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Melpha

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

I live in a home where the motto is "we've driven farther for stupider". That pretty much covers it!

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Foods this traveler has tried.

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.

Rows on rows of Autocrat, a coffee syrup made by a top producer of the stuff.

Drinks

Coffee Milk

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

A homemade version made in a can and steamed in a crock pot.

Prepared Foods

Canned Bread

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.

Clarified milk punch made from Hennessy, plum liqueur, hazelnut liqueur, sherry, orgeat, lemon, orange, poppy, cinnamon, vanilla, and coffee.

Drinks

Clarified Milk Punch

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.

Cinnamon cream cheese–filled King Cake.

Sweets

King Cake

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

With an extra splash of seltzer.

Drinks

Egg Cream

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Poke Cake

Sweets

Poke Cake

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

Nanaimo Bar

Sweets

Nanaimo Bar

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

Potato Doughnuts

Sweets

Potato Doughnuts

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

Boston Baked Beans

Sweets

Boston Baked Beans

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

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Cotton Candy Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

Steam Beer

Drinks

Steam Beer

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

Maple Creemee

Sweets

Maple Creemee

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

Dill Pickle Pizza

Prepared Foods

Dill Pickle Pizza

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Watergate Salad

Sweets

Watergate Salad

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

Sponge Candy

Sweets

Sponge Candy

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

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