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Foods this traveler has tried.

Lobster mushrooms get their name from their color, which resembles the shell of a lobster.

Ingredients & Condiments

Lobster Mushroom

This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.

Chuños for sale in Paucartambo, Peru.

Ingredients & Condiments

Chuños

A key step in the Andean technique of freeze-drying potatoes is stomping on them.

A serving of chicha at the winter solstice ceremony Fiesta del Huan, celebrated at Colombia's El Museo Arqueológico de Sogamoso.

Gastro

Chicha de Jora

The Colombian government declared war on this once-ubiquitous drink.

An modern rendition of Shit on a Shingle from The Royal American in Charleston, South Carolina.

Prepared Foods

Shit on a Shingle

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

A Ramos gin fizz from Union Lodge No. 1 in Denver, Colorado.

Drinks

Ramos Gin Fizz

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 

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.

Canned, processed cheddar cheese is sold mostly in Jamaica.

Meats & Animal Products

Tastee Cheese

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.

A pile of tigernuts.

Drinks

Tigernut Milk

When soaked and blended with water, the tigernut creates a nutritious nondairy beverage.

When in Adelaide, get a pie floater.

Prepared Foods

Pie Floater

The Aussie street food meal of meat pie on a sea of peas.

A celery vase circa 1840, currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gastro

Celery Vase

Remembering a time when designated celery vases were prized centerpieces.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Ice cream beans really do taste like vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients & Condiments

Ice Cream Bean

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

Maror in three forms: a mixture of grated horseradish, beets, and sugar; endive lettuce; and horseradish root.

Gastro

Maror

The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.

Ube ice cream atop festive bowls of halo-halo.

Sweets

Halo-Halo

A sundae with a surprising mix of flavors that reflect Filipino history.

A cup of atol de elote.

Drinks

Atol de Elote

It's delicious, unless a pregnant woman or anyone in a bad mood stirs it.

A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.

Sweets

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

St. Peter's Fish with an array of condiments.

Meats & Animal Products

St. Peter's Fish

It's what you order when you're a Christian pilgrim at the Sea of Galilee.

Spicy-sour noodles plus a packet of tamarind sauce equals a delightful snack.

Sweets

Salsagheti

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

Laverbread oatcakes.

Prepared Foods

Bara Lawr

The seaweed tops toasts and enriches oatcakes in traditional Welsh breakfasts.

White BBQ Sauce

Ingredients & Condiments

White BBQ Sauce

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

Gumbo Z'herbes

Prepared Foods

Gumbo Z'herbes

To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.

Pineapple Bun

Sweets

Pineapple Bun

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

Morkovcha

Prepared Foods

Morkovcha

The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.

Lindisfarne Mead

Drinks

Lindisfarne Mead

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

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