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Kapeshuna Beans

Ingredients & Condiments

Kapeshuna Beans

In the desert of La Guajira, Colombia, locally grown cowpeas hold spiritual meaning for the Wayúu tribe.

Pumpkin Spice Jalapeño

Fruits & Vegetables

Pumpkin Spice Jalapeño

If you're expecting a fall-flavored latte, you're in for a surprise.

Pink Pearl Apple

Fruits & Vegetables

Pink Pearl Apple

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.

Geoduck

Meats & Animal Products

Geoduck

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

Cream Pull Candy

Sweets

Cream Pull Candy

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

Get your thrills with rosewater gum.

Sweets

Thrills Gum

Everyone says this vintage chewing gum tastes like soap, including the company.

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.

Pawpaw is served.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

Budae jjigae often includes Korean rice cakes, called garae-tteok.

Prepared Foods

Budae Jjigae

All is fare in the Korean War.

The many "shelves" of Laetiporus sulphureus.

Ingredients & Condiments

Chicken of the Woods

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.

Scrumpy

Drinks

Scrumpy

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

The grains of corn have been compared to gems or even jelly beans.

Fruits & Vegetables

Glass Gem Corn

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

A pot of boiled nettles means savory greens and earthy tea.

Fruits & Vegetables

Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

She has proper form, but will her haggis survive the fall?

Gastro

Haggis Hurling

One of Scotland’s quirkier sports involves tossing stuffed sheep stomachs.

Pythagorean Cup

Gastro

Pythagorean Cup

A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.

Chimney Cake

Sweets

Chimney Cake

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

Chicken Bones

Sweets

Chicken Bones

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

Sweet on the inside, floss on the outside.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

As the scales fall away, a delicious corn-looking fruit appears beneath.

Fruits & Vegetables

Monstera Deliciosa

This fruit either burns your throat or tastes like a tropical medley.

Hanging tomatoes before they're picked.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hanging Tomatoes

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

Rich, creamy black sapote.

Fruits & Vegetables

Chocolate Pudding Fruit

This fruit can also count as dessert.

The ackee's yellow portion is edible, but the black seeds are toxic.

Fruits & Vegetables

Ackee

Jamaica's national fruit is poisonous and resembles scrambled eggs.

Fingered citrons symbolize luck, long life, and happiness.

Fruits & Vegetables

Buddha's Hand

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

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.

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