Thursday, August 14, 2008

Food Meme!

I like food, and I like easy blog posts, so here's a bit from the food blog Very Good Taste.

The rules are pretty standard:
A. List of 100 items
B. Bold items you've eaten
C. Cross out items you'd never consider eating

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare - So yummy- best one I've had was at an Ethiopian place.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding .
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari -
12. Pho - One of my favoritest foods ever! I could eat this every day.
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 - Been a Tuesday night staple lately.
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - I like spicy, but that's just crazy. (ditto to what Hulk said)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters- The crispy fried ones at Jeffrey's are divine.
29. Baklava -
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl- New England only.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar Don't do cigars
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O -
39. Gumbo - The boy's family is from Louisiana. Duh.
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat- have not had it but it's on my list to try.
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- Fab in a martini
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini- don't like olives
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine- Food of the gods.
60. Carob chips - Ew.
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads- really yummy.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs- Tastes like chicken
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 - Not unless I were starving to death.
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
100. Snake - Rattlesnake

I will try most things just once. Doesn't mean I like them though.