Bat Paste

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Bat Paste, boiling milk, boiling water, China, chopped, delicacy, Food, fox bats, fruit bats, Guam, live, mouse bats, Thai herbs and spices, Thailand

Bat Paste (Thailand)

In Thailand (and parts of China and Guam) they drop live mouse, fruit or fox bats into a pot of boiling water or milk. When the bat is roasted to its desired “doneness,” the bat is chopped and made into a paste with Thai herbs and spices.

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Boodog

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Boodog, cooked in its skin, Food, goat, hot stones, marmot, Mongolia, stomach

Boodog (Mongolia)

Boodog is a marmot or a goat cooked with hot stones in the stomach. Khorkhog also uses hot stones to cook the meat, but it cuts the meat into pieces. Boodog does not; the stones are fitted into the stomach of the animal so that the meat is cooked within its own skin.

Instructions on how are online.

Life Saver Holes

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candy, children, chunky, custom creations, donut, doughnut holes, fatter, Food, Kraft, Life Saver Holes, packaging recall, Pixar, Tic Tac, vibrant

Life Saver Holes (Kraft Foods, 1990)

Who doesn’t love eating the holes from doughnuts? Life Savers tried to copy the idea and make some more cash on the side.

They weren’t actually the middles of Life Savers candies, they were custom creations to resemble middles. The flavors of the middles were often the same, but described as more “vibrant.” Many of the commercials for Life Saver Holes were created by Pixar, yes, the geniuses behind some of Disney’s best modern day children’s films. (This was before Pixar had a hit with Toy Story when they had the time to take on outside projects before becoming a Disney machine.) The ads presented the middles as “the children” of a regular Life Saver and the “kids” were a bundle of energy! Life Saver Holes may look like a Tic Tac, but they are fatter and chunkier. Kids were head over heels in love.

No one knows quite why or when Life Saver Holes died out. The only information I can find is a packaging recall, but that shouldn’t have killed a product completely.

Mageu

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commercially available, fermented, flavored, Food, home production, lactic acid, Mageu, mealie pap, non-alcoholic, South Africa, sweetened

Mageu (South Africa)

Mageu is a non-alcoholic drink of South Africa made from fermented mealie pap. Home production is widely practised but is increasingly being made commercially available at many supermarkets produced from local factories. The taste is derived predominantly from the lactic acid produced during fermentation. Commercial Mageu is also often flavored and sweetened much like commercially available yogurt. Similar beverages are also made throughout Africa.

Banitsa

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Banitsa, boza, breakfast, Bulgaria, Food, pastry, white cheese

Banitsa (Bulgaria)

Banitsa in any form is part of a traditional Bulgarian breakfast. Banitsa is a greasy pastry dish that can be purchased in all Bulgarian bakeries. Its standard filling is a feta-like white cheese. Other fillings include onions, cabbage, spinach, mushrooms or pumpkin. Sweeter versions are filled with apples or walnuts. Bulgarians combine banitsa with boza, a thick fermented wheat drink.

Taco Bell’s Bell Beefer

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90s, Bell Beefer, Food, Sloppy Joe, Taco Bell, think outside the bun

Taco Bell’s Bell Beefer (1960s)

One of Taco Bell’s original (1962) menu items was the Bell Beefer, their version of a Sloppy Joe. Instead of a burger patty, Taco Bell used ground beef, lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese. The Bell Beefer disappeared in the 90s when the chain asked consumers to “think outside the bun.”

A Food Combination to Try: Chocolate Milk and Salt

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Chocolate Milk and Salt, combinations, enhance flavor, Food, hot chocolate, salted whipped cream

Food Combination to Try: Chocolate Milk and Salt

Next time you want to a refreshing glass of chocolate milk, add in a sprinkle of salt. Sounds gross, sure, but, the salt will enhance the flavor of the chocolate. You’ll know exactly when you’ve added the right amount because it will taste like heaven in your mouth. (Too much or too little salt will also be obvious very quickly.) For the gourmet lover, whip up some hot chocolate with salted whipped cream and experience the deliciousness of both hot and cold chocolate and salt together.

Salzburger Nockerl

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Austria, dessert, dumplings, Food, hillsides, peaks, Salzburger Nockerl, souffle

Salzburger Nockerl (Austria)

Salzburger Nockerl (known as Solzburga Noggal in Austria) are a sweet souffle served as a dessert, though is so filling it can double as a main course. The dish is a culinary specialty in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Salzburger Nockerl are essentially dumplings made of egg yolk, flour, sugar and vanilla mixed together to create a thin dough. Egg whites are whisked until stiff and folded carefully into the dough. The dumplings (nocken) are formed and baked on low heat in an oven. Salzburger Nockerl are always served fresh and warm with powdered sugar and may sometimes include raspberry sauce. The dish was designed to represent the hillsides surrounding the city; the powdered sugar representing the snow-covered peaks.

Long John Silver’s Peg Legs

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1970s, 1980s, battered, Chicken Planks, crunchier, drumsticks, fish batter, Food, fried, lighter, Long John Silver's, Peg Legs

Long John Silver’s Peg Legs (1970s and 1980s)

In the 1970s and 1980s, Long John Silver had a menu item called Peg Legs. This was chicken drumsticks that were battered and fried served with fries and tiny morsels of fried batter. The batter that covered the chicken was the same batter the chain used on their fish. This delicious batter caused the chicken to be lighter and crunchier than other fast food chains and, as a result and not surprisingly, developed quite a following. The menu item didn’t last and the closest you can get, their Chicken Planks (chicken tenders) do not compare.

Whataburger Steak Fajitas

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2000s, chicken fajitas tacos, Food, Steak Fajitas, Whataburger

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Whataburger Steak Fajitas (early 2000s)

In the early 2000s, the Whataburger restaurant chain added steak fajitas to their menu. Despite having a devoted fan base, they soon disappeared. Though Whataburger is obviously known more for their burgers, they do serve other foods. Case in point, the closer you can come to your beloved steak fajitas is Whataburger’s Chicken Fajita Tacos.