Foods scoutboy Has Tried

This fruit either burns your throat or tastes like a tropical medley.

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.

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

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

In homestyle Portuguese restaurants known as tascas, savory stewed chicken gizzards are a flavorful favorite.

This Finnish licorice liqueur is as black as ink and as salty as seawater.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

A cake so gooey, it requires a spoon.

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

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

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

In this island town, stew gets cooked by volcano.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.