08 October 2008

Omnivore's 100

I've been food blog perusing lately, actually I've become quite addicted to it. On a lot of blogs I have come across this list. So I'll bold the ones I've tried and put in red the things I would NEVER try.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (Alligator, yes; crocodile, not yet)
6. Black pudding
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
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
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
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
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail (I'm really tempted to strike this out, but I'm not quite sure yet.)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (ah! maybe)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (again, big maybe. I saw this prepared on Iron Chef and it totally grossed me out)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (surprisingly enough, I haven't had this)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini YUM-O.
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (hesistant)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (they tasted okay, but I couldn't get past the idea.)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (LOVE all of them!)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain (READY to try!)
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette Nope, won't do it.
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (Believe it or not, yes. But I don't think we drank it in the proper way. Actually, I KNOW we didn't drink it in the proper way.)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill Something that has been hunted, yes; something that has been runover, no.
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta (trying it this week! woo!)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

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