Monday, August 18, 2008

The Omnivore's Hundred (58 out of 100 for me!)

Here's a meme for you foodies out there! Bold the ones you've tried, and cross out the ones you would never put in your mouth. Have fun!

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1. Venison

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare (carpaccio yes, tartare, no :()

5. Crocodile

6. Black pudding

7. Cheese fondue

8. 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 [blogged]

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 (making your own is awesome easy when you use tins of sweetened condensed milk!)

28. Oysters

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (Boudin!)

33. Salted lassi (I've had sweet lassi, and lassi with mango...)

34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar (I've had both, but on separate occasions)

37. Clotted Cream Tea

38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail

41. Curried goat (not sure if I've actually had them together, but I've also had them on separate occasions..)

42. Whole insects

43. Phaal

44. Goat's milk (in cheese, not sure if I've had it in milk form yet)

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more (knowing my cousins and brother, I probably have)

46. Fugu

47. Chicken tikka masala

48. Eel

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

50. Sea urchin (I love uni!)

51. Prickly pear

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (unfortnately..)

56. Spaetzle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV (not so sure about this one)

59. Poutine [Available in SF here] (no, but I've tried In-N-Out fries Animal-style.. :)

60. Carob chips

61. S’mores

62. Sweetbreads

63. kaolin

64. Currywurst

65. Durian (in candies and ice cream, I must have tried the real fruit at least once, but the smell really is quite pungent..)

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 (Hm...probably...)

75. Roadkill (Ugh!! Maybe if I were desperate enough...which I don't think will ever happen...)

76. Baijiu

77. Hostess Fruit Pie (blegh)

78. Snail

79. Lapsang Souchong

80. Bellini

81. Tom Yum

82. Eggs Benedict

83. Pocky

84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu (Someday, I will!)

85. Kobe beef

86. Hare (Does rabbit count?)

87. Goulash

88. Flowers

89. Horse

90. Criollo chocolate

91. Spam

92. Soft shell crab

93. Rose harissa [only had regular harissa, must correct this]

94. Catfish

95. Mole poblano

96. Bagel and lox

97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

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