Friday, September 12, 2008

The Omnivore’s Hundred

Here is something I saw on another blog that originated at Very Good Taste. It's a list of 100 foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their life. They are not all necessarily good, but should be tried. Items that I've tried are in bold and those I would not consider eating are crossed out.

1. Venison (I took one bite and hid the rest in the trash can when I was a kid)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos ranchero
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (my husband did though and it was surprising that it was flaky like fish and served with tartar sauce)
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 fruit
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 le leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Rootbeer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (not intentionally, only when exercising with my mouth open, does that count?)
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (completely different when they are fresh and hot!)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickley pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal (I know...my husband says I'm un-American)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (I just couldn't do it)
76. Baijiu
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 star Michelin 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 (separately, but not together)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You canr ask them to make your bags heavy. Also, you buy those reusable bags, they will be forced to bag heavy.
Those kid carts are not only too big, but impossible to manuver.