Labor Day Munchies Memoir

Not a recipe for a change! Cate has this nifty have-you-ever list up... but instead of unholy activities, it concerns ingredients and foods you would not consider using, or have eaten. TO DO, you BOLD all the items you've eaten. CROSS OUT anything you would stay the hell away from at all costs. Squee :)


Ali's List (with notes in italics):

(from www.verygoodtaste.co.uk)
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (I have never had these - can you believe it?)
4. Steak tartare (In Florence - maybe the only way to eat it.)
5. Crocodile (no, but I have had alligator, which I say is close enough) (Bizarrely enough, Cate wrote that, and I can say the exact same.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue (When in NYC: Artisanal. There is no other.)
8. Carp (I don't like fish. Generally.)
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 (please see: "Artisanal" above)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (apricot)
19. Steamed pork buns (I have been to Chinatown, so, duh.)
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries (huckleberries at camp in Alabama)
23. Foie gras (But I felt really, really guilty if it makes this any better.)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (I don't know what this is, but it sounds disgusting.)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche (Only the ice cream)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (OMG this sounds so good)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut (Please. My mom is 1/2 German.)
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (Oddly enough, I can bold this one)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (First vacation with then-boyfriend now-husband was in the Bahamas, so, YES.)
42. Whole insects (I wouldn't rule this out. Everyone always says they're "nutty," and I *heart* nuts, so...)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (Yuck)
46. Fugu (I'd rather labor under the illusion that my food won't necessarily kill me.)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (Surprisingly, I didn't like this at all. Too gummy.)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone (This always makes me think of Island of the Blue Dolphins. Aren't these endangered?)
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle (Haven't had this, and I keep bugging K to go with me to the German restaurant across the street so I can try it.)
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (If you've been within 500 miles of Belgium, then yes, you've probably had this.)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (Isn't this just like asking if I've eaten Tums?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (Isn't this that really nasty fruit from Indonesia?)
66. Frogs’ legs (Yum!)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (Smelled absinthe once and that was enough for me.)
74. Gjetost, or brunost (I've had the Milko brand, courtesy of working in a Swedish restaurant.)
75. Roadkill (Rat meat is apparently very popular in Cambodia at the moment, as food prices soar and other meats become unattainable to the world's poor.)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum (I mean, I've had this in Thai restaurants in America, though like the Indian selections on here, I'm not sure if I should *really* be able to bold it.)
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef (OMG. There is no other kind.)
86. Hare (I've had rabbit, so I'm bolding this, even though I'm sure there's some kind of distinction.)
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 (Two Mules for Sister Sara. Not crossing this out because that says it all to me.)

64 out of 100, with 10 crossed out. How 'bout you??