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Rare Foods

6 Fruits With Surprising Flavors

Why settle for a banana when you could be tasting lemon meringue pie?

The Gastro Obscura Team February 1, 2018

Red Ant Chutney

Indian harvesters endure painful bites to make an intensely spicy paste.

Olosapo

In Central America, custard grows on trees.

Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.

The Forgotten Fruit That Looks Like an Anus

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.

Anne Ewbank January 16, 2018

Bird's Nest Soup

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

Palolo

To catch these coral-dwelling, caviar-flavored sea worms, you must wade into their annual mating ritual.

Pule

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Balkan donkey milk.

Whitebait Fritters

It's fishy how close to an omelette this is.

Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey

Bees get a lift from helicopters in order to produce this spicy honey.

Kumbakonam Degree Coffee

The key to this coffee is fresh milk—preferably straight from the cow.

Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

Casu Marzu

The Sardinian cheese that wriggles with maggots.

Square Watermelons

They grow in boxes and can cost more than $100.