Food Meme

[debitha]

Bold the ones you've eaten; italicize the ones you want to eat; strikethrough the ones you never want to touch; leave the ones you're neutral about trying.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Alligator
6. Black pudding - I tried it, but I just can't deal with the contents.
7. Cheese fondue - Yum.
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich - I am not sure why this is even on the list. Has anyone who is not allergic to nuts not had a PB&J sandwich?
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses - Actually, I'm not sure whether I've had this or not.
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed buns - Yum, bao!
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 - Spicy pepper bad.
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters - I have major texture issues with oysters. Blech.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi - I've had sweet, but I don't think I've had salted
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - Hell no.
43. Phaal - Hotter than vindaloo apparently, which puts it out of my running.
44. Goat’s milk - I didn't like it very much, but I was about 7 at the time.
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 - Looks tasty.
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - Echhh, beer.
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - Whut? Google and Wiki list this as a kind of clay.
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis - As black pudding, but with additional texture issues.
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost - Breakfast cheese at the Hostel in Norway, it is weirdly caramelly and I like it.
75. Roadkill - It's mostly that I have quality/health control issues with this.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail - This is almost a strikethrough, but I'm probably persuadable.
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini - YUM!
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict - Breakfast of Champions
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef - I have heard that this is divine.
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish - I have cooked it myself, in fact.
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

I must confess to having to ask Google about quite a lot of these. :o)

Most of the things on the list I would try, but I'm not real excited about.

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1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Alligator
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich - um. If the J is jelly, no. If the J is jam, sure. But you know what's stupidly tasty? Peanut butter and spicy salami, or peanut butter and baked beans omnomnom.
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 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 - only cooked. I will not eat them raw, icky.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - okay, that sounds supertasty.
33. Salted lassi - only sweet.
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float - do spiders count? Not Root Beer, but still fizzy and icecream.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
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
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi NOM
53. Abalone
54. Paneer - only in things.
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - I think so.
59. Poutine - though it might kill me.
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 - EW. Yes, I know sausages come in intestines. I STILL DON'T CARE.
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - I think so, yeah.
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - er. Is it fresh?
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 - I am not sure about this, given the whole cows-underground thing... it gives me the same worries as Veal.
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 NOMNOM
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

I haven't looked up everything - maybe there should be more strikes and italics :).