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Nattō

Prepared Foods

Nattō

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

Yusheng

Prepared Foods

Yusheng

The higher you toss this fish salad, the luckier your year will be.

Texas Kolaches

Sweets

Texas Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

Candied Hawthorn

Sweets

Candied Hawthorn

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

Hot Beef Sundae

Prepared Foods

Hot Beef Sundae

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?

Steamed rice, onsen egg, soy sauce & umi budo.

Fruits & Vegetables

Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

Kamayan

Gastro

Kamayan

These epic Filipino feasts feature lavish spreads and forego utensils.

Termite Mound Ovens

Gastro

Termite Mound Ovens

Once the bugs have moved on, termite towers can be used for outdoor bread baking.

No pig pickin' is complete without a pig pickin' cake.

Sweets

Pig Pickin' Cake

The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.

A young competitor showcases a perfect toss.

Food Festivals

The Great Fruitcake Toss

Why throw old cakes away when you can launch them by hand, slingshot, or cannon?

Spruce Beer

Gastro

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

One of these peppers could set your mouth on fire.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pimientos de Padrón

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

Pumpkin Spice Jalapeño

Fruits & Vegetables

Pumpkin Spice Jalapeño

If you're expecting a fall-flavored latte, you're in for a surprise.

Gyeondyo-Bar

Sweets

Gyeondyo-Bar

South Korea's grapefruit-flavored ice cream bar promises to help your hangover.

An entry for "Lick the Plate Clean" venison.

Food Festivals

Roadkill Cook-Off

West Virginia's annual competition features the likes of squirrel gravy over biscuits and snapping turtle stew.

Monkey Buffet Festival

Gastro

Monkey Buffet Festival

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

Muratina

Drinks

Muratina

This crisp, sour Kenyan brew is made by fermenting the “sausage” fruit.

Lobster Beer

Drinks

Lobster Beer

Saison dell'Aragosta is made with tasty Maine lobster.

Watermelon Skiing

Food Festivals

Watermelon Skiing

Ever wanted to slide down a slippery tarp while wearing watermelons?

Caldo de Cardán

Prepared Foods

Caldo de Cardán

In Bolivia, this bull penis soup is considered an aphrodisiac and hangover cure.

Haggis Spice Chocolate

Sweets

Haggis Spice Chocolate

A very non-vegan dish inspired this vegan chocolate.

Frutta Martorana

Sweets

Frutta Martorana

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Steamed Piggy Buns

Sweets

Steamed Piggy Buns

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

Gastro

Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.

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