The Omnivore's Hundred
What I really want to do is present you with some insightful commentary on something like the greening of Florida's citrus industry (scary!), the growing popularity of bubble tea in South Florida, or the restaurant scene emerging in the Upper East Side. But I spent 26 hours yesterday navigating airports from one end of the world to another as I made my way home from Seoul, and I'm really, really exhausted. So exhausted that I'm having a hard time coming up with coherent thoughts about anything relevant. So instead, I'm taking a cue from Short Order's John Linn and filling out the Omnivore's Hundred. The idea is to bold any of the food items on the list that you've had and to cross out any that you'd never try. My list, after the jump:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile Well, alligator. Close enough, right?
6. Black pudding
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
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
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
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects I might be persuaded into trying grasshoppers or crickets, but worms...I'd have some serious issues.
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
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 I may be the only person in America who has never had a Big Mac.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini I never used to drink martinis, and I only recently began ordering dirty vodka martinis on occasion, but I don't think I've ever had one with gin.
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
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 No thank you.
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 Drowning lobster in cheese just seems so very wrong.
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Comments
I haven't had a big mac either...we must be the only 2 people in the U.S.!
Posted by: Natalie Albert | September 4, 2008 12:42 PM