You Are What You Eat

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Got this one from Fond of Snape who got it from here.

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.

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

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison -- I make a mighty fine venison roast. Elk ain't bad either. You have to have a hunter who knows how to take care of wild game though, else you're starting behind. Way behind.
2. Nettle tea -- Takes care of allergies.
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare -- I prefer the cow not to moo at the table.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp -- Lord no, these are garbage fish and they damage trout habitat. Just kill the suckers.
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari -- Yes if crispy
12. Pho -- pho no.
13. PB&J sandwich -- And I've made over 5, 000 of these
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart -- NYC outside of the Natural History Museum.
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes -- Does Mad Dog count?
19. Steamed pork buns -- sounds like the view at the pool on a hot day.
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras -- Yum
24. Rice and beans -- I was a vegetarian in college. Rice and beans make a complete protein. This is important when you are a vegetarian.
25. Brawn, or head cheese -- Good God NO
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters -- Double yum, but don't look.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas -- ouch.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut -- On my Reuben.
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar -- Cognac yes, cigar no. Don't smoke. And you shouldn't either.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O -- Before my time. Sounds like too much sugar for a drunk.
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat -- No, but uncurried goat yes.
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk -- Yes every day for quite a long while. Goat's milk is good for you.
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more -- Irish, costing $150.
46. Fugu -- fugu you too.
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel -- Raw. One time.
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut -- All American Sugar Gut Bomb
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal -- Would you like a heart attack with that?
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini -- It ain't a martini unless it has gin in it.
58. Beer above 8% ABV -- Does Guinness count?
59. Poutine -- ahem, I thought something naughty here. Turns out, it's potatoes.
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs -- In honor of Kermit -- think of all the tiny crutches.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake and Indian Fry Bread -- Beignets YES YES my honey bunny can make these his very own self.
68. Haggis -- I always say, hold the guts.
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill -- How hungry are you? I knew a woman who hit a deer on the way home from a goat show and decided leaving the corpse would be a huge waste of perfectly good meat, so she threw the dead deer in the back of her vehicle giving herself, her goats, her kids and her dog, deer ticks, fleas or similar virulent pestilence. I was so horrified by this story, I don't remember the end.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail -- Yuck no.
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict -- My favorite breakfast. Hold the heart attack.
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare -- Well, rabbit. Looks like chicken. Tastes like dense chicken. Actually better than chicken. Nicer to pet also.
87. Goulash
88. Flowers -- As in artichoke, yes.
89. Horse -- Was told I did once, but they might have been joking. I was just a kid. They were deceitful adults.
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam -- spare me the mystery meat.
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish -- meow. Yeah, I've had Chinese food, too.
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake -- Looked like chicken. Tasted like snake.

*Yes, I am a sweetie pie.