I wasn't even going to write anything here today, but this entry inspired me to play along. So, below, this is what I found at Quirky Celt's blog.
Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers. Here’s what I want you to do: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. (like Q.C., I don't know how to cross out, so I added a comment in parentheses to the foods I would never want to eat)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. (like Q.C., I don't know how to cross out, so I added a comment in parentheses to the foods I would never want to eat)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (once! A friend made chili with it and didn't tell me until after I had eaten it)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (would never!)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (don't really want to know what is in this one!)
7. Cheese fondue (don't think I would ever eat this one...don't like cheese in general)
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 (would never)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (would never)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (don't think I would eat this!)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (being from New England, I have eaten plenty of chowdah in my lifetime, but never 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
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 (is this a food or an expletive?)
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 (would never eat)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (would not eat)
63. Kaolin (clay?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian ( don't think I could because of the smell)
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (ah...the simple pleasure of sugared, fried dough!!)
68. Haggis (would not eat)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (would not eat)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (funny, but we were talking about absinthe at work today)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (erm, I don't think I would want to ever eat this!)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (I loved finding these in my lunch box when I was a child but could never stand the lemon one)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong (drank only once...the smell alone was terrible!)
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict (have made this once, but would never eat it)
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (candied violets)
89. Horse (another one I would not care to try)
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
** Now I am going to look up Paneer, Pho, Aloo Gobi, Epoisses, Tom Yum and Baijiu. And Fugu!
6 comments:
Without consulting a gastronomical encyclopedia, I have definitely tried 52 out of 100.
Wasn't that fun??? I admit that my first Delia Smith recipe was Venison Casserole and it was divine! I had goat curry in Notting Hill Carnival one year - I didn't know that it was goat - it was good though. Paneer is an Asian cheese - I love it with spinach in curries. Aloo Gobi is another Asian dish - potato and caulifower with spices. Here's to food!!!
Rosemary,
52 out of a 100 on the list!! That is impressive. I see I have some more eatng to do(although some things I won't be trying)
Qirk,
Yes, so very fun! Who ever thought this up was quite clever. I have not been exposed to Asian food very much, living where I do. The Aloo Gobi sounds tasty.
lots of weird names I see, and another ton of meat ones :-( sounds like fun!
You would never eat poutine??? Ahhh, you don't know what you are missing. ;) I guess the cheese is the deal-breaker. ;)
~Claudia,
Yes, you are right--there ARE quite a few meat based dishes in the list.
~Kathy,
It IS a cheese thing, definitely, about Poutine...also a texture thing--gloopey, melted cheese combined with the word "curd" makes me think I could not get it down my throat.
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