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Trappist Mango Treats
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Trappist Mango Treats

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
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Mannish Water
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Mannish Water

Jamaica's spicy goat soup is also an aphrodisiac.
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Conkies
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Conkies

It's not Bajan Independence Day without banana leaf–wrapped corn cakes.
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Swizzle Sticks
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Swizzle Sticks

These natural cocktail stirrers sprout from the Caribbean swizzlestick tree.
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Clairin
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Clairin

Small Haitian distilleries are producing some of the purest rum in the world.
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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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Fish House Punch
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Fish House Punch

This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.
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Chatham Artillery Punch
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Chatham Artillery Punch

"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."
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Breadfruit Salad
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Breadfruit Salad

This tropical fruit once sparked a famous mutiny and now serves as a starch alternative in potato salad.
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Stinking Toe Fruit
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Stinking Toe Fruit

If you can get past the foot odor, its pulp is great in smoothies.
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Chocolate Tea
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Chocolate Tea

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.
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Khantsi
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Khantsi

Grab life by the Georgian wine horn.
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Jamaican Irish Moss Drink
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Jamaican Irish Moss Drink

Drinking algae has never been sexier.
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Pizza Berlusconi
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Pizza Berlusconi

The award-winning Finnish creation was inspired by a diss from Italy's former prime minister.
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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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Gym Shoe Sandwich
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Gym Shoe Sandwich

The South Side favorite is a cross between a meat-lover's sub and a gyro.
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Pan de Pulque
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Pan de Pulque

This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.
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Mexican Hamburger
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Mexican Hamburger

This Denver specialty, a hybrid of Mexican and American cuisine, is peak comfort food.
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The Slopper
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The Slopper

It's part cheeseburger, part enchilada, and smothered in a Pueblo, Colorado, specialty.
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Funeral Potatoes
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Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.
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Ice Cream Potato
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Ice Cream Potato

In Idaho, even sundaes pay tribute to the state's beloved tuber.
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The Great Fruitcake Toss
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The Great Fruitcake Toss

Why throw old cakes away when you can launch them by hand, slingshot, or cannon?
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Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout
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Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout

What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.
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