Prepared Foods
Boiled Green Peanuts
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Meats & Animal Products
This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Meats & Animal Products
The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
A circle of South Dakota towns specializes in these fried meat cubes.
Prepared Foods
Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Drinks
This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Prepared Foods
This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.
Sweets
This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.