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Kohuke
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Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
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Puto Bumbong
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During Christmastime in the Philippines, purple reigns with this colorful sticky rice snack.
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Christmas Risengrød
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Christmas Risengrød

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
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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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Hriatô
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Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
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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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Falooda
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Falooda

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

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Buffalo Ribs
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Buffalo Ribs

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.
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Širvenos
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Širvenos

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
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Guberburger
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Guberburger

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.
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Madfouna
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Madfouna

This Saharan sand-baked fare is nicknamed “Berber pizza.”
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Maple Hurricane Sauce
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Maple Hurricane Sauce

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.
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Persimmon Beer
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Persimmon Beer

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.
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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake
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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake

This brandy-spiked recipe reveals the reclusive poet was actually a well-known baker.
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Møsbrømlefse
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Møsbrømlefse

This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.
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Super Punch
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Super Punch

An obscure Italian amaro became the pride of Pittsburgh.
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Riga Black Balsam
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Riga Black Balsam

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
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New Jersey Sloppy Joe
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New Jersey Sloppy Joe

It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.
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Quoit Club Punch
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Quoit Club Punch

Drinkers downed this serious cocktail while hurling heavy rings at posts in the 18th century.
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Volkswagen Originalteil
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Volkswagen Originalteil

The German auto maker’s “part no. 199 398 500 A” was a pack of sausages.
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Cudighi
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Cudighi

Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.
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Jersey Black Butter
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Jersey Black Butter

Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.
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