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Peanut Butter Fruit
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Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.
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City Chicken
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City Chicken

The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.
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Stinging Nettles
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Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
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Medlars
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Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
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Exploding Chocolate Teacakes
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Exploding Chocolate Teacakes

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.
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Stinking Bishop
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Stinking Bishop

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.
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Chicken of the Woods
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Chicken of the Woods

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
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Tête de Moine
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Tête de Moine

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.
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Çiğ Köfte
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Çiğ Köfte

Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.
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Gibnut
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Gibnut

A “royal rat” that's fit for a queen.
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Zelnik
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Zelnik

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.
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Entierro de la Sardina
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Entierro de la Sardina

Murcians celebrate the end of Lenten fasting by burning a giant papier-mâché sardine.
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Persimmon Pudding
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Persimmon Pudding

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.
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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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Carrageen Moss Pudding
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Carrageen Moss Pudding

This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.
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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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Tocinillo de Cielo
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Tocinillo de Cielo

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.
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Collard Sandwich
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Collard Sandwich

Greens and crispy corn bread combine in this North Carolina specialty.
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Poke Cake
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Poke Cake

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
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Tonka Beans
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Tonka Beans

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.
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Sea Grapes
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Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.
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Basashi
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Basashi

The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”
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Oaxacan Mole Blanco
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Oaxacan Mole Blanco

The fairest and rarest of them all.
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Kouign-Amann
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Kouign-Amann

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
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