The Omnivore’s Hundred
The Omnivore’s Hundred
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 Very Good Taste linking to your results.
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 Very Good Taste linking to your results.
- Venison (According to my parents, anyway. I don’t remember eating it…)
- Nettle tea
- Huevos rancheros
- Steak tartare (Does eating raw beef count?)
- Crocodile
- Black pudding
- Cheese fondue (Hasn’t everyone?)
- Carp
- Borscht
- Baba ghanoush
- Calamari (Mm, tentacles…)
- Pho
- PB&J sandwich
- Aloo gobi
- Hot dog from a street cart
- Epoisses
- Black truffle
- Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
- Steamed pork buns
- Pistachio ice cream
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh wild berries
- Foie gras
- Rice and beans
- Brawn, or head cheese
- Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I’m not a masochist, thanks…)
- Dulce de leche
- Oysters (I don’t like them raw. Ugh.)
- Baklava (My dad makes the best baklava I’ve ever tasted. Which is kind of funny, since he’s in no way Middle Eastern…)
- Bagna cauda
- Wasabi peas (These are so addictive…)
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (I’ve eaten both these things, just not in combination.)
- Salted lassi
- Sauerkraut (I have German family, of course I’ve eaten this…)
- Root beer float
- Cognac with a fat cigar
- Clotted cream tea
- Vodka jelly/Jell-O
- Gumbo (I’d like it better without the damned okra. I hate okra.)
- Oxtail
- Curried goat
- Whole insects (I’m not a Ferengi, thanks.)
- Phaal
- Goat’s milk
- Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
- Fugu (I like my food without the threat of death lurking in the wings…)
- Chicken tikka masala (I absolutely love this.)
- Eel (This is my favorite sushi-fish.)
- Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
- Sea urchin (I can’t stand the texture of this, at least as sushi.)
- Prickly pear
- Umeboshi
- Abalone
- Paneer
- McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
- Spaetzle (Again, German family members. It’s not a big hit with me, though.)
- Dirty gin martini
- Beer above 8% ABV
- Poutine
- Carob chips (Why not just eat real chocolate?)
- S’mores
- Sweetbreads
- Kaolin
- Currywurst
- Durian
- Frogs’ legs (Overrated. Basically a small, gamey, salty chicken leg.)
- Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (Mm, fair food…)
- Haggis
- Fried plantain
- Chitterlings, or andouillette
- Gazpacho
- Caviar and blini (Does flying fish roe sushi count?)
- Louche absinthe (I don’t know what ‘louche’ is, but there’s not enough sugar in the world for me to find out first hand. Ick. So bitter.)
- Gjetost, or brunost
- Roadkill
- Baijiu
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Snail
- Lapsang souchong
- Bellini
- Tom yum
- Eggs Benedict (A bit too squishy for my tastes.)
- Pocky
- Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
- Kobe beef
- Hare
- Goulash
- Flowers (Violets don’t taste like much themselves. I don’t recommend the gum, though. It tastes like perfume.)
- Horse
- Criollo chocolate
- Spam (Kind of gross unless it’s crispy.)
- Soft shell crab
- Rose harissa
- Catfish
- Mole poblano
- Bagel and lox
- Lobster Thermidor (Not sure what ‘thermidor’ is either. Lobster’s overrated, though, so I don’t care.)
- Polenta
- Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
- Snake