Quite a while ago Very Good Taste offered up the Omnivore's 100: 100 things to try in your life as an omnivore. Hmmm....I'm a pretty well rounded, adventurous eater. I know this isn't new but here's how I stack up.
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The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (have an uncle who is an avid bow hunter)
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 (even the children have all had this one- K8 even requested it for his birthday a few years ago)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (I've done them from the ball park, does that count? I generally don't do hot dogs- not since I learned what the allowable percentage of insect parts and rodent hair is... My allowable percentage is 0)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (apple, cherry, rhubarb, blackberry, even tomato!)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (DUH!!)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn,or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I've grown them and like hot peppers but never had the guts to try one raw...maybe next summer. V says it's like drinking an entire 6-pack at the same time)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (I've had clam chowder and I've had soup in sourdough bowls but not together)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (cigars make me barf!!!)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (roast but not curried)
42. Whole insects (at least not on purpose. I know I've swallowed bugs, especially gnats while gardening)
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 (Yeah, confession time)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (don't like gin but I've had vodka martinis)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (french fries, cheese curds and gravy? Why?)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (it does stink to high heaven but it actually tastes pretty good)
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 (hmm, if I hit a deer and was able to dress it out on the spot I'd do it but I'm not sure I'd eat anything not fresh)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (too much like slugs for my taste but I've never been offered them prepared well)
79. Lapsang souchong (during my Mom's adventurous tea days)
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (the children got something similar from their Tae Kwon Do master but not sure)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (does rabbit count???)
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
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (have an uncle who is an avid bow hunter)
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 (even the children have all had this one- K8 even requested it for his birthday a few years ago)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (I've done them from the ball park, does that count? I generally don't do hot dogs- not since I learned what the allowable percentage of insect parts and rodent hair is... My allowable percentage is 0)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (apple, cherry, rhubarb, blackberry, even tomato!)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (DUH!!)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn,or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I've grown them and like hot peppers but never had the guts to try one raw...maybe next summer. V says it's like drinking an entire 6-pack at the same time)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (I've had clam chowder and I've had soup in sourdough bowls but not together)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (cigars make me barf!!!)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (roast but not curried)
42. Whole insects (at least not on purpose. I know I've swallowed bugs, especially gnats while gardening)
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 (Yeah, confession time)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (don't like gin but I've had vodka martinis)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (french fries, cheese curds and gravy? Why?)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (it does stink to high heaven but it actually tastes pretty good)
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 (hmm, if I hit a deer and was able to dress it out on the spot I'd do it but I'm not sure I'd eat anything not fresh)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (too much like slugs for my taste but I've never been offered them prepared well)
79. Lapsang souchong (during my Mom's adventurous tea days)
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (the children got something similar from their Tae Kwon Do master but not sure)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (does rabbit count???)
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
If I counted right I think I'm at 55 of 100. Not too bad for a girl from the midwest. I need to work on my Mid-eastern and asian foods. I had the good fortune of having some quite adventurous eating during a trip to the Philippines in my younger days. I don't think there is anything I would say I would absolutely refuse to try. Things I wouldn't line up for but I would try if given the opportunity.
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