A Fun List, or The Omnivore’s Hundred From Very Good Taste.

Oh, how I love a list.  Whether it’s something arbitrary or a few things I’m keeping track of, lists make me ridiculously happy; when I saw the list compiled by Andrew over at Very Good Taste, I got very excited.  Called “The Omnivore’s Hundred,” it is a series of suggested foods to try.  Here are the instructions…  please join in and let me know what you’ve eaten, and what you’re willing to try.

Directions:
Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
Bold all the items you’ve eaten.  Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
Optional extra: Post a comment at Very Good Taste linking to your results.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (I’ve not had this specifically, but I have had what I suppose could be called the Armenian version of it — raw ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper, then rolled into balls with bulgur.)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB+J sandwich (I love peanut butter, and I love both jam and jelly, but for some reason the idea of combining the two has always sounded so unappealing.)
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 (If I could get away with it, I’d be eating this on a daily basis.)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I have described my intolerance of hot foods, so there is absolutely no way that I would ever, ever, ever eat a Scotch Bonnet!)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (I live in New England.  A bowl is practically given to you upon entry.)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float (You know, I seem to be in the minority about this, but I simply do not like root beer, let alone the scum that forms with ice cream and carbonated beverages mix.)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea (I’ve had clotted cream with scones, but not with a proper tea.)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (see Scotch Bonnet!)
44. Goat’s milk (This I would try eagerly.  After all, I love cheese made with it…)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (One of my favorite fish to eat!)
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’mores (I’ve had s’mores on one occasion, and, you know, I was kind of unimpressed.)
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (This just seems really odd.)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantains
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (Something I’ve always had difficulty with is anise; though I will and have consume foods and beverages with this flavor, I don’t regularly enjoy it.)
74. Gjetost, or brunost (As if there’s a cheese out there I wouldn’t try!)
75. Roadkill (This is an inarguable “no.”)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (Only apple though.)
    
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum (see Scotch Bonnet!)
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (I love the dark chocolate, aka “Men’s.”)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (not yet, though I’ve had the tasting menu at a restaurant with two Michelin stars…)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam (My mother is Filipina.  Of course I’ve had Spam.)
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (I’m from New York — this is my breakfast of choice!)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake