A little gastronomic diversion (not to be confused with gastric diversion) lifted from justhungry.com http://justhungry.com/omnivores-hundred-just-hungry-version I scored 55 out of 100 and am not sure how much further that number will climb. Maybe I’ll work on 100 foods I like to eat. That would be an interesting exercise!
The Omnivore’s Hundred
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So, here I present…
The Just Hungry Omnivore’s Hundred
- Venison
- Nettle tea
- Huevos rancheros
- Steak tartare
- Crocodile (Unopened can sits in my pantry…waiting for it to claw its way out)
- Black pudding
- Cheese fondue (But so much bread and cheese—which would make it fondue)
- Carp
- Borscht
- Baba ghanoush
- Calamari (My absolute fave is the deep fried calamari made by Longhi’s http://longhis.com/ in Hawaii)
- Pho (Makes you feel like you’ve eaten healthy)
- PB&J sandwich (the best requires fresh, soft bread, but my 13 year old prefers it on toast,, which I totally don’t understand)
- Aloo gobi
- Hot dog from a street cart (NY experience required)
- Epoisses
- Black truffle
- Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
- Steamed pork buns (grew up on char siu bao)
- Pistachio ice cream (grocery store ones don’t give this it’s due)
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh wild berries
- Foie gras (Husband is boycotting because of cruel treatment of ducks)
- Rice and beans
- Brawn, or head cheese (I kind of like the gelatinousness)
- Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
- Dulce de leche
- Oysters (raw oysters are fine, but have you ever had a deep fried oyster?)
- Baklava
- Bagna cauda
- Wasabi peas
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
- Salted lassi
- Sauerkraut
- Root beer float
- Cognac with a fat cigar (Does it have to be with a fat cigar?)
- Clotted cream tea
- Vodka jelly/Jell-O (oooohh!)
- Gumbo
- Oxtail (Just made some last week)
- Curried goat
- Whole insects (not to my knowledge)
- Phaal (had to look this one up!)
- Goat’s milk
- Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
- Fugu
- Chicken tikka masala
- Eel (Tastes better if you call it by its Japanese name, unagi)
- Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
- Sea urchin (to be polite only for sure)
- Prickly pear
- Umeboshi
- Abalone
- Paneer
- McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (will remain unbolded for my lifetime)
- Spaetzle
- Dirty gin martini
- Beer above 8% ABV
- Poutine
- Carob chips
- S’mores (could use s’more right now!)
- Sweetbreads
- Kaolin (can’t even find what this is)
- Currywurst
- Durian
- Frogs’ legs (help me, no!)
- Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
- Haggis (enjoyed the dish served at Edinburgh Castle)
- Fried plantain
- Chitterlings, or andouillette
- Gazpacho
- Caviar and blini (cruise ship)
- Louche absinthe
- Gjetost, or brunost (this often appeared at breakfast in Norwegian hotels…it is pretty bad)
- Roadkill
- Baijiu (did the Communist officials on our visit to China make us drink this?)
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Snail
- Lapsang souchong
- Bellini (plan to mark this off asap since discovering just now it’s sparking wine with peach puree,)
- Tom yum
- Eggs Benedict
- Pocky (I’m not a big fan of Pocky and don’t see why people make a big deal out of it…)
- Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (if only there were a 3-star Michelin in my neighborhood!)
- Kobe beef
- Hare
- Goulash
- Flowers (Look pretty but don’t add to the tasting experience in my opinion)
- Horse (shall boycott)
- Criollo chocolate
- Spam (Hawaiian staple found even in the best kitchens)
- Soft shell crab (mmmm – sushi!)
- Rose harissa
- Catfish
- Mole poblano
- Bagel and lox
- Lobster Thermidor
- Polenta (there’s polenta and then there’s polenta!)
- Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (doesn’t beat Sumatra IMHO)
- Snake (ehhhh!)
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