Foods owliveoyl Has Tried

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

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

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

Some fish can dance.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

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

Catholics once circumvented meatless fasts by claiming the semi-aquatic rodent was a fish.

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

With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

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

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

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

A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.

The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

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

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

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.