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Canned Bread
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Canned Bread

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
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Carta di Musica
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Carta di Musica

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.
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Piki Bread
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Piki Bread

This ultra-thin blue corn delicacy is traditionally eaten at Hopi weddings.
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Fujisan Bread
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Fujisan Bread

Worlds collide in this braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.
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Salt-Rising Bread
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Salt-Rising Bread

Bacteria that cause gangrene are the magic ingredient in this cheese-scented loaf.
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Hagelslag
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Hagelslag

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.
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Bolo Lêvedo
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Bolo Lêvedo

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.
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Bra Sausage
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Bra Sausage

A veal-based sausage that survived a royal beef ban.
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Lúcuma
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Lúcuma

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.
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Peanut Butter Fruit
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Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.
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Hackberry
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Hackberry

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.
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Cotton Candy Grapes
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Cotton Candy Grapes

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

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.
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Pashmak
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Pashmak

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.
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Miracle Berries
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Miracle Berries

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.
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Butternut Squash Sweets
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Butternut Squash Sweets

Near the exit of an old souk, a small shop has been making gourd-based goodies for generations.
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Fried Beer
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Fried Beer

A crispy creation that lets you bite into your brew.
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
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Mauby
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Mauby

Caribbean tree bark gives this drink its bittersweet flavor.
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Harenna Honey
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Harenna Honey

In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.
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Gerber Sandwich
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Gerber Sandwich

The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.
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Beach Plum Jelly
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Beach Plum Jelly

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.
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Teaberry Ice Cream
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Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.
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Pork Roll
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Pork Roll

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
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