or according to those close to me, gamey (ha! beat ya to the joke)....but I am up to the challenge nonetheless. Here goes Uncle Hot Sauce:
The Omnivore’s 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 - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers.
Here’s what I want you to do:
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.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
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
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
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
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst65. 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 (just ate some tonight and it was delicious!)
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab (or as Claude says "Sha-scheal-craaa")
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
9 comments:
I was wondering why you crossed out sweetbreads...who doesn't like pastries?
I am now educated as to what that really is and I would have to cross that out as well.
Wow. This is a great list. I think I would cross out black pudding also. I believe it is blood that makes it black. Slovaks eat some stuff like that. Head cheese has to go too. It's all full of yucky "throw out" parts of an animal...conveniently contained in some gelatin uck. Not on a dare.
Next time we get together, we have to make a menu with as many of these as possible. Who cares if the kids eat? It's there tough luck that Hostess fruit pie and Big Mac meal are already crossed off!
Duh...Usually when I type "A", "Auntie Kris" pops up.
I am officially the pickiest eater. I have eaten 7 on that list! That is all I would want to eat too! ;)
Alright, I went back and counted and I'm at 49. Almost half-way there!!
I'm happy to say I've already gotten the cognac/cigar combo under my belt.
I think I have 63...probably because I am significantly older than the rest of you guys!! Maybe when you are over 40, you too will have eaten Aloo gobi washed down with some nettle tea. But, only because it keeps you regular.
I actually had the head cheese today, but it was an ingredient in a Vietnamese sandwich called Banh Mi. I have to admit that knowing head cheese was a component took a lot away from all of the other great ingredients: sliced pork, jalapenos, cilantro, mayo, ham, pate, carrot, radish and onion. An interesting combo, minus the head cheese next time.
Oh, I forgot to mention that Carp is a pretty common fish for Eastern Europeans to eat. My Czech friend makes a carp soup at Christmas every year and it's pretty good.
Eww. OK, so I commented to you that that is definitely on my crossed out list, however I see that it is not. As I am too lazy to go back and change it, let it be known: NO HEAD CHEESE. Now the pork, jalapeno, cilantro, mayo combo sounds nice - perhaps minus the pate and ham. Let those be eaten on their own.
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