The Omnivore’s Hundred

Foie Gras

I stumbled upon this interesting list on one of the foodie blogs in my RSS reader. I thought it would be a fun experiment to see how many foods I’ve actually tried. If you want to give it a go too, post your link in the comments so we can all compare.

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

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
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
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream

Heirloom Tomatoes

21. Heirloom tomatoes
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 (never say never but this is pretty close to being crossed out for me)
43. Phaal (I’ve never heard of this before but if it’s hotter than Vindaloo I must find it!)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
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
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
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
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict (I hate poached eggs and hollandaise but now I feel like I have to eat this so I can check it off the list…)
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (Very common here in Belgium but I am also very close to crossing this out)
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

So I’ve tried 73/100 and the only thing I crossed out was the cigar… not bad!

There are definitely a few things I would add to this list. From Belgium I would add:

• Stoofvlees or (carbonade a la flamande)


moelleux au chocolat

• Chicon/Chicory/Belgian Endive
• A fresh, hot, Belgian waffle made while you wait
• Chocolate from one of the top Belgian chocolatiers
• Speculaas

From Canada (and North America in general) I would add:

• home-made Mac and Cheese
• real Canadian Maple Syrup
• corn on the cob
• A whole East-coast lobster you have to crack open yourself.

My other additions:

• A crepe from a street vendor in Paris
• wild mushrooms
• a wine that is more than 20 years old
• Tartiflette
• Pasta made from scratch
• Pig’s Trotters
• Spanish Tortilla
• Thin-crust wood-oven pizza
• Moelleux au Chocolat

What would you add to the list?