Foods Xastazeropestic Has Tried

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

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

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

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

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

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

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

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

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

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

This widely varying dish may come with half a face, a lone floating jaw, or a chewy tongue.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

It's delicious, unless a pregnant woman or anyone in a bad mood stirs it.

Some fish can dance.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.