Food Meme
Okay, I'll play. "From 'verygoodtaste' dot co dot uk, a list of 100 foods every omnivore should eat!" Bold the ones you've eaten, cross off the ones you don't dare try. I've had at least 64 of these, and there's nothing I wouldn't "dare" try, so I've crossed off the ones I might say no to if offered them.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I've had alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (assuming it's actually in store-bought gefilte fish, but it might be made with whitefish instead)
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (hasn't everybody?)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (not whole, but shaved)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries - You know, I don't really know
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
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - I don't like clam chowder enough to ruin a perfectly nice sourdough bowl with it
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - I've had cognac, and I may even have tried a cigar (though I'm not certain), but I've never had them together
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 - You know, I don't know that I've had it straight-up, though I've had it made into cheese and yogurt and such
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - no clue!
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 - I don't know, maybe?
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - Andy, "It is used for facial masks or soap and is eaten for pleasure or to suppress hunger, a practice known as geophagy. Consumption is greater among women, especially during pregnancy. This practice is also seen among black women in the Southern United States, especially Georgia. There, the kaolin is called white dirt, chalk or white clay."
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (under all four names)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - not together, I don't think?
73. Louche absinthe - I've had absinthe, but not in the Louche manner, I don't think
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 - probably, but I can't say for sure
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I've had alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (assuming it's actually in store-bought gefilte fish, but it might be made with whitefish instead)
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (hasn't everybody?)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (not whole, but shaved)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries - You know, I don't really know
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
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - I don't like clam chowder enough to ruin a perfectly nice sourdough bowl with it
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - I've had cognac, and I may even have tried a cigar (though I'm not certain), but I've never had them together
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 - You know, I don't know that I've had it straight-up, though I've had it made into cheese and yogurt and such
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - no clue!
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 - I don't know, maybe?
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - Andy, "It is used for facial masks or soap and is eaten for pleasure or to suppress hunger, a practice known as geophagy. Consumption is greater among women, especially during pregnancy. This practice is also seen among black women in the Southern United States, especially Georgia. There, the kaolin is called white dirt, chalk or white clay."
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (under all four names)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - not together, I don't think?
73. Louche absinthe - I've had absinthe, but not in the Louche manner, I don't think
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 - probably, but I can't say for sure
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake