycakes

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

Cheerwine, since 1917.

Drinks

Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

Taylor ham, a vegetable omelet, and cheese on a kayser roll.

Meats & Animal Products

Pork Roll

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

The french fry fork in action.

Gastro

Nathan’s Famous French Fry Fork

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

A basket of finger steaks and fries.

Prepared Foods

Finger Steak

Idaho's fried specialty makes steak a finger food.

Spinach leaves topped with bonito flakes.

Meats & Animal Products

Bonito Flakes

Some fish can dance.

Hanging tomatoes before they're picked.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hanging Tomatoes

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

Pineapple-banana-cherry-coconut-flavored Orbitz.

Drinks

Orbitz

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

Narutomaki resembles a whirlpool.

Meats & Animal Products

Narutomaki

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

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