A meme I can get behind: FOOOOD!
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
"Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all..."
The Rules:
- Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
- Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
For myself, I've also added:
- Underline (and italicize) the items you'd prefer not to eat but might consider in the right circumstance.
- Asterisk any items you'd be really interested in trying but have not yet.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I'm counting 'gator.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari (I'm eating as I fill this out!!)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
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 (I'm actually craving it this week. So good!)
21. Heirloom tomatoes (The other thing I'm eating for lunch today.)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
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/Jell-O (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (does goats milk ice cream count?)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
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 (I've consumed Whopper meals in my life, but not Big Macs. And now I probably won't...)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads**
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (Yes! My Christkindlmarkt snack of choice.)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (All of them. Mmm, fried dough...)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini**
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
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
93. Rose harissa**
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor**
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Well, I've eaten 71 74 of the things on this list, even if I didn't love them all. I want to try another 7 6, avoid another 10 9, and I am neutral on the last 12 11. Not too bad! And quite an interesting - if entirely arbitrary (Pocky? Hostess Fruit Pie?!) - list.
"Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all..."
The Rules:
- Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
- Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
For myself, I've also added:
- Underline (and italicize) the items you'd prefer not to eat but might consider in the right circumstance.
- Asterisk any items you'd be really interested in trying but have not yet.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I'm counting 'gator.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari (I'm eating as I fill this out!!)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
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 (I'm actually craving it this week. So good!)
21. Heirloom tomatoes (The other thing I'm eating for lunch today.)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
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/Jell-O (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (does goats milk ice cream count?)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
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 (I've consumed Whopper meals in my life, but not Big Macs. And now I probably won't...)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads**
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (Yes! My Christkindlmarkt snack of choice.)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (All of them. Mmm, fried dough...)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini**
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost (corrected by darlox - I have had this.)
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
93. Rose harissa**
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor**
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Well, I've eaten 71 74 of the things on this list, even if I didn't love them all. I want to try another 7 6, avoid another 10 9, and I am neutral on the last 12 11. Not too bad! And quite an interesting - if entirely arbitrary (Pocky? Hostess Fruit Pie?!) - list.