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Cherimoya
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Cherimoya

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
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Ramune
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Ramune

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
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Lancashire Butter Pie
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Lancashire Butter Pie

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.
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Ambergris
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Ambergris

Whale excrement once flavored ice cream.
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Castoreum
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Castoreum

Early 20th-century chefs used beaver musk to give sweets a vanilla-raspberry flavor.
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Chop Suey Sandwich
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Chop Suey Sandwich

In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.
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Kagemand
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Kagemand

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.
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Grasshopper
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Grasshopper

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.
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Nattō
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Nattō

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
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Coconut Grater Stool
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Coconut Grater Stool

You put the grater in the coconut...
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Carolina Gold
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Carolina Gold

This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.
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Ligurian Honey
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Ligurian Honey

This famous Italian honey is now produced only on an Australian island.
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Boucan
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Boucan

This grill defined a new breed of pirates.
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British Burrito
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British Burrito

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
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Adjaruli Khachapuri
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Adjaruli Khachapuri

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

These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.
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Sauna Sausage
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Sauna Sausage

In Finland, you sizzle along with your meal.
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Shahi Tukda
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Shahi Tukda

This sugar-soaked South Asian sweet isn’t your basic bread pudding.
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Cherni Vit Green Cheese
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Cherni Vit Green Cheese

A small village in Bulgaria is working to revive its nearly extinct moldy cheese.
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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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Bluff Oysters
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Bluff Oysters

The rarest oysters come from the bottom of the sea at the end of the earth.
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Swizzle Sticks
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Swizzle Sticks

These natural cocktail stirrers sprout from the Caribbean swizzlestick tree.
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Clarified Milk Punch
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Clarified Milk Punch

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.
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Kaffeost
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Kaffeost

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.
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