Monday, September 15, 2008

100 Things Every Omnivore Should Eat at Least Once

This one came to me through Sarah's blog, and she evidently got it from some other blog. I am not a picky eater, in fact I am a very experimental eater, so I am interested to see what I've tried, and to try some of the things recommended.

How it works:

  • bold items you have eaten
  • strike through items you will never eat
  • I also asterisk** the ones I can't wait to try
  • The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

    1. Venison

    2. Nettle tea

    3. Huevos rancheros

    4. Steak tartare

    5. Crocodile

    6. Black pudding but hated it!

    7. Cheese fondue

    8. Carp aka bottom suckers? I don't think so

    9. Borscht

    10. Baba ghanoush hate eggplant

    11. Calamari

    12. Pho

    13. PB&J sandwich

    14. Aloo gobi That's dry curry for those of you who don't know

    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 I make my own, baby!

    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 As with "head cheese" there are some body parts best left alone

    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

    49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

    50. Sea urchin***

    51. Prickly pear

    52. Umeboshi

    53. Abalone

    54. Paneer

    55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

    56. Spaetzle

    57. Dirty gin martini

    58. Beer above 8% ABV

    59. Poutine

    60. Carob chips

    61. S’mores

    62. Sweetbreads

    63. Kaolin I don't know if this is the rock or the diaffhea medicine, but either one I'll pass on

    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

    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-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

    99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

    100. Snake

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