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Oscypek
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Oscypek

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.
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Black Garlic
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Black Garlic

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
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Mustard Oil
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Mustard Oil

Essential to South Asian cuisine, the flavoring is illegal in some countries.
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Pork Floss
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Pork Floss

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
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Kurt
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Kurt

These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
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Pongala
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Pongala

This annual offering involves four million women, one goddess, and incredible quantities of rice pudding.
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Feeding Crows for the Shradh
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Feeding Crows for the Shradh

In this Hindu ritual, families feed crows who represent deceased relatives.
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Roti Sai Mai
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Roti Sai Mai

No visit to the ruins of Ayutthaya is complete without this candy floss crepe.
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Eight Treasure Rice Pudding
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Eight Treasure Rice Pudding

The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.
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Agra ka Petha
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Agra ka Petha

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.
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Nimish
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Nimish

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.
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Durian
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Durian

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
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