Foods ouroborosasunder Has Tried

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

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

This offal soup is a classic Greek hangover cure.

On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

The secret to this sandwich is the cow’s fourth stomach.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

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

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.