A Food Blogger Chain Letter

Wednesday, September 3. 2008

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
~~36. Cognac with a fat cigar~~ (hey, this one isn't strictly food. Smoking, bleh!)
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
~~55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal~~ (death first!)
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
~~70. Chitterlings, or andouillette~~ (though I've eaten other preparations of tripe)
71. Gazpacho (last night, in fact)
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
~~75. Roadkill~~
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)

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