The food meme

Apparently, I used to be a much more adventurous eater than I am today.

* Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
* BOLD all the items you’ve eaten
* Cross out any items you would never consider eating (or eating again).


1. Venison

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare

5. Crocodile

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 (now THAT scares me!)

16. Époisses

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 (YUM! Fresh and raw with a touch of horseradish and a squeeze of lemon)

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

33. Salted lassi (Does mango lassi count?)

34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float (I’ve never liked root beer, ever.)

36. Cognac with a fat cigar (on separate occasions, but not at the same time)

37. Clotted cream tea (when in England…)

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 $120 or more

46. Fugu (too dangerous for me!)

47. Chicken tikka masala

48. Eel

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (back when you could only get them in the South)

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

56. Spaetzle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Poutine

60. Carob chips

61. S’mores

62. Sweetbreads

63. Kaolin (since it’s a widely used food additive, well, yeah.)

64. Currywurst

65. Durian

66. Frog’s Legs

67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (3 of the 4)

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 (I raised ‘em, and Mom dressed ‘em. Tastes like chicken.)

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

100.  Snake

 

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One thought on “The food meme

  1. kalimeg

    September 3, 2008 at 12:33pm

    Hardly anyone doing these lists has eaten Lobster Thermidor, and that surprises me. It used to be my favorite dinner at the Officer’s Club at Ft. Benning.

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    • sf_reader

      September 3, 2008 at 1:17pm

      Eel is one of my favorite sushi items. It is served warm with a sweet sauce.

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  2. petrini1

    September 3, 2008 at 9:16pm

    One person’s adventurous is another person’s crazy! I’ll definitely have to do this one.

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