Foods YeleFit Has Tried

The intoxicating South African fruit is beloved by humans and elephants.

Grandmas fashion this near-forgotten Passover treat from ginger and honey.

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

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

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.

Usually, the only heat that gets close to this raw pork fat is a sprinkle of pepper.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.

Savory meat jelly with a dollop of spicy mustard is a customary New Year's dish in Russia.

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

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

The Ukrainian wedding bread is so beautiful, it's displayed near the altar.

The dessert that's also a meal.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.

A bloody good candy bar.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.