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Mish
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Mish

This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.
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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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Louisiana Russian Cake
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Louisiana Russian Cake

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.
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Baba de Camelo
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Baba de Camelo

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.
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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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Pigeon Pastilla
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Pigeon Pastilla

This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.
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Tanjia
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Tanjia

This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.
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Falooda
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Falooda

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
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Frog Eye Salad
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Frog Eye Salad

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.
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Muttamala and Kinnathappam
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Muttamala and Kinnathappam

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.
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Wagashi
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Wagashi

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
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Buchteln
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Buchteln

These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.
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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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Biscuits Roses de Reims
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Biscuits Roses de Reims

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.
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Prickly Pear Liqueur
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Prickly Pear Liqueur

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
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Black Peas
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Black Peas

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.
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Pączki
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Pączki

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
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Hoppin' John
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Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
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Khapse
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Khapse

On Tibetan New Year, deep-fried cookies take the form of auspicious symbols and festive snacks.
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Pequi
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Pequi

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.
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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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Ingberlach
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Ingberlach

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

Say “roll eggs” super fast in Uganda and you'll receive something far tastier than a luxury watch.
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