I EAT WITH GUSTO, DAMN! YOU BET

[defrog]

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred meme (by order of drhoz ) goes something like this:

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.

As it happens, it’ll be shorter if I show you what I haven’t eaten yet.

2. Nettle tea
14. Aloo gobi (I’m not big on cauliflower)
16. Epoisses
21. Heirloom tomatoes (not knowingly)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
30. Bagna cauda
37. Clotted cream tea (clotted cream, yes; but not with tea)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
46. Fugu
51. Prickly pear
58. Beer above 8% ABV (not knowingly)
59. Poutine (no, but I’ve had chili cheese fries, which is the same concept, sort of)
60. Carob chips
63. Kaolin (you can eat this?)
68. Haggis
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (I have eaten pig intestine, but not in this form)
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate (not knowingly)
93. Rose harissa
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta (only if grits count – otherwise, no)

Note that of all the stuff I have tried, there’s a few I would never touch again – either for gout reasons (crab) or I didn’t like them the first time (eel, oysters, sea urchin, calimari, a dirty gin martini, etc).  And most of it I’ve tried only once, because that’s how many times the opportunity presented itself.

And yes, I did have to Google a lot of these. When you’ve only eaten something once, you don’t always remember the name.  Sometimes you don’t even know what it’s called (like umeboshi).

Here’s the full list:

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 (not knowingly)
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 (clotted cream, yes; but not with 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 (no, but I’ve had chili cheese fries, which is the same concept, sort of)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (you can eat this?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (I have eaten pig intestine, but not in this form)
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 (not knowingly)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta (do grits count?)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Kitchen confidential,

This is dF

Comments

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

kaolin? sure - it settles the stomach, so it's purely medical