Foods wordboydan Has Tried

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

A dark soda with a dark history.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

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

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

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

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

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

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

These bottles of Okinawan rice liquor come with a coiled pit viper.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

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

Raw, steamed, or fried, these satchels of fish semen are creamy delicacies.

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

The traditional way to send a stream of wine straight to your mouth.

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.