Foodie Lists

[alexmegami]

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronome Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once.
The rules of the meme:
Bold those you have tried.
Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.
Under line anything you don't know what it is.


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 ghobi (so very much)
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Époisses de Bourgogne*
17. Black truffle*
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes*
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (maybe??)
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 (I fucking love baklava)
30. Bagna cauda (probably, but not sure)
31. Wasabi peas (gross)
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl*
33. Salted lassi* (in fact, it's on my list - go go Bombay Bhel!)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac*
37. Clotted cream tea*
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects*
43. Phaal* (it will probably kill me)
44. Goat’s milk*
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more*
46. Fugu (aside from fish-yuck, no. Just no.)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (grody)
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%*
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips*
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads*
63. Kaolin (??? What is this?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian* (I've had durian-flavored items... but never durian.)
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*
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu*
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
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
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
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*

Clearly I have a goal to aspire to. :P

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Methinks you got a bit excited with the "strike" tag, there...:D

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Also, is it bad that the only things on that list that really made me go "Ewwww!" were thoroughly Western dishes (Poutine, Krispy Kremes)?

[alexmegami]

Poutine is fucking awesome.

Some of the weirder bits-of-animal were pretty ewwie.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I could see Poutine being good comfort food if it's something you grew up with. Not being a huge fan of super-fatty foods, though (they make my stomach hurt), the thought of it just kind of...makes my stomach hurt. But then, I've been known to have a Big Mac meal on occasion despite the stomach-hurtyness, so who am I to judge. :D

I've never had that big an issue with weird foods (or weird stuff in general), I guess. But I was a bit nonplussed about all the curries. I don't mind curry, but I've never had the sort of "OMG CURRY!" experience that so many fans talk about. But then, I've never had an authentic British (ha! ha! See what I did there!) or Indian curry, so I'm reserving judgment.

Also, WTF is Kaolin? I looked up 'most everything on Wikipedia, but all my Google skills were turning up was some sort of mineral that didn't look very edible...must be a weird spelling or something.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Ah! I figured it out, thanks to digging up the original list: they are talking about the mineral kaolin. Apparently it's used for medicinal properties. Probably not that delicious, but hey.

[alexmegami]

I fixeded it. Stupid Scotch bonnet peppers...

[sasuran.livejournal.com]

63 may be something else, but it can definitely be a type of clay sometimes used in supplements for people on a "cleanse" diet.

In other words, eating dirt. XD

[alexmegami]

So. Weird.

[adagioweapon.livejournal.com]

I've et Deer killed by a truck. That covers two of the list!

[shugahkitty.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you've tried eating half these things! I'm impressed!
Also a giant LOL to your oysters! Tried and will never go back! lol!