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 at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
- Venison
- Nettle tea
- Huevos rancheros
- Steak tartare
- Crocodile (I'm assuming alligator is close enough.)
- Black pudding
- Cheese fondue
- Carp
- Borscht
- Baba ghanoush
- Calamari
- Pho
- PB&J sandwich
- Aloo gobi
- Hot dog from a street cart
- Epoisses
- Black truffle
- Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
- Steamed pork buns
- Pistachio ice cream
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh wild berries
- Foie gras
- Rice and beans
- Brawn, or head cheese
- Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
- Dulce de leche
- Oysters
- Baklava
- Bagna cauda
- Wasabi peas
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
- Salted lassi
- Sauerkraut
- Root beer float
- Cognac with a fat cigar
- Clotted cream tea
- Vodka jelly/Jell-O
- Gumbo
- Oxtail
- Curried goat
- Whole insects
- Phaal
- Goat’s milk
- Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
- Fugu
- Chicken tikka masala
- Eel
- Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
- Sea urchin
- Prickly pear
- Umeboshi
- Abalone
- Paneer
- McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
- Spaetzle
- Dirty gin martini
- Beer above 8% ABV
- Poutine
- Carob chips
- S’mores
- Sweetbreads
- Kaolin (as kaopectat
- Currywurst
- Durian
- Frogs’ legs
- Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
- Haggis
- Fried plantain
- Chitterlings, or andouillette (M gagged all the way through my Paris andouillette phase.)
- Gazpacho
- Caviar and blini
- Louche absinthe
- Gjetost, or brunost
- Roadkill
- Baijiu
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Snail
- Lapsang souchong
- Bellini
- Tom yum
- Eggs Benedict
- Pocky
- Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
- Kobe beef (Kobe sliders don't count.)
- Hare
- Goulash
- Flowers
- Horse
- Criollo chocolate
- Spam
- Soft shell crab
- Rose harissa
- Catfish
- Mole poblano
- Bagel and lox
- Lobster Thermidor
- Polenta
- Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
- Snake
85 for me. The list is a little UK-centric, with all the various Indian dishes, but an interesting meme. I put in italics the ones I'd like to try.
Here's another bunch from my own eating and travels. I tried to think of things that are out of the ordinary (wild boar) and not particular dishes (pappardelle alla cinghiale). Part of the problem here is the "thousand things" problem, which my dad pointed out about the book 1000 Places to See Before You Die. A lot of entries in that book are specific experiences, like you have to go to Montreal in the summer to see the festivals. Well, whatever. I've been to Montreal and not seen a festival, but dammit I'm crossing it off the list. I could well put "Steak and Kidney Pie in a London Pub" on this list, but then the item is place-dependent, whereas the dish is not. I've had my share of steak & kidney pies in London, let me tell you that you could easily outclass most of them with a can-do attitude and a sympathetic butcher. So, think it'd be good to blow this out to a thousand things. Let me know if you've eaten anything interesting/good that's not here.
- Marmite
- Testicles
- Lights
- Steak & Kidney Pie
- Fresh Anchovies
- Tuscan Bread Dishes (Pappa di Pomodoro/Ribollita/Panzanella)
- Wild Boar
- Ossobuco
- Pigeon/Squab
- Lamb's Tongues
- Elephant Garlic
- Passatelle
- Purslane
- Rendang
- Xiaolongbao
- Lamian
- Dim Sum
- Bottarga
- Pot-au-feu
- Milk-fed Veal
- Suckling Pig
- Durban Curry
- Guanabana
- Szechuan Hot Pot
- Pad Thai
- Bucatini all'Amatriciana
- Homemade Sushi
- Cock-a-leekie
- New Mexico Green Chile
- Full Moroccan Cous Cous
- Italian[sic] Wedding Soup
- Meatloaf
- Chazuke
- Chicken Hearts
- Full Asado
- Cod Tongues
- Boerewors
- Hominy/Posole/Samp
- Real Maple Syrup
- Pickled Tomatoes
- Tamales
- Jeppson’s Malört
- Underberg
- Duck Tongues
- Cheese Souffle
- Chicharrones
- Razor Clams
- Yerba Mate
- Moussaka
- Halva
- Boiled Peanuts
- Nopales
- Tripe
- Quail (served at our wedding)
- Casu Marzu
- Pheasant
- Clambake on the Beach
- Poi
- Dark 'n' Stormy
- Cincinatti Chili
- Corned Beef & Cabbage
- Irish Stew
- Biltong
- Duck Fat Potatoes
- Biltong
- éclade de Moules
- Dolmas
- Olive Ascolane
- Mozzarella in Carrozza
- Fried Cheese
- Grandma Pie
- Meatball Burrito
- Meatball Parm Sub with Broccoli Rabe
- Tsukune (Giant Chicken Meatball)
- Yakitori
- Caprese Salad
- Limoncello
- Milk-boiled Veal
- Buta no Kakuni
- Hakata-style Ramen
- Tokyo Shoyu Ramen
- California-Style Burrito
- Enchiladas Suizas
- Fiori di Zucca
- Spaghetti alla Chitarra
- Gnocchi of Spinach & Ricotta
- Carciofi alla giudia
- Puttanesca
- Panforte
- Risi e Bisi
- Paella Valenciana
- Paella Basque
- Vitello Tonnato
- Brandade
- Oeufs Mollets
- Fegato alla Veneziana
- Bresaola, Rucola, Parmigiano, Limone
- Pasta alla Quattro Formaggi
- Cassata Siciliana
- Creme Brulee
- Croque-em-Bouche
- Natto
- Balut
- Hundred Year Eggs
- Yuba
- Surimi
- Caesar Salad
- Bloody Mary
- Bloody Caesar
- Lasagne? In Brodo? alla Bolognese?
- Spaghetti alla Bolognese
- Tiramisu
- Cassoulet
- Cioppino
- Bouillabaisse
- Quiche Lorraine
- Raclette
- Hummus
- Aceto Balsamico (with strawberries, melon, prosciutto)
- Pesto Genovese
- Porchetta
- Saltimbocca
- Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
- Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Sauce
- Bubble & Squeak
- Cornish Pasties
- Toro Sashimi
- Ama Ebi
- Cuban Sandwich
1 comment:
Fun! I'd add dulse, blood pudding, fried squid beaks (with beer at an izakaya), wild blackberries, shandy, burdock, molasses, moldy cheese, Pimm's Cup
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