The Omnivore's 100
I believe this was started at a blog that came up with a list of 100 items that every omnivore should try in his or her life. It has spread like Wildfire. It has turned into a meme. Here is what you do:
You copy the list The Omnivore's 100 and post it to your blog, bold the items you've tried and strike through any you would never try. Make any comments you wish Anyone interested? Here is my list: (I just typed an "X" after one's I have eate.) Some of these I still need to look up, good grief!
Laura’s List
1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea X
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare X( I love this stuff, don’t know if I’d eat it anymore)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari X
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (does truffle oil count? didn't think so.)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X (watermelon and choke cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X (just a nibble)
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?)
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone [I so wanna try this]
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X [only by accident when I grab my hubby's drink]
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X [just the funnel cake]
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill {again NEVER}
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse X
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake
I counted 49 x's for me. Anyone else wanna try? Maybe I should make this a poll?
I believe this was started at a blog that came up with a list of 100 items that every omnivore should try in his or her life. It has spread like Wildfire. It has turned into a meme. Here is what you do:
You copy the list The Omnivore's 100 and post it to your blog, bold the items you've tried and strike through any you would never try. Make any comments you wish Anyone interested? Here is my list: (I just typed an "X" after one's I have eate.) Some of these I still need to look up, good grief!
Laura’s List
1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea X
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare X( I love this stuff, don’t know if I’d eat it anymore)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari X
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (does truffle oil count? didn't think so.)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X (watermelon and choke cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X (just a nibble)
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?)
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone [I so wanna try this]
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X [only by accident when I grab my hubby's drink]
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X [just the funnel cake]
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill {again NEVER}
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse X
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake
I counted 49 x's for me. Anyone else wanna try? Maybe I should make this a poll?
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
Laura
Laura