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Burgoo
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Burgoo

It’s only fitting that a racehorse named after this Kentucky stew won the state’s signature Derby.
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Raicilla
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Raicilla

Meet tequila's fruity, fragrant relative.
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Broasted Chicken
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Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.
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Prairie Oyster Cocktail
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Prairie Oyster Cocktail

The hangover cure gets its oyster-like texture from a raw egg.
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Ginjinha
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Ginjinha

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.
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Beer Can Chicken
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Beer Can Chicken

This bird comes with a brew inside.
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Pani câ Mèusa
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Pani câ Mèusa

You can enjoy this Sicilian spleen sandwich “single” or “married.”
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Zelnik
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Zelnik

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.
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Patsas
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Patsas

This offal soup is a classic Greek hangover cure.
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Roadkill Cook-Off
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Roadkill Cook-Off

West Virginia's annual competition features the likes of squirrel gravy over biscuits and snapping turtle stew.
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Drop Shot
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Drop Shot

With this Dutch liqueur, you can now drink licorice.
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Almojábano
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Almojábano

The most venerated cheese curl in the world. 
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Țuică
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Țuică

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
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Moon Mist
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Moon Mist

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.
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Scrapple
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Scrapple

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
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Mellow Corn Whiskey
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Mellow Corn Whiskey

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.
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Tetilla
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Tetilla

The Galician cheese named for a nipple and brought to you by “blonde” cows.
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Lorighittas
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Lorighittas

Making a pound of this pretty pasta can take an entire day.
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Hot Beef Sundae
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Hot Beef Sundae

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?
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Beef Dripping
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Beef Dripping

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
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Ají Negro
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Ají Negro

To make this hot sauce, first remove the poison.
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Réveillon Dinner
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Réveillon Dinner

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.
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Kama
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Kama

The thrifty Estonian grain mix makes creamy drinks and candy bars.
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Molcajete
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Molcajete

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
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