Food Meme

Aug 13, 2008 10:49

Gakked from
tgrcats_tail.
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 here at http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk  linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare  eh.  Better cooked.
5. Crocodile  Tastes like muddy chicken
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp Tastes like mud.
9. Borscht  mmmm, borscht.  Must be served with sour cream.
10. Baba ghanoush Also a favourite
11. Calamari Deep fried rubberbands.
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi good, but not a favourite.
15. Hot dog from a street cart    Of course I have! (Must have mustard and kraut on it.)
16. Epoisses  I don't think so, but I think I'll have to go find some.
17. Black truffle over priced and overbilled.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes Plum wine is lovely.
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  Unfortunately.  Anything that squeaks when run over a deli slicer should be avoided at all cost.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters Unfortunately.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda I didn't care for it.
31. Wasabi peas Are icky.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl Clam chowder, yes.  Not in a sourdough bowl though.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar   No cigar for me, thanks.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly -no, but I'd try it.
39. Gumbo  Again, unfortunately.  It might have been better without the dead sea bugs.
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects  Chocolate covered ants, anyone?
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - I'm spoiled for anything else.
46. Fugu- I'd like to not gamble with my life. 
47. Chicken tikka masala mmm, tastee!
48. Eel -I'll probably pass
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin - again, probably pass
51. Prickly pear - have not had the opportunity.
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer I'm not sure I've met a cheese I didn't like. 
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal -Duh?
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - I'm told it is an acquired taste.  I hope to not acquire it.
58. Beer above 8% ABV  Anyone who tells you beer is good is filled with lies.
59. Poutine - No, but I want to.
60. Carob chips  As long as you remember that they are not in fact chocolate, they're pretty good.
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - This is variously the clay that is used for fine porcelain in China and a fine chert found in the central US.  Either way, I'm not sure it belongs here.
64. Currywurst
65. Durian - no, but I probably would.
66. Frogs’ legs- again, muddy chicken.  Good with butter.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake  mmm, fried goodness.
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain also very tasty.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette -
71. Gazpacho - It was cold tomato soup with seasoning.
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe -totally unimpressed.
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - maybe?
76. Baijiu - maybe.  I've had several perfectly vile Chinese liquors.
77. Hostess Fruit Pie -
78. Snail -Pencil erasers.  Only good for the garlic sauce.
79. Lapsang souchong -no, but probably will eventually.
80. Bellini -
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef -don't remember.  Might have.
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate - probably not, but don't remember
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish -
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox -I'm not fond of fish, so I never bothered buying something I was unlikely to enjoy.
97. Lobster Thermidor -no, but I have tried lobster with butter. 
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - Tasty, but overpriced.
100. Snake - It was rattlesnake.

and unofficial #101,
101. Rocky Mountain Oysters  - again, anything deepfried is probably ok.

Edited because I've not ever heard of Tom Yum!

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