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Modern versions of Liverpool scouse often include carrots, as well.

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Scouse

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.

Żubrówka

Drinks

Żubrówka

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

An array of Buckfast.

Drinks

Buckfast

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.

Sweets

Yule Log Cake

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

Henderson's Relish

Ingredients & Condiments

Henderson's Relish

Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.

A pot of boiled nettles means savory greens and earthy tea.

Fruits & Vegetables

Stinging Nettles

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

Irn-Bru

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Irn-Bru

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

Vimto

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Vimto

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

Dorset Knobs

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Dorset Knobs

Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.

Classic and chocolate-covered Kendal Mint Cakes.

Sweets

Kendal Mint Cake

The original energy bar.

Scrumpy

Drinks

Scrumpy

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

Lancashire Hotpot

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Lancashire Hotpot

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

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.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Fruits & Vegetables

Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

Jam Roly-Poly

Sweets

Jam Roly-Poly

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

This British treat is named after the original Dutch settlers in Manhattan, called Knickerbockers.

Sweets

Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Revolution Mess at Vodka Revolution

Sweets

Eton Mess

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Soused herring eaten "the Dutch way"

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Dutch Soused Herring

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

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