Reactionary

The blog Very Good Taste started this version of a blog chain letter. It lists 100 foods and you’re supposed to highlight the ones you’ve eaten and cross out the ones you would never touch. I didn’t do any crossing out because I’m lazy and it’s getting late and my mouse is crap. I also removed the links to Wikipedia to tell you what the weirder ones are. This blog bolds all links so it made it impossible to tell what was bolded and what was not. See the original post on Very Good Taste to get the links.

Here are the rules you’re supposed to include:

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 here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

And then here is the list.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile– Aren’t they endangered? If so, never.
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari– I’ve had so much fried calamari and so much of it bad that I’m sick of it. I’d love the fresh stuff. If only I dared make it.
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich– One of the all-time best.
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle– Sound I be so lucky.
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– Once again, is this list for rich people or what?!
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper– Why?!
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters– Raw and fabulous.
29. Baklava– I actually make the best I’ve ever had. Whoops.
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl– Fisherman’s Wharf
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut– Deeply unimpressed with anything from the Eastern bloc.
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar– Cognac but no cigar, not then not ever.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O– This sounds fabulous. I have to get on it.
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects– Why?!
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more– Expensive whiskey or whisky would be lost on me. I have no appreciation for spirits.
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– It was a long time ago.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips– Years ago in my childhood, my Mom went through some healthy eating phase… though she never baked anyway so what did it matter.
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads– I could psyche myself up to do it if the opportunity presented itself.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
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– I should be so wealthy.
73. Louche absinthe– Uh, no.
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill– I’d rather eat the insects.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie– I think it happened once.
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare– Does rabbit count?
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse– I sincerely hope not.
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

I’m missing quite a few, but to be honest, many of them are a little to exotic to just stumble upon and some of the others are far too rich for my wallet. I’ll stick with the big three of fantastic, simple, towering food: Spain, Italy, and France.

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