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Parmigiano-Reggiano

Parmigiano-Reggiano is an Italian PDO hard cheese produced in Emilia-Romagna since at least the 13th century, aged a min...

Italian Pdo Aged Cheese

9.2 Excellent

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Geuze

Geuze is a traditional Belgian beer created by blending young and old spontaneously fermented lambic ales. The mixture u...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Effervescent

9.2 Excellent

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Sake

Sake is a Japanese rice wine fermented using Aspergillus oryzae mold in a process called multiple parallel fermentation,...

Traditional Japanese Rice Wine Beverage

9.1 Excellent

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Katsuobushi

Katsuobushi is a traditional Japanese food product made from skipjack tuna, specifically *Katsuwonus pelamis*, which is...

Japanese Umami Fish Dashi

9.1 Excellent

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Kriek Lambic

Kriek Lambic is a traditional Belgian beer style produced by steeping sour Morello cherries in spontaneously fermented l...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Fruit

9.1 Excellent

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Nuoc mam

Nước mắm is a pungent, amber-colored fermented fish sauce widely used as a core ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine. It is...

Fermented Fish Vietnamese Umami Condiment

9.0 Excellent

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Lambic Beer

Lambic is a traditional Belgian beer produced by spontaneous fermentation, in which cooled wort is exposed to wild micro...

Traditional Belgian Sour Spontaneous Fermentation

9.0 Excellent

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Sherry Vinegar

Sherry vinegar is a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of Andalusia, Spain, where its production is prote...

Spanish Aged Condiment Andalusia

8.9 Great

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Stilton

Stilton is a protected designation of origin British blue cheese produced only in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottin...

Pdo British Aged Cheese

8.8 Great

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Coppa

Coppa is a traditional Italian cured meat made from the muscle running from the neck to the fifth rib of pork shoulder....

Italian Aged Charcuterie Fermented Cured Meat

8.8 Great

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Pu-erh Tea

Pu-erh is a uniquely fermented, aged dark tea originating from Yunnan province in southwestern China. It is distinguishe...

Aged Chinese Earthy Fermented Tea

8.7 Great

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Mojama

Mojama is a traditional Spanish delicacy consisting of salt-cured tuna loin, primarily produced in the coastal regions o...

Spanish Traditional Mediterranean Fish

8.0 Great

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Jeotgal

Jeotgal is a broad category of Korean salted and fermented seafood condiments made from various marine ingredients such...

Korean Traditional Condiment Fish

7.9 Good

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Padaek

Padaek is a potent fermented fish paste central to Lao cuisine and the broader culinary traditions of the Isan region in...

Traditional Fish Lao Pungent

7.6 Good

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Prahok

Prahok is a foundational ingredient in Cambodian cuisine, consisting of a pungent fermented fish paste typically made fr...

Traditional Cambodian Fish Pungent

7.5 Good

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Hongeohoe

A Korean fermented skate (Raja kenojei) specialty of Jeolla Province, notable for an extreme ammonia odor developed duri...

Korean Traditional Fish Pungent

5.9 Mediocre

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Fesikh

Fesikh is a traditional Egyptian preparation of salted, fermented grey mullet that is usually dried before serving. It i...

Traditional Egyptian Fish Pungent

5.8 Mediocre

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Hákarl

Hákarl is a traditional Icelandic preparation of Greenland shark, most commonly identified as Somniosus microcephalus. T...

Traditional Icelandic Fish Pungent

5.7 Mediocre

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Surströmming

Surströmming is Swedish fermented Baltic herring, traditionally prepared by allowing salted fish to undergo fermentation...

Traditional Swedish Fish Pungent

5.4 Mediocre

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Kiviak

Kiviak is a traditional Greenlandic Inuit fermented food prepared by placing little auks inside the skin of a seal carca...

Traditional Fish Greenlandic Inuit

5.2 Mediocre