Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Courtney has a lot of trying to do.

TO DO, you BOLD all the items you've eaten. CROSS OUT anything you would stay the hell away from at all costs!!

Courtney's turn (with notes in parentheses, because i LOVE notes in parentheses!):
(from www.verygoodtaste.co.uk) The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (OMG am obsessed!)
4. Steak tartare (I totally want to try this and never have...I don't think!)
5. Crocodile (I don't think I've had but sounds bitchin')
6. Black pudding (It's made with congealed BLOOD and filler....that's so beyond disgusting!)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (nummy)
13. PB&J sandwich (OK, aside from people not from America, who HASN'T had this?)
14. Aloo gobi (I looove Indian spiced potatoes...I'm not sure if I've had this so I'll leave it, but sounds super yum!)
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (mmm love French cheese...must try)
17. Black truffle (I'm NOT SURE! OMG I think maybe but I don't want to cheat. Yum!)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (I am bolding this simply for the fact that I've had mead several times. Which is made from honey and is kind of beerish/wineish...but shut up.)
19. Steamed pork buns (I have had steamed pork dumplings...but the buns are fatter. I've seen 'em....would totally try.)
20. Pistachio ice cream (Pistachio Stracciatella gelato too....oh yeah!)
21. Heirloom tomatoes (Super drool)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (I've had pate before but not sure if I had foie gras....)
24. Rice and beans (Again, um who hasn't had this staple?)
25. Brawn, or head cheese (I think Ma Ingles made this in Little House in the Big Woods by boiling the pig's head until all the meat fell off then I BELIEVE...correct me if I'm wrong...it's kind of put into a matrix of other food substance in a cold cut type fashion....either way it does sound nasty and I'm vetoing it for now unless some head cheese connoisseur insists it's delicious)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche (yeah I've only had the ice cream)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (wow this does sound amazing)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (probably but can't remember an instance)
33. Salted lassi (this sounds cool...now if they had said salted Lassie....)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (OK...I have had cognac...and I have had fat cigars. Not at the same time persay, but I've had them, mmmkay?)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (also known as, um....THE JELLO SHOT?)
39. Gumbo
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 (hahahaha um no...but I'd try it of course)
46. Fugu (I would totally try this if i was in Japan at a really amazing and celebrated restaurant. Or best friends with a Japanese person I knew wasn't trying to kill me. But sure!)
47. Chicken tikka masala (WOW I actually had this for the first time a few weeks ago)
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (fuck yes)
50. Sea urchin (I heard it's nasty but I'd try it)
51. Prickly pear (well, I had prickly pear gelato last week....so sorta....and that gelato was AMAZING!)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone (This ALSO makes me think of Island of the Blue Dolphins!)
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (loooove beer with high alcohol content yessss)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (blech...carob)
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (ew I'm crossing this off for the time being unless someone I can believe tells me I have to try this.)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (I always see these at the Asian grocery store...makes me think of In The Mood For Love)
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis ("In fact I think most Scottish food is based on a dare.")
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe (Jade Verte Suisse 65º I believe)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (I'm not saying I wouldn't eat the finest of hillbilly meats, but I think I'd rather it was killed by a gun instead of rotting in the road before harvesting.)
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. (uhh...I doubt it)
85. Kobe beef (OMG must try!)
86. Hare (I agree...I've had bunny)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (This scares me a little.)
90. Criollo chocolate (high quality chocolate...put it in my face!)
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 (want to try!!)'

WOW! I have a lot to try. I really enjoyed this since now I have some really amazing things to get into my mouth! I'm disappointed hakarl isn't on here haha.

3 comments:

Ali said...

eeeeeeeeeeeew hakarl! eeeeeeeeew

g.p.macklin said...

Might I suggest Jade Liqueurs Nouvelle-Orléans? Simple delicious and considering I have a man with a funny mustache drinking absinthe tattooed on my arm, I think I know my tujone booze.

Lisa said...

I did this on my own blog, it was so fun! Give sweetbreads a shot sometime - you might be surprised.