Stolen from Krista who got it from Last Night’s Dinner.
Directions:
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.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
And I’m adding a step, italicizing things I would try if given the opportunity.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (but Alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (so, what is this?) Update: tried it, loved it!!!
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi (I don’t do cauliflower) Update: I now do cauliflower
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 (we used to pick these in a field behind our house and my friend’s mom made a pie.
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I did a Habanero – that was enough, thank you)
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
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (I made a Goat Tagine and I’m counting it)
42. Whole insects (Becky ate freshly killed ants in Australia)
43. Phaal (Mmm – must find this)
44. Goat’s milk (little known fact, as an infant, I had a milk allergy and had to drink goat’s milk. I of course don’t remember this and subsequently grew out of it).
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more Update: done!
46. Fugu (uh, NO)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (they gross me out)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (sadly, a former addiction)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (yum)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (have you read about our Vermont Trip?)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (see They’re Not Sweet and They’re Not Bread for more information)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (Gross, thought they were chicken fingers)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis Update: Originally a strikethrough but I’ve had it and liked it!
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (no thanks)
76. Baijiu (had to google this, never heard of it)
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. (I wish!) Update! Yes, took Chris to 11 Madison for his 50th birthday and had this!!!
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (editing apparently Rabbit doesn’t count)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (no thanks)
90. Criollo chocolate (where can I get some?)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (update had this at the aforementioned 3 star michelin restaurant!)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
I think this confirms what we already know, I’m a little piggy. 🙂
[…] Sweetbreads with Fennel al Mono – see previous axiom. Yep, we ate these on Saturday after our waiter said they were the best dish on the menu. I always thought Sweetbreads were brains but apparently they’re some sort of gland. They were fried and atop a salad of Fennel and as long as I didn’t think about what I was eating, they weren’t bad. And now, I can cross something else off my Omnivore 100! […]
Marta, I definitely think the Asian soups and I could be friends :). Just no opportunity – lots of restaurants in the area, but I had going in cold, not knowing what/how to order.
Nice list. You’ll have to try more of the Asian soups. I really like Tom Yum. Nice and spicy. Pho is everywhere here in Seattle.
I have had the abalone and lobster thermadore, obviously prior to my kosher days. You need to get moving on these.
Girasoli, that sounds good; I’d definitely try that.
Krista, there is no way I’ve eaten eel – they really gross me out.
Pho is a Vietnamese soup, sort of like siamin or ramen. This is fun and am also stealing it 🙂
Kim, wasn’t this fun? Are you sure you haven’t had eel in some sort of sushi roll? You might not have even known it. It’s quite tasty.