100 foods to try meme
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1. Venison (in burger form)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (my one visit to the downstairs Chez Panisse)
5. Crocodile (at a local New Orleans style restaurant)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue (cjsmith makes a mean cheese fondue)
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 (I'll try any cheese at least once)
17. Black truffle (as a seasoning)
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
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I think I've had sauces based on it, but I wouldn't eat a raw one)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (I don't like them)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (sounds yummy)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (suppose I should try it one of these days)
34. Sauerkraut (mostly dislike)
35. Root beer float (meh)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (something else I should try, just because)
37. Clotted cream tea (I could have, but I put the clotted cream on my crumpet instead)
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (I might try in an especially adventerous mood)
43. Phaal (I had a very spicy indian curry once and got violently ill, and i've avoided the very spicy ones since then)
44. Goat’s milk (only in cheese form)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (would try, but have only had the cheap stuff so far)
46. Fugu (no thanks, if I want to numb my lips, I'll rub cocaine on them)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (it's a donut)
50. Sea urchin (I was tricked into trying uni once, and another time I ordered ume and got uni by mistake, so I tried it again. It tastes like weeks-old dirty gym socks to me)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (would try if someone offered me one)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (my mom used to make them. never did like them. now i'm grown up and don't have to eat them!)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (sounds yummy)
65. Durian (I might have tried durian ice cream, can't remember)
66. Frogs’ legs (everyone says they taste just like chicken, so why bother?)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (might try if feeling adventurous, but have heard too many things about it that squick me)
69. Fried plantain (Would try. I've had plantain in other forms)
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (would try if someone offered it to me)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (but not both at the same time)
73. Louche absinthe (would try)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu (would try)
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (would only try if feeling particularly adventurous)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini (would try)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (the "local" one is the French Laundry, but it's sufficiently far away and sufficiently difficult to get a reservation that I haven't bothered. I do have the French Laundry cookbook :)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (probably wouldn't eat, I'm conditioned to think of leporidae as companion animals)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (on salads)
89. Horse (probably wouldn't eat, I'm conditioned to think of them as companion animals)
90. Criollo chocolate (would try if I came across it)
91. Spam (would not refuse to eat, but haven't gone out of my way)
92. Soft shell crab (but mostly I don't eat crab, I don't care for most crustaceans)
93. Rose harissa (would try if I came across it)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (would not refuse to eat, but wouldn't make a point of trying it)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake (wouldn't refuse to try, but have not bothered with so far)
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 (or eating again)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
1. Venison (in burger form)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (my one visit to the downstairs Chez Panisse)
5. Crocodile (at a local New Orleans style restaurant)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue (cjsmith makes a mean cheese fondue)
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 (I'll try any cheese at least once)
17. Black truffle (as a seasoning)
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
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I think I've had sauces based on it, but I wouldn't eat a raw one)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (I don't like them)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (sounds yummy)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (suppose I should try it one of these days)
34. Sauerkraut (mostly dislike)
35. Root beer float (meh)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (something else I should try, just because)
37. Clotted cream tea (I could have, but I put the clotted cream on my crumpet instead)
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (I might try in an especially adventerous mood)
43. Phaal (I had a very spicy indian curry once and got violently ill, and i've avoided the very spicy ones since then)
44. Goat’s milk (only in cheese form)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (would try, but have only had the cheap stuff so far)
46. Fugu (no thanks, if I want to numb my lips, I'll rub cocaine on them)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (it's a donut)
50. Sea urchin (I was tricked into trying uni once, and another time I ordered ume and got uni by mistake, so I tried it again. It tastes like weeks-old dirty gym socks to me)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (would try if someone offered me one)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (my mom used to make them. never did like them. now i'm grown up and don't have to eat them!)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (sounds yummy)
65. Durian (I might have tried durian ice cream, can't remember)
66. Frogs’ legs (everyone says they taste just like chicken, so why bother?)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (might try if feeling adventurous, but have heard too many things about it that squick me)
69. Fried plantain (Would try. I've had plantain in other forms)
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (would try if someone offered it to me)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (but not both at the same time)
73. Louche absinthe (would try)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu (would try)
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (would only try if feeling particularly adventurous)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini (would try)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (the "local" one is the French Laundry, but it's sufficiently far away and sufficiently difficult to get a reservation that I haven't bothered. I do have the French Laundry cookbook :)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (probably wouldn't eat, I'm conditioned to think of leporidae as companion animals)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (on salads)
89. Horse (probably wouldn't eat, I'm conditioned to think of them as companion animals)
90. Criollo chocolate (would try if I came across it)
91. Spam (would not refuse to eat, but haven't gone out of my way)
92. Soft shell crab (but mostly I don't eat crab, I don't care for most crustaceans)
93. Rose harissa (would try if I came across it)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (would not refuse to eat, but wouldn't make a point of trying it)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake (wouldn't refuse to try, but have not bothered with so far)