OK, done work for the day but still at the Library until it's time to meet Conrad and RAS for cocktails. In this free time (and since I'm not at home up to my eyeballs in more Christmas prep), I was catching up on some blogs and saw this on Sharon's (Jeph's friend - one day I'll meet her, I hope) blog:
The Omnivore's One Hundred.
Here are the 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 here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
Interesting concept. I'm not sure the reasoning behind some of these, and I haven't even scanned the whole list yet, but here goes...
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
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (if, by this, the person means habanero, though I count them as different things)
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 (I've had cognac, but no thanks to the cigar - that's not eating. in any case)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
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
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 (possibly, though I don't know, so I'll leave it unboldened)
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
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (Never dined at one, but oh I wish)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate ( I think so, but I'll do the same as for the beer)
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 done well, I think. I really am curious about why some of those things are on the list, though...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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8 comments:
Wait a sec, you've NEVER eaten bagels and lox??? And you call yourself a Jew???
It's the lox, actually. I mean, I've had various forms of smoked or cured or pickled fish (salmon, trout, herring, tuna, and others), but never something labeled as "lox". I've also had smoked salmon on bagels, but I'm being strict on the definition here.
On top of that, most of the things that you get that are called bagels are really just doughnut-shaped buns. You gotta go to Montreal to get a real and good bagel.
LOL - I was thinking the same, Peter...I'm shocked that you've never tried bagels and lox.
Peter, have you never had Kobe beef or a bellini?? I'm amazed. Kobe beef, I thought for sure! Mind you, some of the other things that you've tried (i.e. frog's legs) are beyond my capabilities...lol.
Brenda, it's the lox thing that trips me up. I've had similar, but not the real deal. It's not a west coast thing - we prefer our salmon smoked not cured.
Kobe beef is not readily available in the US - there were restrictions for a handful of years, in fact. I've had an American version of it, for lack of a better description.
I've had other sparkling wine cocktails, but no, not one made with peach. Ah well.
Frogs legs? Taste like chicken. Truly.
Peter - If you and Con ever get to the Paulson kusins in Sweden - they'll get you some oxtail. It was served like a stew. They didn't tell me what I was eating until after the fact (and they all laughed but they love it.) Good thing - I probably wouldn't have ate it if I knew. They are many ox in the fields of Skane. Some very close to the old family farm (circa 1703). Looks very much like Upper Michigan there.
Waitaminute... I have had oxtail. We had some in a tapas bar in Cordoba, Spain. I don't think I've had it since, but I'd be glad to have it again. Whole Foods sells it, so perhaps one wintry weekend I should cook it up.
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