Biscuits topped with salt pork milk gravy

Simple yet delicious baked beans with molasses and salt pork

Slow-cooked barbecue pork with molasses and a vinegary sauce that could be a precursor to Carolina-style barbecue sauce

Complex, delicious banana ice cream with a very fancy banana compote

Surprisingly tasty but simple cornmeal cakes fried in bacon grease

A soup that’s light on the meat, but not on the flavor. It’s hearty with an unctuous mouthfeel thanks to the bone marrow

Quite firm unsweetened tapioca pudding served with brown sugar and cream

Chicken wings tossed in a spicy, complex sauce featuring mushroom ketchup

Delicious lamb and rice dish with warm spices, currants, and pistachios

Breaded veal cutlets fried in clarified butter for wonderful crunch and rich flavor

Crunchy potato chips that really taste like potatoes and are far superior to store bought

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding

A simple but very flavorful chicken dish that is said to have been a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte

Absolutely wonderful chocolate cake that isn’t as dry as the sachertorte I had in Vienna, and the glaze isn’t as hard. It’s dense, but not unpleasantly so, very chocolatey, and the apricot adds a layer of complexity

19th century candy that isn’t vinegary at all. The harder version has a more complex flavor that is almost caramelized, and the softer version is more neutral

Make this chowder! Not as heavy as a modern chowder, it’s filled with potatoes and corn and has so much flavor. Absolutely delicious

This stew doesn’t look very appetizing and the texture of the meat is a little weird and chewy, but the flavor is actually really good, like a hearty meat stew

Delicious confectionaries that have a slight nuttiness and aren’t too sweet, with a texture akin to cookie dough

Surprisingly very good and not vinegary at all, this is more like a really gingery apple pie. Delicious on its own or with rum

Creamy, ocean-y baked oysters from 1880