rab62 ([info]rab62) wrote,
@ 2008-08-14 00:53:00
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I think I'll call you appetite
As with my previous meme post, a little something something for the benefit of my friend [info]jbacardi...

Andrew Wheeler posted this challenge on the Very Good Taste blog. Here are the rules:

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.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

For the most part, where something is neither bold nor crossed out, you may assume I'm eager to try the food item in question at least once, whenever the opportunity presents itself. I've also added a few notes. Wheeler's original post includes links to descriptions of some of the more obscure items.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

01. Venison
02. Nettle tea (I'd try it but wouldn't expect to care for it)
03. Huevos rancheros
04. Steak tartare
05. Crocodile
06. Black pudding
07. Cheese fondue
08. Carp
09. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
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
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I've had other hot peppers raw, but not this one)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (I've only had sweet lassi)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka Jell-O (Doesn't entice me, but I'd try it once)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (I'm not sure, I may have had this)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (From everything I've read, it's overrated.)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi (I keep seeing these but never get around to trying them)
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (I've certainly had things like it, but not the "real thing")
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
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.
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 (I've always been curious)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

If anyone picks up on this, let me know in a comment!



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Hello
[info]jezzabel
2008-08-16 02:26 pm UTC (link)
I found this on a friend's LJ, and saw your comment at the original posting, so I thought I'd say hi. An interesting list - kinda all over the place! Here's my list if you're interested...

Edited at 2008-08-16 02:26 pm UTC

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Re: Hello
[info]rab62
2008-08-17 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Do you mean my choices are all over the place, or the original list? I was hoping someone would pick a fight with me over nettle tea or roadkill, but it didn't happen...

Thanks for saying hi! Unfortunately the link you gave to your list keeps giving me a "403 Forbidden" error message. I don't know why, because it seems like I can see other posts on your LJ with no problem.

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Re: Hello
[info]jezzabel
2008-08-18 10:34 am UTC (link)
I meant the original list, and by default, yours (and mine!). Sorry you couldn't see it - I accidentally set it to friends only. YOu should be able to see it now.

You've got roadkill crossed out? I keep thinking that it might not be that bad, but then again... Just outside the town where I grew up is a funky "General Store" and they used to sell aprons and tee shirts that said "I Eat My Roadkill"...

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Re: Hello
[info]rab62
2008-08-19 04:49 am UTC (link)
I've been thinking about the roadkill thing, and I may have been too hasty. I was thinking "if it's roadkill, you don't know if it wandered onto the road because it was ill, you don't know if it's carrying diseases or parasites or what kind of filthy stuff it's been eating." Whereas a farm-raised animal is presumably kept in good health and its diet is closely monitored...or at least that's the ideal; sometimes it goes awry, as anyone knows from watching the news! But if I knew it was a large, healthy animal -- say a well-looked-after cow or sheep that strayed off and wandered into the path of traffic, or a huge healthy deer suffering only from poor eyesight -- and it was competently butchered, that would be another story.

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