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Black-eyed bean fritters (Burkina Faso)

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, perhaps best known for its funnily named capital of Ouagadougou (which at least in Finland commonly features in quizzes). It is a former colony of...

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Chimichurri, or parsley condiment (Nicaragua)

Nicaragua is an ethnically and culturally diverse country in Central America, a a former colony of Spain. It gained independence back in the 1800s, though it was occupied by the U.S. from 1912 to 1933,...

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Kutia wigilijna, or Christmas wheat pudding with poppy seed (Poland)

Poland is a large country in Central Europe, located by the Baltic Sea. It has several mountainous areas and even one of the five deserts in Europe. About 1/3 of the country is covered by forest....

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Saffron tea (Kuwait)

Kuwait is a very small Arab country located by the Persian Gulf. The earliest evidence of sailing has been found in Kuwait and for decades it was known as a center of boat construction. It used to be a...

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Le canard au tangor et à la vanille, or “duck” with clementine and vanilla...

Réunion is an island on the East coast of Africa, a bit farther away than Madagascar. It is an overseas department of France, so technically a part of France, the EU and the Eurozone. There are two...

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Jeow mak keua, or spicy eggplant dip (Laos)

Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, much less known in the West than many of its neighbours like China, Thailand and Vietnam. Its population is only about six million, very little in...

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Vegan surströmming, or fermented herring (Sweden)

Sweden is one of the largest countries in Europe, located in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. A whopping 65 % of the land area is covered by forests, which explains the low population density. There...

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Black bean, red pepper and squash casserole (Martinique)

Martinique is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean and an overseas region of France, so a part of the Eurozone and officially French-speaking, though the local Creole is also used. The...

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Halwa, or spiced candy (Somalia)

Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is sadly nowadays best known internationally for wars, refugees, pirates, famines and female circumcision. The country has a very long history, dating to the...

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Cold tofu salad (Taiwan)

The official name of Taiwan is “Republic of China”, which may be confusing as the official name of China is “People’s Republic of China”. Taiwan has been ruled by the Japanese and the Chinese and the...

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Cucumber tomato salad with sumac (Iraq)

Iraq is a large country in Middle East, with about 36 million inhabitants, most of them Muslims. Almost 10 million live in the capital of Baghdad. Iraq contains the region of Ancient Mesopotamia, often...

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Maschi, or stuffed tomatoes in tomato sauce (Sudan)

Sudan used to be the largest country in Africa and one of the largest in the world, until the southern part separated into South Sudan in 2011. There are hundreds of different ethnic groups, but most...

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Creole sauce, or ketchup-based condiment with herbs (Saint Barthélemy)

Saint Barthélemy or St. Bart(h)s for short is a small island nation on the Caribbean. “Discovered” by Columbus, for a short time St. Barts was a colony of Sweden, but this only shows in a few places,...

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Roosamanna, or whipped semolina and cranberry pudding (Estonia)

Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It only has a population of some 1.3 million people, one of the lowest in EU. Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union from World War II...

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Kugel, or sweet noodle casserole (Jewish)

Judaism has a country, kind of – there are slightly more Jews living outside of Israel than in there – but Israeli cuisine is not the same as Jewish cuisine. The latter of course has geographical...

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Puha, or spicy tamarind soft drink (Ghana)

As far as African (especially West African) countries go, Ghana is doing pretty well. It was the first African country to declare independence from European colonisation. It is one of the stablest...

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Gado gado, or steamed vegetable salad with spicy peanut sauce (Indonesia)

Indonesia is a geographically small country in Southeast Asia consisting of almost 18,000 islands, several of which only partially belong to it. Yet it has over 250 million inhabitants (nearly as many...

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Riz des Iles, or curried rice with corn and “fish” (Comoros)

Comoros is a tiny island nation on the African coast near Madagascar. It consists of four main islands and many smaller ones. One of them, Mayotte, remains an overseas department of France. The rest...

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Salata me marouli avokato kai manitaria, or mushroom avocado salad (Cyprus)

Cyprus is an island nation located on the Eastern Mediterranean sea. Its statehood has been and still remains slightly messy. It used to be a part of United Kingdom and still very small parts of it...

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Soursop drink (Jamaica)

Jamaica is an island country on the Caribbean sea, a former colony of Spain and the UK and still a part of the British Commonwealth. It is perhaps best known for reggae, rastafarianism and Bob Marley,...

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