Foods LouKYgreen Has Tried

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.

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

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

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

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

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

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

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

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

Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.

In this Moroccan street specialty, whole-roasted lamb is cooked in underground clay pits and sold by weight.

The slow-smoked sheep is a Western Kentucky specialty.

This bacon-and-oyster omelet was a status symbol during the California Gold Rush.

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.