Same old, same old.
Life moves faster on the blogosphere, either that or I'm really, really slow. Or my life crawls really really slowly, which it is I'm not entirely sure but please be gentle, thanks. Friends have gotten engaged in a span of a month of not leafing through LJ, another has scored an unbelievable big time job dream job (start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' todaaaaay, I want to be a part of it - ) and a resident rockstar has found her dreamboat.
Eh come on, don't raise eyebrows at me for being a better shade of turquoise (a touch of green and blue with envy) afterall I'm living vicariously through all your shennigans plus I'm bored stiff AND it's a dreary evening out - WHILE the heavens are giving us a good show of shock and awe.
Even the poles are bending in the wind. Le sigh.
Out of sheer boredom and procrastination:
I got a food email that was nicked from Very Good Taste
on the 100 foods one should try at least once, that is, of course if you LIKE eating (I don't know, some people seem to push food around on their plate...)
I've never been one for memes and instructions, but see, being rained in gives you perspective.
- Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
- Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
- Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1. Venison - Mmmm, deer. Young tender deer. Young furry deer prancing in the woods. Mmmm.
2. Nettle tea - My godma made me.
3. Huevos rancheros - Not bad, but I'm not big on mushy runny food.
4. Steak tartare - I'm sorry I don't do blue, let alone dog food.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding - Eh, what do you mean by black *raises eyebrow*
7. Cheese fondue - Not a fan. I like my cheese sliced. Water crackers. A bit of chutney. Pinkie demurring over teacup. Ha!
8. Carp - Even less of a fan. My theory is that I suffered childhood trauma after falling into th Koi pond and ever since, I have been unable to eat fish in the shape of fish (fish fingers, sole, dory fillet yes please. Soon Hock with bulging glass eye? Err. )
9. Borscht - Change the colour of the soup, please
10. Baba ghanoush - Not bad
11. Calamari
12. Pho - Yes please.
13. PB&J sandwich - PB never fails to give me a sore throat, and it sticks to the roof of my mouth.
14. Aloo gobi - Yep! But cauliflowers look like small trees, and so does brocoli. And both were force fed to me as a child. Just so you know where my loyalties lie.
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Yes! I love mine with saukerat and relish with heaps of mustard. St James Powerhouse does a pretty good one from the cart.
16. Epoisses - What the, this isn't food.
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns - you mean xiaolongbao, or pork bao? I have mastered the art of puncturing the skin of xiaolongbaos and siphoning the juice. Go me.
20. Pistachio ice cream - My brother loves Dreyer's pistacho and dark chocolate. It's not bad.
21. Heirloom tomatoes - tomatoes are tomatoes are tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - Yes I know it's cruel, but you didn't die in vain, my feathered friend. You were dressed in pickled jams and sizzling on a plate during champagne brekkie at Oscars. I make no apologies for being atas, thanks.
24. Rice and beans - yes, fever food.
25. Brawn, or head cheese - THAT'S JUST WRONG.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - Too much of a vegetable for me
27. Dulce de leche - it's a bit like creme caramel but is NICE spiked with baileys. Then again, what isn't, really.
28. Oysters - yes once, and then the swollen lips happened
29. Baklava - flaky and too sweet.
30. Bagna cauda - what the? I can't be arsed to wiki.
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi - always better sweet, mango thanks.
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float - what does A&W stand for btw?
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - Hello lungs and a liver.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - 8 shots of graveyard and jelly, and I started becoming VERY serious. never again
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - Ewe.
42. Whole insects - I draw the line at being exotic for idiot reasons like "it tastes like chips and it's full of protein!" REALLY NOW!
43. Phaal - Too lazy to wiki
44. Goat’s milk - a little too strong and curdish, I tried it on some farm and balked.
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - lets not go back there, but malt whisky in small doses is good for the heart when there's a fire and a warm body, I suppose.
46. Fugu - I'm not sure I want to, but I might for kicks.
47. Chicken tikka masala - I want this now.
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - I'm not fussed about it, it's too sweet.
50. Sea urchin - THIS IS NOT FOOD. THIS IS POISONOUS CREATURE that people have to pee on you after you get stung (I presume you do the same for jellyfish)
51. Prickly pear - cactus figs? Hmmm.
52. Umeboshi - Don't like pickled anything
53. Abalone - It tastes like rubber. See, no oysters, no abalone, no lobster. I'm cheap to feed.
54. Paneer - Oh palak, I need comfort food.
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle - enlighten me.
57. Dirty gin martini - Okay I suppose, but not a fan.
58. Beer above 8% ABV - Yum. I think anything above 12% is disarming and lethal though.
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips - I have no clue.
61. S’mores - We did marshmellows and oreo cookies. That count?
62. Sweetbreads - Innard and glands are not food, they're leftovers.
63. Kaolin - Isn't this clay?
64. Currywurst
65. Durian - I'm trying.
66. Frogs’ legs - telling me it tastes like chicken doesn't help. Why is chicken the default meat? Crocodile tastes "like chicken" too btw.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - churros? I guess.
68. Haggis - Asterix and Obelix lied. These aren't cute little spiked creatures. They're stomach lining and goo.
69. Fried plantain - Goreng pisang lah.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - beats me
71. Gazpacho - cold soup anyone?
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe - The difference between mortal writers and literary gods, said Hemingway, was Absinthe. It burned by the way.
74. Gjetost, or brunost - say what?
75. Roadkill - never :( I get sad when I see a furry heap. I know if said furry heap is already in pot and bubbling it makes no difference how it ended, but it does to me. Don't ask.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - HOW DUBIOUS.
78. Snail - I once pried it out so awkwardly the shell tinkered across a room. I'm classy like that.
79. Lapsang souchong - Egwin keyed me in to this, but it tasted terribly smokey. Russian Caravan is worse.
80. Bellini - hello warm and fuzzy.
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - For work, but didn't move me.
85. Kobe beef - strangely enough, too much marbling and fat makes me queasy.
86. Hare - Come 'ere bunny!
87. Goulash
88. Flowers - With Aa's parents in Bangkok. Rose is not too bad.
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate - I suppose anything chocolate can't be all bad
91. Spam - Thinly sliced and deep fried.
92. Soft shell crab - still allergic
93. harissa - this is actually really good with sausages, it's some moroccan spice that reminds me of tabasco.
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano - yes, but see fish in shape of fish reason above.
96. Bagel and lox - cured salmon is the only salmon I'll eat. No sashimi. How cheap am I?
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta - I don't quite understand the appeal of polenta cakes, but okay, corn.
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake - get thee behind me, sss-