Chocolate & Zucchini posted about The Omnivore's Hundred: "an eclectic and entirely subjective list of 100 items that Andrew Wheeler, co-author of the British food blog Very Good Taste, thinks every omnivore should try at least once in his life." Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought I'd be game for this little game. Here are the rules:
1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you’ve eaten (like C&Z, I added an asterisk for the items I'm particularly fond of).
3. Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. (I don't know how to do this, so I'll just say "nope" on the ones I feel strongly about)
4. Optional extra: post a comment on Very Good Taste, linking to your results.
(Note: links are copied from the original post.)
So, here we go!
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
5. Crocodile (let's say alligator counts)
6. Black pudding (nope)
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* (mmm, Manischewitz!)
19. Steamed pork buns*
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes* (why did it take me so long to appreciate tomatoes?)
22. Fresh wild berries*
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans*
25. Brawn, or head cheese (nope)
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 (which just stopped up my sink, so not so fond of sauerkraut tonight!)
35. Root beer 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 (nope)
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
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (tastes like chicken - no, really)
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 (I'm counting rabbit. Anything bunny-esque.)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish*
95. Mole poblano (though I'm a big fan of mole other stuff)
96. Bagel and lox* (OK, I confess, I don't like lox, but I like bagels enough to give it an * anyway)
98. Polenta*
100. Snake (also tastes like chicken - no, really)
Wow - only 61 out of 100, if I counted right... I guess I have some eating to do! (For the record, there are several things on the list that I can't identify.)
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