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marianmitt

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Maultaschen can contain a number of different fillings.

Prepared Foods

Maultaschen

Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.

A basket containing nine pounds of harvested chaga.

Gastro

Chaga Mushroom

This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.

Ridgeway Cantaloupe

Fruits & Vegetables

Ridgeway Cantaloupe

This rare, distinguished North Carolina melon once fed presidents and kings.

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.

Fruits & Vegetables

Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.

Exploding Chocolate Teacakes

Sweets

Exploding Chocolate Teacakes

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

One of these peppers could set your mouth on fire.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pimientos de Padrón

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

Real mortadella Bologna often contains pistachios.

Meats & Animal Products

Mortadella

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

A refreshing glass of tarkhun, with Korean carrots and kuksu soup.

Drinks

Tarkhuna

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

Glögg

Drinks

Glögg

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

This "selfish samovar" is about 10.5 inches tall.

Gastro

Selfish Samovar

This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.

Castagne del Prete

Sweets

Castagne del Prete

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

Kofola

Drinks

Kofola

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Charentais Melon

Fruits & Vegetables

Charentais Melon

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

Jam Roly-Poly

Sweets

Jam Roly-Poly

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

Redlove Apple

Fruits & Vegetables

Redlove Apple

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

San Marzano Tomatoes

Fruits & Vegetables

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Lanzarote Wines

Drinks

Lanzarote Wines

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.

Beer Can Chicken

Prepared Foods

Beer Can Chicken

This bird comes with a brew inside.

Irish Potato Candy

Sweets

Irish Potato Candy

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

The combination of starchy filler and meat yielded a crispy patty with a soft center.

Prepared Foods

Slugburger

No slugs were harmed in the making of this five-cent sandwich.

Calcots are longer than your average onion.

Fruits & Vegetables

Calçot

The Catalan green onion has its own festival.

A few dashes are sufficient.

Ingredients & Condiments

Maggi Seasoning

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

Are you feeling lucky?

Gastro

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Chimney Cake

Sweets

Chimney Cake

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

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