On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

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

The original energy bar.

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

A double-ended British pastry that's both main course and dessert.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

The Aussie street food meal of meat pie on a sea of peas.

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

Nothing to see here, just a humble pie sandwich.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.