Foods Usedtobeferal Has Tried

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

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

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.

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

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

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

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

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.