The Omnivore’s Hundred
I found this fun little item over on the AlmostFit site, and decided to play, just for kicks. You should do the same! Let me know your 'score'
"The site Very Good Taste posted a list of 100 things that they felt every good omnivore should try at least once in his or her life.”
So which foods have you, or would you, eat?
Instructions:
Bold all items you’ve eaten.
Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. (i used italics instead)
Here’s my list:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Never Again lol
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - allergic, otherwise I would
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. 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 big fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly - now THIS sounds like a treat
39. Gumbo
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
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - I've actually never eaten a big mac (99 hamburgers are a diff story)
56. Spaetzle - don't know what this is, and not in the mood to google it
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- I’m up for any fruit
66. Frogs’ legs - tastes like chicken
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - all yes, yes, too much, yes
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain - staple in my youth
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill - c'mon
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - never appealed to me
78. Snail - i love these lil guys
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
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
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake -
I've tried a bit, have a lot left to experiment with. I eat fish but not meat/poultry so that knocks a bit off of my 'to try' list
Which foods are on, or off, your list?
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