The Omnivore's Hundred

[tlatoani]

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the food blogger Andrew Wheeler (http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/) thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives. It's clearly written by an Englishman, which

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[djinnthespazz]

You've braved Durian. What did it taste like? (if you can even attempt a description)

What snake did you eat?

I've had rattlesnake, and it was very good indeed. Flesh fit for kings.

[djinnthespazz]

Does the ant I ate to freak out Fiona at the Renn Fest count for #42?

(I think not, because I know the INTENT of the listing. And ew, as Fiona said at the time.)

[djinnthespazz]

Laughing...

He lists Gjetost, or brunost - Wikipedia offers up this bit of culinary bliss: Brunost and lefse are used in some areas as a side dish to lutefisk.

I wonder why lutefisk isn't on his list?

[tlatoani]

It was rattlesnake for me. Not really memorable.

I've had lutefisk too...

[denyse]

I like Durian. Mmm.

I recently had durian for the first time!

[tatternym]

Someone had a whole durian they'd frozen and sawed in half. Texture was a lot like frozen custard. It smelled sulfurous and kinda foul (but prolly better than a fully thawed one). It tasted generally sweet, and mildly of melon, while inescapably sulfury. Whether or not you were actively smelling/breathing it as you were tasting it changed the flavour drastically. All told, it was weird but tasty, and certainly not to be feared, although not a thing I'll ever crave.

Or, nerdier and more succinctly:
It's like honeydew custard just BAMFed in your mouth.

Re: I recently had durian for the first time!

[tlatoani]

It does smell bad, that's for sure. I don't have the world's best sense of smell, though.