Meme - The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred
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.
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(Summary: I've eaten 43 of the things and, with the caveat "unless I were malnurished or starving, wouldn't eat 6 of the things on the list)
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (they only got off the endangered species list last year, I don't want to help them go back on)
6. Black pudding (I just can't imagine eating congealed blood, so unless I were starving...)
7. 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
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (I *think* I've had heirlooms, they might just've been home-grown and organic...)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (it's just too mean to the birds)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (sounds good, definitely wouldn't mind having this)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (actually sounds like it could be good, wouldn't mind trying it)
42. Whole insects (Pretty sure I've consumed some while sleeping, don't feel the need to do it intentionally)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (I'm too paranoid to trust someone to take out the poison correctly)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone (it's endangered)
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle (Ooh, user-friendly pasta! Definitely wouldn't mind having this.)
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (if/when I get to Canada I'll be sure to have it, for the experience if nothing else)
60. Carob chips (I have had whole carob, though...)
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (something about the thymus gland is just unappealing, so unless I were starving...)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (I've had these separately, but didn't reallly like caviar so don't feel the need to have 'em together, though wouldn't mind doing so)
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini (sounds yummy, definitely wouldn't mind having this)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
90. Criollo chocolate (it's chocolate, so definitely wouldn't mind having this)
91. Spam (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (I don't drink coffee, but to try this stuff once I'd make an exception)
100. Snake (though won't eat it in the forseeable future due to kashrut)