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Buttered Eggs
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Buttered Eggs

When eggs hot out of the chicken meet butter, magic happens.
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Carrageen Moss Pudding
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Carrageen Moss Pudding

This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.
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Colcannon
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Colcannon

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
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Mir Space Station Dining Table
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Mir Space Station Dining Table

Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.
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Selfish Samovar
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Selfish Samovar

This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.
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Staraya Russa Salt
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Staraya Russa Salt

Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.
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Podstakannik
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Podstakannik

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
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Araga
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Araga

Traditional Tuvan booze is made from milk and distilled in a hollowed-out tree trunk.
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Maslenitsa
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Maslenitsa

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

A bloody good candy bar.
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Kulebyaka
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Kulebyaka

The decadent, overloaded Russian pie once contained sturgeon spinal cord.
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Zhavoronki
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Zhavoronki

These lark-shaped buns herald spring.
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Chaga Mushroom
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Chaga Mushroom

This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
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Anthill Cake
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Anthill Cake

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.
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Kissel
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Kissel

The dessert that's also a meal.
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Vologda Butter
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Vologda Butter

This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian.
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Russian Napoleon Cake
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Russian Napoleon Cake

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.
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Kartoshka
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Kartoshka

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

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.
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Pine Cone Preserves
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Pine Cone Preserves

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.
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Kumis
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Kumis

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.
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Simit-Pogacha
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Simit-Pogacha

A carb-lover's dream, this sandwich gets stuffed with flaky pie crust.
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Țuică
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Țuică

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
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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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