Food Meme

Stolen from nilo and modified slightly

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.

1. Venison -- Man, I haven't any in a while, though.
2. Nettle Tea
3. Huevos rancheros -- In college, we called it the best hangover cure. If it doesn't cure you, it'll kill you.
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile/alligator
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp - The first fish I ever caught at age 5!
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - no cauliflower for me.
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffles
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 -- I'd try it. I haven't.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper -- Not a favorite. Heat, at the expense of sour/bitterness.
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters -- I'm a late arrival, but I love 'em now.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda -- I had to look this up, now I want some.
31. Wasabi peas -- Not a fan.
32. Clam chowder -- Manhattan, not New England.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac -- Amazing invention
37. Clotted cream -- I had to look this up, too. Sounds like creme fraiche to me.
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail -- Mmm, getting cold out soon, time for more oxtail soup.
41. Curried goat -- I've been wanting to try goat.
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more -- Not a regular occurrence.
46. Fugu -- Haven't yet. Would.
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin -- Ever body-surfed and got a whole stomach full of salt water? Sorta like that.
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone -- I need to eat on the West Coast more often.
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal -- Another amazing invention.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini -- only accidentally. Prefer the vodka martini, and not dirty.
58. Beer above 8%
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips -- Unfortunately...
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin -- I looked it up...the clay? And it's in toothpaste? So I guess, technically...
64. Currywurst
65. Durian -- I've been thinking about it...I probably would.
66. Frogs’ legs -- Mmm. Tastes like chicken. Kinda fishy chicken.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho -- Kelly's in Key West is the best I've ever had.
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe -- Done it with Pastis/Pernod/Ricard. Absinthe was banned in the US until recently.
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill -- Not actual roadkill, but I'd try possum or squirrel or racoon or armadillo (minus the leprosy).
76. Baijiu -- My dad brought some back from China once.
77. Hostess Fruit Pie -- My favorite lunch dessert in High School.
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant -- Not yet
85. Kobe beef -- Especially as a sushi.
86. Hare -- Several times, and usually it's a little too dry for me.
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse -- Very few things I won't try, but I'd have a hard time eating Trigger.
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab -- Love blue crab, but wasn't impressed by soft shell.
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish -- I keep trying it, thinking "This time I'll actually like it...". In vain.
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee -- Best. Coffee. Ever.
100. Snake