VGT--very good taste--based out of the UK has created a list of 100 things that every omnivore who has very good taste should try. I saw this on a friend of mine's blog and thought it looked fun. I've bolded the ones I've eaten. I think the list is nuts! I want to make my own-just because you've eaten "roadkill" does not mean you have good taste!
1. Venison
2. Nettle Tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak Tartare (against my will!)
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 street cart
16. Epoisses (huh?)
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 (sick)
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 (sick)
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (In san francisco!)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jell-o
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (seriously?)
43. PHaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken Marsala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme glazed donut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear (does the juice count?)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal (never had a big mac!)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (sick)
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Caolin
64. Currywurst
65. DUrian
66. Frog legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears, or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche or absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baiju
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a 3 Michelin star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (do the candy ones on a cake count?)
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab (nasty)
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
100. Snake
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2 comments:
liz, this list is strange! are these supposed to be the 100 things every omnivore should eat?
bellinis are great!
This is a strange list - I can't believe you have never had a big mac???
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