OK, so I stole this from
spanambula. I just couldn't help it.
The Food Meme!
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.
1. Venison (I grew up in deer country, so this was unavoidable.)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (um, yeah, so I also grew up a stone's throw from LA. Nuff said.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (OMG PHO ROCKS MY WORLD! NOTHING cures a hangover faster!)
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
22. Fresh wild berries (Used to pick them behind my house growing up.)
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I'm not this crazy. Sorry.)
27. Dulce de leche (YUM!!)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (what IS this?)
34. Sauerkraut (I feel very sorry for anyone who's afraid of saurkraut.)
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly (Jello shots? Unfortunately.)
39. Gumbo (Again, I feel sorry for anyone who is afraid of this.)
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
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 (not my favorite, but I'll do it.)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear (Nopales! YUM! I heart Texas!)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (Dogfish, baby! And I have to quote spanamb: God I love the Pacific Northwest's small breweries)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (I ate a lot of health food as a kid, and carob was one of my faves!)
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (If done right, VERY tasty!)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (What the heck are elephant ears?)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (WTF? I grew up in the South, but seriously?)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (yuck.)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (One day.)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish (Fresh caught! Another childhood favorite.)
95. Mole poblano (Mole is good in any form.)
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake