Foods Jeremy Krantz Has Tried

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.

This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Even a local sports team pays homage to these white-crusted, savory spuds.

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

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.

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

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

There's even a museum dedicated to this preserved meat.