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MEME: Omnivore's Top 100

Aug 14, 2008 00:00

From: http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/

"Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. 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 - ( Read more... )

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woekitten August 14 2008, 04:29:29 UTC

Toronto'd better goddamn well have the best hot dog vendors in the world, it's all we fucking sell.

(They sure are tasty, though.)

cro2 August 14 2008, 04:47:18 UTC

I know, it pains me too. At least we can get fried rice in front of Robarts?

You should fill this out on your LJ and spread it around...

woekitten August 14 2008, 05:03:25 UTC

I thought vendors were supposed to be allowed to sell more ethnic foods...? When it happens, it's going to be fantastic.

I will definitely post this! Though I'm a bit embarrassed about how little I've experimented. ;)

wheeler August 14 2008, 09:59:10 UTC

Why 'chevalle/cheval'? Is 'horse' too upsetting for folks to get their head around, so they need a fancy name for it? :) A horse is a horse, of course of course.

cro2 August 14 2008, 14:11:40 UTC

Well... Venison. Not "deer"... or "Bambi."

It was my understanding that chevalle was the food name for it?

wheeler August 14 2008, 14:51:34 UTC

Well, I think 'cheval' just means 'horse' rather than 'horse meat'. While every time I've eaten horse it has indeed been labeled 'cheval', that's because I've only eaten it in France. Calling it cheval when speaking English would be like calling beef 'bouef', or worse, 'vache'.

I can understand why 'cheval' might be used as a euphemism, but there's no historic precedent for it that I'm aware of. I don't think the French were eating horse back when they introduced all their meat words to the English language with the Norman invasion; horse eating is an artefact of Revolutionary-era France.

gregmce August 14 2008, 13:26:15 UTC

I'm now wondering which item is topping people's lists of "would not eat" -- roadkill or whole insects.

(I had the latter at Oyamel in DC because really, why not? My grasshopper-filled taco was actually pretty nice; it just tasted like the spices they'd put into it with a crunchy texture.)