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Superman Ice Cream
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Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
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Peanut Butter Dumplings
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Peanut Butter Dumplings

A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.
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Chicken Barb
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Chicken Barb

This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.
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Nokia Kuuma Koira
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Nokia Kuuma Koira

A Finnish city specializes in sausages housed in sugar-dusted doughnuts.
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Jam Roly-Poly
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Jam Roly-Poly

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
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Mojama
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Mojama

Spain's salt-cured tuna is known as “the ham of the sea.”
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Blue Wine
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Blue Wine

Recently introduced to France, it's the color of pool water.
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Strawberry Tree Fruit
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Strawberry Tree Fruit

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
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Cemetery Cider
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Cemetery Cider

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.
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Cemetery Wine
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Cemetery Wine

Bishop's Vineyard makes its products from grapes grown in California graveyards.
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Japanese Navy Curry
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Japanese Navy Curry

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.
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Buckfast
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Buckfast

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.
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Blaa Bread
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Blaa Bread

This adaption of French refugee bread is now a protected Irish specialty.
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Barmbrack
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Barmbrack

The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.
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Buttered Eggs
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Buttered Eggs

When eggs hot out of the chicken meet butter, magic happens.
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