This is a List of national delicacies. This list is sorted from where the food originated from. Many of these dishes may be normal to one culture, however to other cultures may seem bizarre.A delicacy is a food that is particularly prized within a given culture. Delicacies are often rare foods that are difficult to obtain or prepare, and as a result may only be served for special occasions. Often the rarity or difficulty to prepare a dish causes it to be comparatively expensive to other local foods.

In the Midwest, morel mushrooms, a meaty sprout with a distinct honeycombed cap, are king. These are big ass mushrooms...

St Georges may be less well known than ceps, girolles or morels, but they definitely rank amongst the finest wild mushrooms, with a firm texture, appealing mealy smell and distinctive flavour, reminiscent of soil and wood smoke.

The false morel, a mushroom, is highly poisonous. Ingestion of raw false morels will cause gyromitrin poisoning that affects multiple organs, and may be fatal. Gyromitrin and its metabolites are also carcinogenic. Regardless, in Finland, false morels (korvasieni) can often be found for sale to consumers.

A biologist in Indiana has, after 15 years, finally discovered that through a complicated process, Morel mushrooms grow in the roots of dead Elm, Apple, and Ash trees. He has successfully inoculated thousands of trees and is making his own Morel farm. Those interested in buying their own inoculated tree can visit http://www.morel-farms.com/ .