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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.

A sausage is cheaper than getting fined for not voting.

Prepared Foods

Democracy Sausage

Come to vote, leave with a sausage.

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.

Ready to play goon of fortune.

Gastro

Goon Sack

The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.

Pawpaw is served.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

A few dashes are sufficient.

Ingredients & Condiments

Maggi Seasoning

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.

Gastro

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.

If you've been good, you can have a chocolate fish.

Sweets

Chocolate Fish

The sweet Kiwi treat that represents a token reward.

A collector's set of ice cream forks.

Gastro

Ice Cream Fork

A relic from the era of highly specialized cutlery.

Classic and chocolate-covered Kendal Mint Cakes.

Sweets

Kendal Mint Cake

The original energy bar.

Do you want some hundreds-and-thousands on your bread?

Sweets

Fairy Bread

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.

Step one: Bite off opposite corners of the biscuit.

Gastro

Tim Tam Slam

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

Leatherwood honey isn't extremely sweet, but it is a bit spicy.

Ingredients & Condiments

Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey

Bees get a lift from helicopters in order to produce this spicy honey.

A Grasshopper ice cream cocktail.

Drinks

Grasshopper

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

Musk sticks have been likened to "the smell of old ladies at the bus stop ... ”

Sweets

Musk Sticks

This classic Australian candy looks like pink toothpaste and tastes like perfume.

Spit cake in progress.

Sweets

Lithuanian Spit Cake

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

An array of Buckfast.

Drinks

Buckfast

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

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