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Cou Cou and Flying Fish
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Cou Cou and Flying Fish

When half of Barbados’s national dish migrated across maritime borders, drama ensued.
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Lemon Stick
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Lemon Stick

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.
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Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale
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Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.
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Kohuke
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Kohuke

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
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Drob de Miel
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Drob de Miel

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.
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Christmas Cake and Cheese
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Christmas Cake and Cheese

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.
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Christmas Risengrød
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Christmas Risengrød

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
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Lampreia de Ovos
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Lampreia de Ovos

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.
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Peppermint Pig
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Peppermint Pig

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.
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Bakewell Pudding
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Bakewell Pudding

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.
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Kofola
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Kofola

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.
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Hriatô
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Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
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Uierboord
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Uierboord

Cow udder is enjoying a resurgence as a sandwich filler in Rotterdam.
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What the Fluff? Festival
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What the Fluff? Festival

The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.
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Loganberry Drink
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Loganberry Drink

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.
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Jjajang Myeon
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Jjajang Myeon

On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.
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Trail Bologna
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Trail Bologna

Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.
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Pitos e Ganchas
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Pitos e Ganchas

This gendered sweet swap practically oozes sexual innuendos.
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Mint Milk
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Mint Milk

Every March, Central New York shelves are stocked with glass bottles of green dairy.
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Fried Onion Burgers
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Fried Onion Burgers

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.
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Jam Roly-Poly
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Jam Roly-Poly

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

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
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Guberburger
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Guberburger

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.
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Apple Cheese
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Apple Cheese

This sliceable sweet treat is actually dairy-free.
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