Wednesday, September 3. 2008A Food Blogger Chain Letter
Andrew Wheeler of the blog Very Good Taste posted a list of a hundred things he thinks every good omnivore should try once, and asked all of us to post our list with the things we've eaten bolded and the things we'd never ever eat struck out. Here's my version. As far as I can tell, my score of 90% makes me the "high scorer" to date. I'm as surprised as anyone else.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea 3. Huevos rancheros 4. Steak tartare 5. Crocodile (actually, Alligator, but I think that counts) 6. Black pudding (hated it) 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 (never got a whole one. Someday ...) 18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (heck, I've made it) 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 live in San Francisco, after all ...) 33. Salted lassi 34. Sauerkraut 35. Root beer float 37. Clotted cream tea 38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O 39. Gumbo 40. Oxtail 41. Curried goat 42. Whole insects (live as well, unfortunately) 43. Phaal (Not something on the menu at Indian restaurants in CA) 44. Goat’s milk (surprisingly good in coffee) 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 (personally, I don't understand the popularity of these) 50. Sea urchin 51. Prickly pear 52. Umeboshi 53. Abalone 54. Paneer 56. Spaetzle 57. Dirty gin martini 58. Beer above 8% ABV 59. Poutine 60. Carob chips 61. S’mores 62. Sweetbreads 63. Kaolin (as an accidental side effect of pottery) 64. Currywurst 65. Durian (unless ice cream counts) 66. Frogs’ legs 67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake 68. Haggis 69. Fried plantain 71. Gazpacho (last night, in fact) 72. Caviar and blini 73. Louche absinthe 74. Gjetost, or brunost 76. Baijiu 77. Hostess Fruit Pie 78. Snail (why are these considered food again?) 79. Lapsang souchong 80. Bellini 81. Tom yum 82. Eggs Benedict 83. Pocky 84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (since I live in the US, not happing soon) 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 (overrated, but quite good) 100. Snake (tastes like a cross between fish and chicken) Trackbacks
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