Queen of the Marginally Bright

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Food List Thing

(As seen on Red Stapler and countless other ones, I'm sure.)

  • Copy this list into your blog, including these instructions.
  • Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
  • Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
  • Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
  • My little add-on: Asterisk anything you had to look up.

1. Venison - Probably, maybe - I dunno?
2. Nettle tea *
3. Huevos rancheros - Mmmm... tasty tasty green chili
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - Sausage counts, right? Chalk it up to a weird employer.
6. Black pudding - no, no, nononononooooo
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 - Best damn hot dog. Evar.
16. Epoisses *
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns - Never again. Ewww.
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries - Blackberry bush as a kid, yummmmm
23. Foie gras - Twice. Once was excellent and the other was so gross I can't even think about it.
24. Rice and beans - Nummy
25. Brawn, or head cheese * - ewww
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper *
27. Dulce de leche - Homemade and store bought. (we got both kinds here, country and western - dude, I don't know just go with it)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava - Best friend's mom in 6th grade made it from scratch *does the Homer gurgle*
30. Bagna cauda *
31. Wasabi peas - Love those things, but I'll eat the whole bag if I open one.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - meh on the bowl, love the chowdah
33. Salted lassi *
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - Does it count if they were separate?
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 - meh
47. Chicken tikka masala *
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin - Blech, ick, yech, etc etc etc...
51. Prickly pear (mmm, prickly pear margarita)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - Allergic to something in beer, so nope
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (soooo not the same as chocolate chips)
61. S’mores - yes, I was a Girl Scout. I'd much rather have just the gooey marshmallow though.
62. Sweetbreads - yes, no, yes, no... eeeeeh
63. Kaolin * ???
64. Currywurst *
65. Durian *
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
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 - made even more awesome by subbing green chili for the hollondaise
83. Pocky - nothing special
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 - Love.
100. Snake - same boss as the crocodile, weird pizza toppings

Hmm... So stat wise:
  • I've had: 51 of the 100
  • Will never try (again): 11 of the 100
  • Still on the list to try someday: 40 of 100
Yeah, I know the numbers don't add up, but there are a few that I've tried partially.

jhi

2 comments:

the queen said...

I love this - I just added Kobe beef to my list, and Gary says we ate croc once (same day we had cactus).

SUEB0B said...

Thanks for the link love!