2008-08-30

Omnivore's 100 (Reblog)

From the Very Good Taste blog... Italics are mine. The only things I struck out are things I've already eaten :-) Well, and the cigar.


1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (I've had it and would never consider eating it again.)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (I guess I haven't eaten from a lot of street carts.)
16. Epoisses (Mmm, stinky cheese!)
17. Black truffle (Unless black truffle oil counts...)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (I'd need a compelling reason to reconsume this.)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea (Although I've had all the ingredients, separately, in the right country.)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (How could I not know what this is?)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (Nothing special. Why the fuss?)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi (Got some in the fridge right now...)
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (Don't judge me!)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (This doesn't really look up my alley, but I'd eat it.)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (Thymus isn't my thing, but it isn't horrible. Not like natto.)
63. Kaolin (Well, who knows? I've eaten dirt without detailed analysis as to its composition.)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (I've been dying to try this for years.)
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho (I almost struck this out, too. That much cold tomato is almost too much for me.)
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost (In the fridge, too -- won't go with the umeboshi though.)
75. Roadkill (I'm assuming the venison sausage SB made was killed with a gun.)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong (I've had smoked Chinese tea, but not sure about exact provenance.)
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (Worse, no meals at any at all.)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate (But sign me up!)
91. Spam (Eurrghhh...)
92. Soft shell crab (Spider roll ga oishii desu ne!)
93. Rose harissa (Not sure what rose harissa is? Harissa is made with chilis.)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

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