The Omnivore’s 100

Now here’s what I call a meme! Foodies, get ready. I found this over at a British blogger’s site: Very Good Taste. It’s a list of what he considers to be the 100 foods every omnivore should eat in his lifetime. Interesting!

Here’s how it works:

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 www.wendalicious.wordpress.com linking to your results.

Note to Novices: I’ve added a link to the more obscure offerings. Even I didn’t know a few of them…

The list after the jump…

The Wendalicious Omnivore’s Hundred:

Venison
Nettle tea
Huevos rancheros
Steak tartare
Crocodile: I’ve had fried alligator nuggets – does that count?
Black pudding: at Eamonn’s once, on St. Patrick’s Day. I must have been drunk.
Cheese fondue: I grew up in the 70’s, didn’t I?
Carp
Borscht
Baba ghanoush
Calamari: I thought they were onion rings.
Pho
PB&J sandwich
Aloo gobi: it’s bolded, I’ve eaten it. And man is it good!
Hot dog from a street cart
Epoisses
Black truffle
Fruit wine made from something other than grapes: quite a lot, as it happens.
Steamed pork buns: Chinese comfort food (for me, anyway)
Pistachio ice cream: just the other night! mmmmm…
Heirloom tomatoes: I had some tonight!
Fresh wild berries
Foie gras
Rice and beans
Brawn, or head cheese
Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper: why would I do a stupid thing like that?
Dulce de leche: not yet, but it sounds pretty damn good…
Oysters: yuck.
Baklava: Dessert of the Greek Gods. Mount Olympus-y!
Bagna cauda
Wasabi peas
Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl: I’m severely allergic to clam chowder, unfortunately. Found that out the hard way one vacation in Cape Cod…
Salted lassi
Sauerkraut
Root beer float
Cognac with a fat cigar
Clotted cream tea
Vodka jelly/Jell-O: remember those parties I used to have, with the Jell-O fishbowl? I don’t.
Gumbo
Oxtail
Curried goat
Whole insects
Phaal: I‘d try a little…and wash it down with some lassi
Goat’s milk
Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more: If someone bought it for me…I can’t afford it.
Fugu No. F***ing. Way.
Chicken tikka masala
Eel
Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
Sea urchin
Prickly pear
Umeboshi
Abalone
Paneer
McDonald’s Big Mac Meal: sadly, fatly, yes.
Spaetzle: in fact, I make my own! Recipe coming someday…
Dirty gin martini
Beer above 8% ABV: Molson XXX (14%), smuggled in from Canada, back in college
Poutine: looks kinda gross, but I’d try it.
Carob chips
S’mores
Sweetbreads: though my neighbor Chef Mark is lobbying HARD to get me to try them…
Kaolin: this is a ROCK. Why is this on the list?
Currywurst. Sounds interesting…
Durian
Frogs’ legs: gives me the creeps
Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake All of the above!
Haggis: uh, no.
Fried plantain: at a Cuban restaurant in Florida…oh my, yummy!
Chitterlings, or andouillette. No thank you to both.
Gazpacho: made some last week!
Caviar and blini
Louche absinthe
Gjetost, or brunost
Roadkill. What?
Baijiu
Hostess Fruit Pie: again, sadly.
Snails
Lapsang souchong
Bellini
Tom yum
Eggs Benedict
Pocky
Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant I fear I will NEVER get this opportunity, since it involves actually traveling outside the U.S. (and my dear hubby lately is a bit of a homebody)
Kobe beef
Hare, rabbit. I am still haunted by a horrible childhood memory of a skinned Bugs Bunny lying in my Grandma’s kitchen sink
Goulash
Flowers
Horse
Criollo chocolate. If it’s chocolate, I’m in.
Spam
Soft shell crab
Rose harissa
Catfish
Mole poblano
Bagel and lox
Lobster Thermidor
Polenta
Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. I wasn’t impressed. Now I want to try some Kopi Luwak…
Snake