Gastronomic delights, curiosities and travesties

[miladycarol]

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronomic Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives.

The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.


1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - I ate them every morning in Mexico and I make them for Sunday Morning Breakfast here at times
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush - MMMMMMMM!!! I love it and make this at home, too.
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 - I missed my chance in France, I was a complete vegetarian at the time.
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet peppe
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 The cognac, yes. The cigar, NEVER! *shudders*
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
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 I've tried malt whisky from people, I don't know what they paid for it.
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 - I've had the Italian version.
57. Dirty gin martinis
58. Beer above 8% ABV - I have no idea what this means. Since I dislike the taste of beer, I'll not bold it.
59. Poutine - I've had French fries and gravy, I've had cheese curd, but never all together.
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - Isn't this a clay-like mineral? I've probably made pottery with it, yet not eaten it... at least, not on purpose.
64. Currywurst
65. Durian - so sweet and creamy I can only eat a spoonful at a time. It's the nature's cheesecake.
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
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 - I honestly don't keep track of these things.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate - I had a bitter chocolate beverage called xocolatl in Mexico. It sounds similar, but I'm not sure.
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 - unsure
100. Snake


Some of these items I don't know if I've had. I simply can't remember. I didn't bold them, just in case.

I had a lot of fun looking up these dishes. I realized I have had some and not known the name or know it as something different. Pretty cool. I feel very International now.

Comments

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

I can't recall if you ever tried my whisky. If you did - you've met #45...

I have had cognac with a Cuban ceegar (well, a few tokes on the cigar). *smiles* I regret to this day eating poutine.

Next time you're in the Medford/Ashland area, there is a really good Russian restaurant in Medford that serves a classic borshcht.

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

I don't know, either. I am pretty bad about remembering stuff. I'll usually take a taste of most anything just to say I've had it, then forget I've had it. Who knows, I may have had a taste of borscht. Many of the things listed were snatched off someone else's plate. I'm that way. *grin*

I figure I've had more than my share of second hand cigar smoke while working at Crest Craft. I have never smoked anything in my life. Never plan on it, either. I can't even imagine wanting to.

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

Apparently the Kaolin gets used as a digestive aid, but it is, essentially, a very fine form of clay. I'm... not really into actually eating dirt on purpose. It confused me, too for a bit.

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, yes, I've heard of that. Why would it make the top 100 things one should try, though? It's not like eating clay would be a delicacy, right? I mean, I've probably ingested my fair share working in pottery and sculpture, but not on purpose. I don't usually think of "dirt" as delicious. Maybe I'm quite mad. *wink*

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

ABV is "alcohol by volume." So, serious lager.

My list would be a lot shorter. 1, 3, 9 (didn't really like it), 11 (ditto), 13, 15, 18 (Manischewitz), 22 (blackberries), 24, 29, 35 (a favorite), 39, 55, 60 (usually in granola), 61, 77, 83, 91 (spamity spammm).

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

I tend not to like ale, serious or utterly daft. It was really easy for me to refrain from getting drunk at parties as a teen.

I didn't mention how many of these items I was utterly indifferent to as an experience. Quite a few. I'm really glad I was able to steal samples off other people's plates.