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Foods this traveler has tried.

The grains of corn have been compared to gems or even jelly beans.

Fruits & Vegetables

Glass Gem Corn

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

Molcajete

Gastro

Molcajete

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

Cotton Candy Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

Two participants in the children's event at the Easter on the Red River Festival.

Gastro

Louisiana Egg Knocking

In small towns across the state, an Easter tradition becomes a competitive sport.

Boiled Green Peanuts

Prepared Foods

Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

With an extra splash of seltzer.

Drinks

Egg Cream

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Even spice giant McCormick is in on the steak spice game.

Ingredients & Condiments

Montreal Steak Spice

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

White BBQ Sauce

Ingredients & Condiments

White BBQ Sauce

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

Fireweed Jelly

Ingredients & Condiments

Fireweed Jelly

Alaska's wildflowers produce this vibrant jelly.

Berger cookies on Berger cookies.

Sweets

Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

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.

Poke Cake

Sweets

Poke Cake

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

Gooey Butter Cake

Sweets

Gooey Butter Cake

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

A popular Oaxacan flavor combination is prickly pear and burnt cream.

Sweets

Prickly Pear Sorbet

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Boston Baked Beans

Sweets

Boston Baked Beans

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Beaver Tails

Sweets

Beaver Tails

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

Texas Kolaches

Sweets

Texas Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

Maple Creemee

Sweets

Maple Creemee

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

Kentucky Beer Cheese

Ingredients & Condiments

Kentucky Beer Cheese

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

Cincinnati Chili

Prepared Foods

Cincinnati Chili

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

Broasted Chicken

Prepared Foods

Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Taylor ham, a vegetable omelet, and cheese on a kayser roll.

Meats & Animal Products

Pork Roll

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."

Rauchbier

Drinks

Rauchbier

Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.

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