Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Lists

This list has been making the rounds on many of the blogs I read so I figured I'd post it on mine too.  This is a list of what every omnivore should try.  The bold ones are the ones I've had which is 55 out of the 100.  Not too bad, but not overly adventurous I guess.  


The Omnivore’s Hundred

1. Venison

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

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


33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar

37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O

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

46. Fugu

47. Chicken tikka masala

48. Eel

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear


52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

56. Spaetzle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV


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
69. Fried plantain

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

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

97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

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