Omnivore's 100

I found this posted on several other TWD blogs. It seemed like an interesting experiment. I've eaten 2/3 of the list, and only ruled out a few foods that I really wouldn't want to try. As food often makes the memory, I've commented to myself where applicable.

If you'd like to play along:1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold or Italicize all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Highlight in red the foods that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
Without further ado...The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros: a weeknight staple
4. Steak tartare: My mom used to make it with plain ground beef from the store – very 1970’s
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht: USSR, 1988. It was so much tastier than the “American” food that Intourist tried to serve.
10. Baba ghanoush: With Marieke at the Starving Chef, Exeter NH. No one’s made it better since.
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich: Once, as a toddler. I’d have to be a contestant on Survivor to consider it again.
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: From Phil’s, in college
20. Pistachio ice cream: Ah, spumoni
21. Heirloom tomatoes: the best of summer…
22. Fresh wild berries: I have memories of Portland last summer
23. Foie gras: Le Cirque 2000, Feb 2001
24. Rice and beans: Another weeknight staple
25. Brawn, or head cheese: I see it in the case weekly. Never tried it.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper: yes, but not a whole one
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters: I grew up in the SC Lowcountry
29. Baklava: I now live not far from Dearborn, MI
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Saurkraut: For good luck in the new year.
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: Unagi
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut : hot from glaze line
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi: They go really well in the Japanese rice porridge
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: Beegee’s mom used to offer them for dessert
61. S’mores: It wouldn’t be a camping trip without them
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis: For breakfast in the diner outside Edinburgh. Never made to Burns night at the St. Louis Brewery
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho: It’s chillin’ in the fridge right now
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