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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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Maslenitsa
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Maslenitsa

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

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.
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Salo
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Salo

Usually, the only heat that gets close to this raw pork fat is a sprinkle of pepper.
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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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Buckfast
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The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.
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Hverabrauð
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Hverabrauð

Iceland's thick, chewy "hot spring bread" is just like regular rye bread, with one big difference.
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Dondurma
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Dondurma

A rare orchid ingredient makes this ice cream stretchy and chewy.
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Herring Under a Fur Coat
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Herring Under a Fur Coat

The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.
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Kholodets
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Kholodets

Savory meat jelly with a dollop of spicy mustard is a customary New Year's dish in Russia.
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Pudding of Noah
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Pudding of Noah

The first thing eaten off the Ark.
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Mortadella
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Mortadella

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
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Kulebyaka
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Kulebyaka

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

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
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jwalker Added by jwalker
Qvevri
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Qvevri

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.
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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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Irn-Bru
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Irn-Bru

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
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Unicum
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Unicum

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
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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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Susie Armitage Added by Susie Armitage
Turkish Coffee
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Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
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T'tu Lavash
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T'tu Lavash

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.
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Rakija
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Rakija

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
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Țuică
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Țuică

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
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Tula Pryanik
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Tula Pryanik

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.
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