Foods Doug Gerlach Has Tried

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

No slugs were harmed in the making of this five-cent sandwich.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.

Don't think too hard about the name.

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.

From humble meat-hybrid to Cincinnati favorite.

Arkansas' unofficial state treat doesn't contain marsupials, but it does have several sweet layers.

North Carolina's “poor man’s pâté” is rich in flavor.

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.

This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.

Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.