Aug 19th, 2008
The Omnivore’s Hundred
Thanks to our friends at Very Good Taste in England, we’ll take a break and play a little game. Join us? Top my 77/100?
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 www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
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. 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
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 – I grew up in SF for crying out loud.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar -One of my best memories, Germany 1996, BFF, Cuban Cigar.
37. Clotted cream tea -another fine memory involving a hot English punk rocker in Bath.
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- not one of my finest moments
56. Spaetzle- with rabbit at Le Cirque. Sweet Jesus!
57. Dirty gin martini- I’m still dehydrated
58. Beer above 8% ABV- Brother Thelonious
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads- I even got my previously veggie husband to enjoy them at Campton Place.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake – yes, yes, yes and yes
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe- that was a rough night in Spain, I think.
74. Gjetost, or brunost – Husband is Norwegian, so that pretty much makes me a Norwegian.
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail – See my review on The Prospector
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky - Try the Pocky for Men. It’s made with Dark Chocolate.
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers – that is so 1999
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
Only 47 (heck, I don’t even know what some of these are!), but I’ve got you, Leslie, on the (single) malt whiskey, prickley pear (jelly), frogs legs, and andouillette! More importantly, where do I get some pocky!?
PS: Ask your grandmother about serving chocolate covered insects at a cocktail party.
I remember the story about the ants. She’s my hero. Well done on the pricey single malt. I have had some good ones, but I can’t remember one worth $120. If you know a good one, I’ll get it for Sasha. Pocky…..Chinatown. Now I know what to get you for Christmas. I just discovered that black pudding is blood pudding, and I have had that too. Lucky me.
I read your blog for the first time this week. I laughed out loud at so many things (yes the I hate rr was one of them) and added you immediately to “all things to be read if i ever get the time”.
BUT this little taste test party has me all excited. I’m gonna play. I just hope me, the so non techy, can figure out how.