The Omnivore's Hundred

Thank god Jen provided the topic for a post just when we were about to be sucked into the Sticky Swamp of Cuteness forever.

Originally from www.verygoodtaste.co.uk: "...Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognize everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers."

"Here’s what you do:

1) Copy this list into your blog , including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating."

So here goes, my comments in parentheses:

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea (girl scouts!)
3. Huevos rancheros (like every weekend)
4. Steak tartare (used to love this in NYC restaurants)
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
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 (covered in chocolate)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more (more NYC excess - it was the '80's)
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
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (Montreal)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (Kaopectate?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (um, all four?)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (Paris)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (my old advertising clients!)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (Paris 1977, NYC in the '80's again)
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
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake 

Hmm. I guess I'm quite the omnivore. Don't mean to sound like an obnoxious food snob, but this isn't a very ambitious list, IMHO. I probably had most of these 20 years ago (ok, that sounded snobby).

How about you guys? (Bloggers: Here's an easy post for Labor Day weekend!)