Evidently, I'll Eat Pretty Much Anything

This is a food meme. I got it from Nigel.

• Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
• Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
• Put in red any items that you would never consider eating.
  

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare One of my favorites! Mmmmm, raw, red meat.

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 -- but I cried all over myself! As an ex once said, "Pain is a flavor."

27. Dulce de leche

28. Oysters -- another favorite!

29. Baklava -- I've worked at a couple of Greek Restaraunts -- but I only ate the baklava at one of them. I generally don't like flies in my pastries.

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas --I've seen them at Trader Joe's. As much as I like wasabi, these things do not appeal to me.

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

33. Salted lassi -- I like the fruit lassis better.

34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float --My son would rather have RBFs than cake on his b-day.

36. Cognac with a fat cigar

37. Clotted cream tea

38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail

41. Curried goat -- There used to be a great Nigerian take-out near one of my jobs that served curried goat with yams. mmmmm.... And yes, pain is a flavor.

42. Whole insects --Chocolate-covered ants AND fried grasshopper.

43. Phaal

44. Goat’s milk

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more -- thanks Pete, Richard and Sam!!!

46. Fugu -- I don't ever need to eat anything that poisonous.
47. Chicken tikka masala

48. Eel

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

51. Prickly pear -- the jelly

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone -- but I can't wait to try it!

54. Paneer

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

56. Spaetzle -- I had to google it first, and yes, I have eaten it.

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV -- Thank god for the Belgians.

59. Poutine

60. Carob chips
61. S’mores

62. Sweetbreads

63. Kaolin -- seriously, what is this? According to google, it's Chinese clay or an emollient used with anhydrous as an insecticide???

64. Currywurst

65. Durian

66. Frogs’ legs -- When I bartended in the country, one of my regulars went frog giggin', deepfried his harvest and brought them into the bar. Meh..

67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

68. Haggis

69. Fried plantain -- I love fried plantain...

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

71. Gazpacho -- Not only have I eaten gazpacho, 3 other women and I did a performance piece in college which involved the creation of a batch of gazpacho as a metaphor for how much La Reconquista shaped Spanish culture.

72. Caviar and blini

73. Louche absinthe

74. Gjetost, or brunost

75. Roadkill --I'd like to say never, but the economy is tight and I'd sure as heck carry a dead possum home for soup before I'd let the family starve.

76. Baijiu

77. Hostess Fruit Pie

78. Snail

79. Lapsang souchong

80. Bellini

81. Tom yum -- very good, but I prefer Tom Kha

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 -- see #75

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