Foods platyjule Has Tried

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

Shrubs have been used to preserve fruit for hundreds of years.

Drinks

Shrub

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

Savory Jell-O salads are also called aspics.

Prepared Foods

Jell-O Salad

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

The making of a Fluffernutter.

Prepared Foods

The Fluffernutter

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

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.

Takoyaki

Prepared Foods

Takoyaki

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

In-shell littleneck clams accentuate this clam pie.

Prepared Foods

Clam Apizza

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.

Sweet paan sans areca nut.

Prepared Foods

Paan

This chewable Indian digestive soothes stomachs, freshens breath, and might give you cancer.

Mock mushrooms are often added to yule log cakes, made of either meringue or marzipan.

Sweets

Yule Log Cake

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

Rolling ready strips of sugar on snow onto popsicle sticks.

Sweets

Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

Cinnamon cream cheese–filled King Cake.

Sweets

King Cake

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Boylan's Birch Beer

Drinks

Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.