Fun Food Meme

[hogwarts_91]

 Unabashedly pilfered from
missmelysse

This was really fun, and it gave me two epiphanies!

First, I had one of those "you've come a long way, baby" moments when I realized I bolded both catfish/carp and foie gras.  It's bizarre to remember we were so poor growing up that we caught and ate muddy carp from the San Gabriel River here in Texas.  But perhaps that's what allows me to so thoroughly enjoy (albeit rarely) other luxuries, like the nine-course tasting menu at the lovely Driskill Grill in Austin.  Thought for the day:  How much mud do we need to ingest (or wallow in, or sling, as it were) before we truly appreciate the value of "clean" living?

My second epiphany was far less thought-provoking, and ran more along the lines of, "OMG, look how many foods I've tried-no wonder I'm fat!"

Here's what you do:

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 http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

To make the filling out of this form and generating the HTML for it a bit easier, reddywhp has played around with some PHP. Go to http://reddywhip.org/lj/foods/ and fill it out there. After filling it out, you will be given the code to copy and paste into your blog.

Livejournal users, remember to use your LJ-Cuts!

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   1. Venison
   2. Nettle tea
   3. Huevos rancheros
   4. Steak tartare
   5. Crocodile (almost - I've eaten Alligator several times...)
   6. Black pudding
   7. Cheese fondue
   8. Carp (this is so white trash, but we used to catch carp and eat it. *shudders*)
   9. Borscht (I'm Polish, so we prefer barscht, but it's really the same thing)
   10. Baba ghanoush
   11. Calamari
   12. Pho (we get amazing pho in Austin. My favorite is Pho Kim, simply because it sounds so naughty to say!)
   13. PB&J sandwich
   14. Aloo gobi
   15. Hot dog from a street cart (Sabrett hot dogs from NY.  *cries*)
   16. Epoisses
   17. Black truffle (mouth waters at memory...)
   18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (elderberry - YUM!)
   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 (with vinegar, please!)
   26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (are you barking mad?!)
   27. Dulce de leche
   28. Oysters
   29. Baklava
   30. Bagna cauda
   31. Wasabi peas
   32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (Manhattan-style only, cannot stomach the New England style!  Maybe it's because I'm from NY and predisposed to dislike Boston...)
   33. Salted lassi
   34. Sauerkraut
   35. Root beer float
   36. Cognac with a fat cigar
   37. Clotted cream tea
   38. Vodka jelly
   39. Gumbo
   40. Oxtail
   41. Curried goat
   42. Whole insects
   43. Phaal
   44. Goat's milk (we used to keep goats, so it was even FRESH goat's milk...)
   45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $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
   56. Spaetzle
   57. Dirty gin martini (this is my standard drink: Tanquerey martini, very dry, very dirty, extra olives!)
   58. Beer above 8% ABV
   59. Poutine
   60. Carob chips
   61. S'mores
   62. Sweetbreads
   63. Kaolin
   64. Currywurst
   65. Durian (OMG, I know it's supposed to taste good, but the smell of it in our Asian market makes me puke!)
   66. Frog's Legs
   67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
   68. Haggis
   69. Fried plantain
   70. Chitterlings or andouillette
   71. Gazpacho
   72. Caviar and blini
   73. Louche absinthe (had to do something with the leftover sugar cubes, lol!)
   74. Gjetost or brunost (Gjetost is my favorite... like caramel cheese!!!)
   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 (probably unknowningly... see #55, McDonald's Big Mac meal)
   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 (rattlesnake chili - gotta love Texas!)

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