The Omnivore's Hundred

After my whiny post yesterday I thought that today I'd do something fun! I was browsing some of the food blogs I read regularly and found this post on the Chocolate and Zucchini blog. It's a list of 100 foods (or drinks or some things that are questionable) that Andrew over on the Very Good Taste blog thinks that Ominvore's should try. He's from the UK but there are a lot of American foods on the list. He has a another post where he explains his choices.

I will preface this by saying that I don't like fish or seafood, so have no intention of trying most of those (nor the whole insects either thank you very much even though I had the opportunity while we were in Mexico recently). I am generally picky about my protein sources, but much more likely to try most other things. I have also put comments on some things in parentheses. Doing the crossouts is too much of a PITA so I am putting the things that I would never try in italics. If I have counted right I think I have tried just over half of the list (53) and won't try 19 things.

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 (tried it but don't like it)
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 (ick!)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (I think I may have had this but I am not sure)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (I have tried clam chowder, don't like it, but never had it in a sourdough bowl)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (no thanks to the cigar!)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (I had some kind of liquor in jello in Mexico, but it wasn't vodka)
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 (who knows, it's been years since I've had whisky and I have had some single malt whiskies but I don't think they cost that much, at least 20-25 years ago)
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear (hey, these are tunas! I just had those in Mexico!)
52. Umeboshi (I have had umeboshi vinegar, but not an actual umeboshi)
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (not a martini drinker so I had to google this to see what it was- it has olive juice in it)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (I don't think so, but like the whisky, who knows!)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (okay, this is another ick!)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (I'm on the fence but I don't think I'd try these)
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 (I've tried lox mixed into cream cheese by mistake, yuck!)
97. Lobster Thermidor (I have tried lobster, didn't like it, so wouldn't bother trying the Thermidor)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Leave me a comment if you post your own list on your own blog, I'd like to read it!