Friday, September 05, 2008

Jumpin' on this bandwagon...

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.
(My addition) 4) italicize what you'd really like to try.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (Oh, god, yes, more of that, please??? I've been having dreams about salami made out of it... seriously...)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (I don't do raw meat... I just don't...)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I imagine that it's rather nasty...)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (One of my favorite things to eat for lunch to this day.)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (Yum, blackberry wine...)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (I don't like tomatoes, but if I did, these would be the thing...)
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 - Seriously, EW!
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas OMG, NEVER AGAIN! BLEGH!!
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 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'm ashamed to say... long ago...)
56. Spaetzle (Nom, nom, nom)
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 (all of the above)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho (I hated it, but I tried it... would probably like the medieval version which had a zucchini base rather than tomato)
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
82. Eggs Benedict (SO YUM!!)
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (Seriously, I think I'd rather commit cannibalism than eat 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

4 comments:

La Duchesse said...

When we're both famous, we should have a black truffle party. :P

RaeS said...

LOL! Yes, we totally should!

La Duchesse said...

Mom suggests going to Italy during truffle season and--pun definitely inteded--pig out. :D

RaeS said...

LOL! Yet another reason to go to Italy!