The Omnivore's Hundred

This delightful meme is the brainchild of Andrew Wheeler, who is co-author of a blog called Very Good Taste. Andrew made a list of 100 foods every omnivore should try, from the utterly mundane (s’mores) to the absolutely weird (roadkill).

Here are the rules:

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.

I’ve eaten a respectable 68 of the 100, and there were just a handful of things I don’t think I’d be willing to try (whole insects…although I could be persuaded, roadkill and fugu).

Here goes…

The VGT 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 [was the bowl actually sourdough? I don’t freakin’ know!] 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 [I’ve eaten goat, but it was roasted and in tacos]
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 [I prefer dirty vodka martinis]
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 [hate, hate, hate] 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. [The French Laundry. Yah, baby]
85. Kobe beef 86. Hare [if regular old rabbit counts, I’m in] 87. Goulash 88. Flowers 89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate 91. Spam [huh, I think I must have tried it, but I can’t remember a specific instance, so I’m not gonna mark it]
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