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Boiled Green Peanuts

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Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Green River Soda

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Green River Soda

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Cornish Pasty

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Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Pączki

Sweets

Pączki

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

Irn-Bru

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Irn-Bru

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Brunost

Meats & Animal Products

Brunost

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

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Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Peameal Bacon

Meats & Animal Products

Peameal Bacon

The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.

Necco Wafers

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Necco Wafers

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

Chislic

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Chislic

A circle of South Dakota towns specializes in these fried meat cubes.

A cudighi sandwich from Lawry's Pasty Shop.

Prepared Foods

Cudighi

Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.

Cans of Moxie, likened to "root beer on steroids."

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Moxie

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Cheerwine, since 1917.

Drinks

Cheerwine

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

A Grasshopper ice cream cocktail.

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Grasshopper

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

Coffee Crisp

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Coffee Crisp

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

 Vernors Ginger Soda

Drinks

Vernors Ginger Soda

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

Double scooperman.

Sweets

Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

Ketchup Chips

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Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Broasted Chicken

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Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Blue Moon Ice Cream

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Blue Moon Ice Cream

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

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