The Omnivore's Hundred from the "Very Good Taste" blog

I found this list via a blog I frequent: http://howtoeatacupcake.net/ (This wonderful blogger is also how I came to find out about the Daring Bakers!)


SHE found it on this blog - which I've never read before...but will probably start reading now that I know about it... http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ (the entry with the Omnivore's Hundred is here.)


so without further ado...

The Omnivore's Hundred

[(Quoted from "Very Good Taste" blog) "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 recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers."]

My palette is more adventurous than it used to be...but it's still pretty "Americanized", unfortunately. At least this list will give me some things to work towards (or hide from!)

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

(Bolded Items are foods I've had, Underlined items are links to Wikipedia!)

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 (My friend Crystal makes the BEST baba ghanoush.)

11. Calamari (My dad introduced me to Calamari when I was very small...)

12. Pho

13. PB&J sandwich (Of course!)

14. Aloo gobi (Indian food is my favorite!)

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 (I had these while I was in Hong Kong - but I can't say I was very fond of them.)

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 (I made (and ate) my first baklava in 9th grade! What a task!)

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 (Boy do I have a good gumbo recipe...if anyone wants it...just let me know!)

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 (Eel is verrrrry good)

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer (oh. my. gosh. Paneer is my absolute favorite!!!!!!!)

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (I just had my first Big Mac this year...guess I'm a little behind the times...)

56. Spaetzle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Poutine

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 (I had awesome fried plantain at Taste of Havana...but I don't know if they're still around...)

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 (Good gosh...this tea tastes exactly like a campfire - smoke and all...)

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

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

wow - at only 29/100 (I think I counted right) - I've still got lots left to taste out there!