Original instructions
"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 http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ linking to your results".
Results
1. Venison - I don't believe one could live in the American Northwest for any period of time and not try some!
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - Pretty sure it wasn't too Americanized either!
4. Steak tartare in Europe. Not my favorite, although I do like my stake medium-rare (but not that rare!)
5. Crocodile - Is that legal, by the way?
6. Black pudding When I cross the Atlantic to visit my grandparents, and my Grandmother asks me if there is anything special I miss in the U.S., this is what I ask her to make.
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht - Are you kidding? This is a staple where I am from! Luckily for me, my American husband has fallen in love with it too, and even asks me to make it pretty frequently.
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses - I have to try this!
17. Black truffle - one can never have too many truffles!
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - (spicy) tomatoes, apples, pineapple, but I think my favorite non-grape wine is made of plums
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - mmmm, Rome!
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - I have had liver of many things (cow, chicken, cod), so I doubt it would be that terribly new.
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese Another one of my favorites! Hubby doesn't like it, Barack Obama called it "questionable meat-jello" in his book (which, clearly led to lots of discussion in this household ;), but I love it! I hope to be eating some for Christmas!!!
27. Dulce de leche Some of my happiest childhood memories involve eating dulce de leche by the spoon. Yum!!
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda - This girl will eat anything with anchovies!
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl I have to second Cath: Mmmmm, San Francisco!
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut - Oh, another favorite! One of these days I will learn how to make it, so that I can make it right (i.e. the way my Grandfather makes it!)
35. Root beer float Don't really like it. In fact, when I first tried it in the U.S. at 15 (I didn't speak much English yet), I kept insisting that this was not at all what beer was supposed to taste like (cue raised eye-brows from uber-correct Baptist Americans ;)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - Love cognac, but doubt I will be trying cigars.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - surely I tried some as a child, but who knows!
43. Phaal - Wanna try it!
44. Goat's milk - Yeah, the cheese is a lot better.
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $60/$120 or more - sounds like something to try. After graduation, maybe?
46. Fugu - put this one on the list of things to try after retiring!
47. Chicken tikka masala Yum!
48. Eel Mmmm, sushi.
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - am I missing out?
50. Sea urchin - these guys look pretty. Perhaps they would do better in an aquarium?
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV I was surprised to find any other kind!
59. Poutine - I have to try this!
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads Why throw away perfectly good animal parts?
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs - Those must have been some big frogs! Texas-sized, I was told!
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis - Yum, yum, yum!
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - YES, and YES. When I am upset, my husband doesn't ask me if I would like some chocolate. He asks me if I would like some caviar!
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - should I have tried this?
78. Snail
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 - it is delicious!
87. Goulash - mmmm!
88. Flowers
89. Horse - only in sausage
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox - Mmm, Cath, you should send me some! (Better yet, I should come your way and have some!)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Well, what do you know. There is nothing I won't try at least once (except McD's and minerals), and really, not a whole lot on this list I don't like (as opposed to many thing I love that I am finding others think are gross). Can I claim that I am a diverse eater now?
4 comments:
Ugh on the head cheese. I can't believe anyone would eat something with that name!
I actually had to look up many of the things on the list, only to realize that I have had many of them, and it is just that the Ukrainian names are really quite different. "Head cheese" has a much more appetizing name in Ukrainian :)
Good! I bet it still looks nasty though!
I grew up eating it (and helping make it), so it looks just fine to me ;)
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