100 foods to eat before you die

[nisaba]

A facebook app for foodies, stolen from facebook because I don't trust any apps there and there's no space for rambling. And where's the fun in that?

100 foods to eat before you die, compiled by someone on the internet. Foods I've tried in bold:

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[zoo_music_girl]

Lox is smoked salmon.

Spaetzle is basically southern German macaroni cheese. I've only had our UK canteen's version of it so far, which wasn't much different from our macaroni cheese. (A German at the table said it looked authentic enough but he didn't taste it.) I am on a promise to be cooked proper Spaetzle by a southern German some time soon.

And you haven't had currywurst either? We should have had a ladies weekend in Berlin!

[nisaba]

Hmm ok, so I've had loz, but I wouldn't have it again as I didn't like it!

I think I'm afraid of German macaroni and cheese. German food isn't known for being light and fluffy... I bet it's super tasty though.

I LOVE Berlin, I would have gone there like a shot, but if I remember right one of our party had a pathological hatred of Germany (that, I really should add, had nothing to do with any wars or any of the actual people. Just some bad travelling luck). I believe she's cured now, but a bit late for a ladies weekend! I was trying to remember if I had currywurst, I've had a few other wursts, but I figured I should leave it off so I have an excuse to try it again ;)

[zoo_music_girl]

I was trying to remember why we never did Berlin, it seems such an obvious place for us to have gone!

German food isn't light and fluffy but it's not stodgy either, not when it's good food anyway. I will report back when I have Spaetzle. :)

Did you know that Germany has more Michelin stars than anywhere except Japan and France? (A few of us got into an argument about British versus German food once, and we Brits rather unexpectedly lost badly!)

[nisaba]

I had no idea Germany was such a gastro country. I mean, I've always eaten well there, but Michelin stars are a cut (or two...) above a bratwurst covered in cheese.

[venta]

I always find it quite interesting in these lists which foods people have/haven't heard of. OK, so the list is quite US-centric (I assume - with you on the Hostess Pie, Frito Pie and Moon Pie ignorance), but I'm surprised you wouldn't know what Tom Yum is as I think of it as pretty common in the UK.

Then again (it's Thai soup) - if you don't like soup, maybe it wouldn't really show up on your radar. Pho is a soupy sort of thing, too (Vietnamese).

I've got some umeboshi in the fridge at the moment - they're extremely sour pickled plums that show up in Japanese cookery.

Last time I saw one of these lists I had to look up Dulce de Leche, S'mores and heirloom tomatoes. (Turns out the last one is just like the equivalent of "rare breed", but for tomatoes). Also several kinds of cheese, which I hadn't heard of and which aren't on this list.

[nisaba]

I'm pretty bad with Asian food. I haven't really been exposed to much and generally I find I don't like it heaps so I don't search it out either. Tom Yum sounds like a great DJ name to me but that's it!

[nisaba]

You can keep your cucumber sandwich! The only place cucumber has in my life is on crispy duck pancakes drowned in sauce.

I haven't had or even seen witchetty grubs. I think that's a experience I can live without though! Brave... not me.

[inulro]

Huevos Rancheros are a Tex-Mex egg concoction for breakfast with stuff like salsa and guacamole. I practically lived on them when in the South Western US the other year.

[nisaba]

I had a breakfast burrito once. Not bad, but I couldn't do that sort of food every morning.

[steer]

Steak tartare doesn't require particular bravery, it's not a very extreme taste (not exactly bland but it's not like anyone would ever taste it and go "ooh, that's a strong taste

[nisaba]

It's a mental block with steak tartare. Raw beef. I've managed to bring my "eww raw meat!" reaction down to the point where I prefer a medium rare steak, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that extra step. Maybe one day

[steer]

"eww raw meat!"

Heh... you OK with sushi?

commonly sold in Aussie fish and chip shops as "flake"

Ah... that's not so bad... most of the things sold as "flake" are not particularly endangered though some sawsharks can be.

I don't like nuts, so I've assumed I wouldn't like pistachio ice cream.

Pistachio ice cream tastes more like the "green" taste in the pistachio rather than the "nut" taste. It's worth trying.

I'm sure I've even ever seen a key lime pie.

How weird... I mean they're a very common desert in the UK. Tesco, waitrose, sainsbury all sell their own version. It's like coming across someone who's never seen strudel or a swiss roll.

I thought they were random internals Which they pretty much are... but I've never really "got" why people are squicky about organs. I can sort of see it with external organs like eyeballs or tongue which you're used to seeing and look kind of icky when in place and working... but "yuck, how can you eat a thalmus, I much prefer to tuck into the body of muscle tissue, particularly the

[nisaba]

Sushi is even worse. Raw meat AND it's fish. I've managed to eat some really mild non-oily fish in recent years, but generally I really don't like the taste of fish