An epicurean history
100 foods you should eat. Bold what you've eaten, italicize what you've eaten and hated, strikethrough those you're not willing ever to try. Underline ones you have no idea what they are.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - My favorite Mexican dish. Yum!
4. Steak tartare - I hope I’d be brave enough to try this
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding - Not sure I could eat it if I knew what it was before I took a bite
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht - The Polish version.
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho - LOVE this!
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Someday!
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - I prefer it in gelato form.
21. Heirloom tomatoes - if they were fresh off the vine … it’s the only way I can eat tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - At the fancy French restaurant my friends took me to for my 23rd birthday.
24. Rice and beans - Thank you, Hacienda Colorado! Mmmmm…
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava - One of my favorite desserts.
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float - Dad’s favorite treat.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - It’s a texture thing.
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - Not sure it’d be worth the risk.
47. Chicken tikka masala - My friend’s favorite Indian dish. A close second or third for me.
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle - Actually just made this the other night for dinner.
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - I LOVE fair food.
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (I think this article explaining louche absinthe must’ve been written by someone who had a glass of it sitting next to his keyboard.)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - Nope, sorry. That’s too far.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - My dad liked apple, mom liked berry, I liked lemon. My brother thought we were nuts.
78. Snail - I think I have. I can remember the texture, but not the where or when. Hmmm….
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini - Wanted to try this in Italy last summer, but never did. Sad!
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict - My favorite way to have eggs. Mmmm…
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse - Had this in Mongolia for the first time this summer. Tastes like a cross between beef and game.
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam -- 8th grade. My friend served it sliced and fried with mustard. Not as bad as I thought and actually kind of tasty. Whodathunk?
92. Soft shell crab -- Not sure I could actually stomach this, but I've heard it's AMAZING.
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox - Can’t believe I’ve never had this. Weird.
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain
100. Snake
There some things missing from the list, though. Shouldn't sushi be on there? And pizza?