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tylikThe Omnivore's 100 (from everyone)
-I don't think there's anything on this list I wouldn't at least taste, no bets needed. (None of my allergies are that bad, unless this tree nut thing turns out to be intractable.)
-I'm not going to underline the ones I eat regularly. It's too many, and in some cases it's kind of weird, like borscht, which I eat frequently in cold weather, or nettles which I eat frequently in warm weather, or pho which I eat frequently in Seattle.
I am erring on the side of not marking things, for reasons which are probably obvious.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea - and nettle leaves - quite a bit this summer, in fact
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (pretty good, even if I don't eat meat now)
5. Crocodile* I would, if I ate meat
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue - I really miss cheese fondue
8. Carp - Gefilte fisch, among others
9. Borscht - frequently - one of my favorite winter soups
10. Baba ghanoush - oh, the tastey... hmm, I have eggplants now, in fact
11. Calamari - across many cultures, ooh boy!
12. Pho - if there is pho near Case I haven't found it...
13. PB&J sandwich - ideally PB & pumpkin butter, though
14. Aloo gobi - staple growing up
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes, and melalmels, and fruit beers, and...
19. Steamed pork buns - of course
20. Pistachio ice cream - kind of up there with green tea
21. Heirloom tomatoes - in vast quantities, especially when I grew them
22. Fresh wild berries - I had led expeditions to collect fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - another likely, but not altogether certain
27. Dulce de leche - and so tastey, and now so allergic...
28. Oysters - I still have a fondness for smoked oysters... and of course various kinds of oyster sushi
29. Baklava - still a favorite
30. Bagna cauda - I should play with variants on this
31. Wasabi peas - they're okay, not a huge fan
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - though I miss my own salmon chowder more
33. Salted lassi - common in turkey, and excellent in hot weather
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. *Cognac with a fat cigar... maybe. I was brought up to believe mixing good cognac with tobacco was barbaric.
37. Clotted cream tea - this is starting to feel like the parade of dairy foods I can no longer eat
38. Vodka jelly - I've had other alcoholic jellies. I'd try it, but I'm not in a hurry.
39. Gumbo - but not yet gumbo that has blown me away
40. Oxtail (not only did I make oxtail soup but I had the best senegalese oxtail, and I think some good korean oxtail...)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - if you give them as gifts you must try them...
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk - goat cheese I particularly miss
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - I honestly don't know. I've had very good malt whisky, so it's not unlikely, but I wasn't the buyer.
46. Fugu - probably someday, but not in a rush
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - old fashioned cake doughnuts beat the pants off Krispey Kreme
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - and related chinese dried/pickled plum things (oh, this is making me so hungry)...and the sweet salty sour plums, and...
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal - I had a Big Mac, and it's likely I had the fries and drink with it... but it was at least 25 years ago.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - with Bombay Sapphire, one of the few mixed drinks I am fond of
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine - and probably won't have more than a bite, owing to the dairy allergy
60. Carob chips - they're not chocolate, but they're not bad
61. S'mores - eh, more fun than tasty
62. Sweetbreads
63. *Kaolin - not intentionally, anyway (though likely in small quantities). I'd try a little
64. Currywurst - think I missed this one, though not certain
65. Durian
66. *Frogs' legs - again, it's possible, but I don't think so - no objections if I decide I eat amphibians (I'd cheerfully try them now)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - I've definitely eaten cow intestines, not completely sure about pig
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - I think these were served as appetizers at at least one event I've attended, not 100% certain
73. Louche absinthe - not properly, I'm fairly certain
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - unless one counts mushrooms kicked free by hooligans. Don't really object, but I don't eat meat, really.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - hey, I was young
78. Snail - it's all about the garlic
79. Lapsang souchong
80. *Bellini - sounds tastey (not that I drink much)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. *Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - though there are those pesky dietary restrictions
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare - I think. Rabbit, yes.
87. Goulash - something of a staple growing up
88. Flowers - frequntly
89. Horse - not certain, I don't think so (not uncommon in Kazakh cuisine, though, might also have while living in Turkey)
90. Criollo chocolate -as frequently as I can arrange (ideally >85% cacao)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. *Lobster Thermidor - not a big lobster fan, and there's the allergy, but I'd have a little taste out of curiousity
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake - drat... I think so, but not certain. (A lot of stuff I haven't tried since I was a kid.)
-I don't think there's anything on this list I wouldn't at least taste, no bets needed. (None of my allergies are that bad, unless this tree nut thing turns out to be intractable.)
-I'm not going to underline the ones I eat regularly. It's too many, and in some cases it's kind of weird, like borscht, which I eat frequently in cold weather, or nettles which I eat frequently in warm weather, or pho which I eat frequently in Seattle.
I am erring on the side of not marking things, for reasons which are probably obvious.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea - and nettle leaves - quite a bit this summer, in fact
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (pretty good, even if I don't eat meat now)
5. Crocodile* I would, if I ate meat
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue - I really miss cheese fondue
8. Carp - Gefilte fisch, among others
9. Borscht - frequently - one of my favorite winter soups
10. Baba ghanoush - oh, the tastey... hmm, I have eggplants now, in fact
11. Calamari - across many cultures, ooh boy!
12. Pho - if there is pho near Case I haven't found it...
13. PB&J sandwich - ideally PB & pumpkin butter, though
14. Aloo gobi - staple growing up
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes, and melalmels, and fruit beers, and...
19. Steamed pork buns - of course
20. Pistachio ice cream - kind of up there with green tea
21. Heirloom tomatoes - in vast quantities, especially when I grew them
22. Fresh wild berries - I had led expeditions to collect fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - another likely, but not altogether certain
27. Dulce de leche - and so tastey, and now so allergic...
28. Oysters - I still have a fondness for smoked oysters... and of course various kinds of oyster sushi
29. Baklava - still a favorite
30. Bagna cauda - I should play with variants on this
31. Wasabi peas - they're okay, not a huge fan
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - though I miss my own salmon chowder more
33. Salted lassi - common in turkey, and excellent in hot weather
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. *Cognac with a fat cigar... maybe. I was brought up to believe mixing good cognac with tobacco was barbaric.
37. Clotted cream tea - this is starting to feel like the parade of dairy foods I can no longer eat
38. Vodka jelly - I've had other alcoholic jellies. I'd try it, but I'm not in a hurry.
39. Gumbo - but not yet gumbo that has blown me away
40. Oxtail (not only did I make oxtail soup but I had the best senegalese oxtail, and I think some good korean oxtail...)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - if you give them as gifts you must try them...
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk - goat cheese I particularly miss
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - I honestly don't know. I've had very good malt whisky, so it's not unlikely, but I wasn't the buyer.
46. Fugu - probably someday, but not in a rush
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - old fashioned cake doughnuts beat the pants off Krispey Kreme
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - and related chinese dried/pickled plum things (oh, this is making me so hungry)...and the sweet salty sour plums, and...
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal - I had a Big Mac, and it's likely I had the fries and drink with it... but it was at least 25 years ago.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - with Bombay Sapphire, one of the few mixed drinks I am fond of
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine - and probably won't have more than a bite, owing to the dairy allergy
60. Carob chips - they're not chocolate, but they're not bad
61. S'mores - eh, more fun than tasty
62. Sweetbreads
63. *Kaolin - not intentionally, anyway (though likely in small quantities). I'd try a little
64. Currywurst - think I missed this one, though not certain
65. Durian
66. *Frogs' legs - again, it's possible, but I don't think so - no objections if I decide I eat amphibians (I'd cheerfully try them now)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - I've definitely eaten cow intestines, not completely sure about pig
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - I think these were served as appetizers at at least one event I've attended, not 100% certain
73. Louche absinthe - not properly, I'm fairly certain
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - unless one counts mushrooms kicked free by hooligans. Don't really object, but I don't eat meat, really.
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - hey, I was young
78. Snail - it's all about the garlic
79. Lapsang souchong
80. *Bellini - sounds tastey (not that I drink much)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. *Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - though there are those pesky dietary restrictions
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare - I think. Rabbit, yes.
87. Goulash - something of a staple growing up
88. Flowers - frequntly
89. Horse - not certain, I don't think so (not uncommon in Kazakh cuisine, though, might also have while living in Turkey)
90. Criollo chocolate -as frequently as I can arrange (ideally >85% cacao)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. *Lobster Thermidor - not a big lobster fan, and there's the allergy, but I'd have a little taste out of curiousity
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake - drat... I think so, but not certain. (A lot of stuff I haven't tried since I was a kid.)
