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Very Good Taste, a blog about eating and drinking, recently posted a list of 100 food items they feel every omnivore should try in their lifetime. Truly, I’m not sure why some of these items are on the list and others aren’t, but hey, it’s one person’s list and it’s fun. I’m still working on my next Chicago post, but since I’m seeing so much of this list, and I still haven’t sorted my Chicago pictures, this jumps the queue.

The instructions:

1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3. Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4. Optional extra: Post a comment at Very Good Taste linking to your results.

If you do this, I’d also love to see a link in the comments here so I can check out your list.

Jen’s List - any of my own comments are in italics.

I’m kind of surprised I’ve only tried 56.5. Looks like I’ve got some work to do. There’s really not much that I would rule out tasting once - even roadkill, horse, and a fat cigar - even if they’re not high on my to-do list.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare Ewwww. But I wouldn’t rule out tasting it if the opportunity presented itself.
5. Crocodile Maybe if we make it to Australia next year like we hope to do.
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich Can you say staple?
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes When you live in the self-declared Cherry Capital of the World . . .
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes At least one per day when they’re in season.
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 It doesn’t say they couldn’t be covered in chocolate.
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more Thankfully, I was not the one to purchase said bottle.
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear I’ve got prickly pear recipes I’ve saved for over 10 years in case I ever come across some to cook, but I’ve eaten them at a restaurant.
52. Umeboshi Got a recipe for this one too.
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 You mean like in Kaopectate? Would you call that eating kaolin?
64. Currywurst This sounds delicious. Wonder if I can get it in the states?
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake All of the above!
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini but not together I don’t think
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill You hit a deer, and you’re with someone who can help you get it in the back of the truck, why not? Or a freshly hit goose or turkey? Sounds okay to me.
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. If someone else is paying, I’m in.
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 Is this a particular sauce? I’ve certainly had moles either on or containing poblano peppers, so I marked it yes, but really, no idea.
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake