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Thanks to
nyeve for blogging fodder. Some debatable items of course (is a bit American)... [my notes in brackets]
The 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.
...
Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
Etc.
[adding * to ones I quite want to try]
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea *
3. Huevos rancheros [A bit Amero-centric? I'm going to expand this to a more general Spanish-style huevos e.g. The European's huevos madrilenos]
4. Steak tartare [Ah Movida...]
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue [a la Daria]
8. Carp *
9. Borscht [most recently at Borscht Vodka and Tears - not really a fan of borscht though...]
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho [Rec: Thy Thy]
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart [must've SOMEtime...but when?]
16. Epoisses [wikipedia: "Its odor is so strong that reportedly it has been banned from French public transport" - ok, am curious] *
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes [Kiwi fruit - stolen from the parent's liquor cabinet, and I have guilt because I think it was my sister's]
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes *
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras [overrated]
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese [sounds like Spam...]
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda [this sounds interesting] *
31. Wasabi peas [Heh, Loud's just discovered one of her friends has never had them before, so she's sending some packets to Africa]
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi [hm, will have to keep an eye out...] *
34. Sauerkraut [haven't found the good kind so far]
35. Root beer float [do we get root beer? I think an actual beer floater would be a better item to include]
36. Cognac with a fat cigar [Separately?]
37. Clotted cream tea [I assume this is the Devonshire rather than actual tea with clotted cream]
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [accidentally?]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel [wouldn't include this, not that interesting...]
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut [wouldn't include this, not that interesting...]
50. Sea urchin [have only had the roe I think]
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi [Um, am gonna pull another sub with the Chinese pickled plums...]
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal [seriously, don't think I really did the "meals" back when I did Macca's]
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine *
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads [Hm, wiki says sweetbread is the thymus gland only - I always thought sweetbread was brains too...]
63. Kaolin [?!]
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ 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
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu *
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini *
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky [never knew it was called this]
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant *
85. Kobe beef [although MoVida's steak tartare is Wagyu]
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 * [sounds kinda like a waste of lobster really]
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
[I'm dubious about including the "brand name" type foods - not just McD and Krispy Kreme, but also Kobe and Criolla and Blue Mountain...they're don't seem so much types of food as ...I dunno, subjective judgment about better subcategories of that food... or am I being anti-elitist?]
[Also - haven't crossed anything out as a "Won't Try", but don't really feel the need to try fugu or road-kill...]
nyeve for blogging fodder. Some debatable items of course (is a bit American)... [my notes in brackets]
The 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.
...
Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
Etc.
[adding * to ones I quite want to try]
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea *
3. Huevos rancheros [A bit Amero-centric? I'm going to expand this to a more general Spanish-style huevos e.g. The European's huevos madrilenos]
4. Steak tartare [Ah Movida...]
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue [a la Daria]
8. Carp *
9. Borscht [most recently at Borscht Vodka and Tears - not really a fan of borscht though...]
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho [Rec: Thy Thy]
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart [must've SOMEtime...but when?]
16. Epoisses [wikipedia: "Its odor is so strong that reportedly it has been banned from French public transport" - ok, am curious] *
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes [Kiwi fruit - stolen from the parent's liquor cabinet, and I have guilt because I think it was my sister's]
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes *
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras [overrated]
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese [sounds like Spam...]
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda [this sounds interesting] *
31. Wasabi peas [Heh, Loud's just discovered one of her friends has never had them before, so she's sending some packets to Africa]
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi [hm, will have to keep an eye out...] *
34. Sauerkraut [haven't found the good kind so far]
35. Root beer float [do we get root beer? I think an actual beer floater would be a better item to include]
36. Cognac with a fat cigar [Separately?]
37. Clotted cream tea [I assume this is the Devonshire rather than actual tea with clotted cream]
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [accidentally?]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel [wouldn't include this, not that interesting...]
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut [wouldn't include this, not that interesting...]
50. Sea urchin [have only had the roe I think]
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi [Um, am gonna pull another sub with the Chinese pickled plums...]
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal [seriously, don't think I really did the "meals" back when I did Macca's]
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine *
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads [Hm, wiki says sweetbread is the thymus gland only - I always thought sweetbread was brains too...]
63. Kaolin [?!]
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ 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
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu *
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini *
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky [never knew it was called this]
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant *
85. Kobe beef [although MoVida's steak tartare is Wagyu]
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 * [sounds kinda like a waste of lobster really]
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
[I'm dubious about including the "brand name" type foods - not just McD and Krispy Kreme, but also Kobe and Criolla and Blue Mountain...they're don't seem so much types of food as ...I dunno, subjective judgment about better subcategories of that food... or am I being anti-elitist?]
[Also - haven't crossed anything out as a "Won't Try", but don't really feel the need to try fugu or road-kill...]