Foods nmmontague Has Tried

This bird comes with a brew inside.

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

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

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

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

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

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

The ocean-scented brew pays homage to an old Scottish style.

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

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

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

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

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.