Aug. 19: I’m a bad omnivore, I guess

This list was originally created by Andrew at Very Good Taste. He believes every self-respecting omnivore should have tried these 100 foods at least once in their life. I stole it from Momma Blogs a Lot but modified the instructions a bit for the HTML-impaired.

  • Copy this list into your blog (including these instructions) or a comment below
  • **Asterisk all the items you’ve eaten, and include comments if you’d like.
  • --Put hyphens at the beginning of any items that you would never consider eating.


  1. **Venison
  2. Nettle tea
  3. **Huevos rancheros
  4. --Steak tartare (thanks, but I prefer meat that does not moo or neigh as I eat it)
  5. --Crocodile
  6. --Black pudding
  7. **Cheese fondue
  8. Carp
  9. Borscht
  10. Baba ghanoush
  11. --Calamari
  12. Phở
  13. **PB&J sandwich
  14. Aloo gobi
  15. **Hot dog from a street cart
  16. Époisses de Bourgogne
  17. Black truffle
  18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
  19. **Steamed pork buns
  20. **Pistachio ice cream
  21. Heirloom tomatoes (I hate tomatoes, don’t care how special they are)
  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 càuda
  31. Wasabi peas
  32. **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
  33. Salted lassi (Salted Lassie? That’s horrible!)
  34. **Sauerkraut (mmmmm... reuben sandwich...)
  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 (‘cept that one time on a bike ride)
  43. Phaal
  44. **Goat’s milk
  45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
  46. --Fugu (though the street cart hot dog probably has more toxicity risk)
  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. **Spätzle
  57. Dirty gin martini
  58. Beer above 8% ABV
  59. **Poutine (I wrote about this when we tried it in Victoria in March; totally edible but unimpressive, to say the least)
  60. **Carob chips (bleah, this gets a big mark for “things I would never try again”)
  61. **S’mores
  62. --Sweetbreads
  63. Kaoliang
  64. Currywurst
  65. Durian (My in-laws love durian. They had some wrapped in a bag on their back porch one time and I was sitting out there. I kept thinking, “Gah! What smells like death?” and was just about to ask them if they’d seen the cat lately when I saw the durian. I don’t care how good it may taste. I won’t eat something that smells that bad.)
  66. --Frogs’ legs
  67. **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (Can you think of any other reason to go to a county fair?)
  68. --Haggis
  69. Fried plantain
  70. --Chitterlings or andouillette
  71. Gazpacho
  72. **Caviar and blini (My reaction to caviar was exactly like Tom Hanks’ in Big)
  73. Louche absinthe
  74. Gjetost or brunost
  75. --Roadkill (I’m not aware of ever eating it, anyway)
  76. Baijiu
  77. **Hostess Fruit Pie (loves me the lemon ones, oh yeah!)
  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
  89. --Horse
  90. Criollo chocolate
  91. **Spam (not since I was a kid and didn’t know any better, if that counts for anything)
  92. Soft-shell crab
  93. Rose harissa
  94. Catfish
  95. **Mole poblano
  96. Bagel and lox (bagel, yes; lox, no)
  97. Lobster Thermidor
  98. **Polenta
  99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
  100. --Snake

I’m probably one of the least food-adventurous people I know. I got 34/100.

7 comments:

  1. I'm totally going to go through all your links later to find out what some of these things are - and then probably edit my list accordingly! haha

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  2. **Venison

    Nettle tea

    **Huevos rancheros

    Steak tartare (thanks, but I prefer meat that does not moo or neigh as I eat it)

    Crocodile

    --Black pudding

    **Cheese fondue

    Carp

    Borscht

    Baba ghanoush

    Calamari

    Phở

    **PB&J sandwich

    Aloo gobi

    **Hot dog from a street cart

    Époisses de Bourgogne

    Black truffle

    Fruit wine made from something other than grapes

    **Steamed pork buns

    **Pistachio ice cream

    **Heirloom tomatoes (I hate tomatoes, don’t care how special they are)

    **Fresh wild berries

    Foie gras

    **Rice and beans

    --Brawn or head cheese

    Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper

    **Dulce de leche

    Oysters

    **Baklava

    Bagna càuda

    **Wasabi peas

    **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

    Salted lassi (Salted Lassie? That’s horrible!)

    **Sauerkraut (mmmmm... reuben sandwich...)

    **Root beer float

    Cognac with a fat cigar

    **Clotted cream tea

    Vodka jelly/Jell-O

    **Gumbo

    **Oxtail

    --Curried goat

    Whole insects (‘cept that one time on a bike ride)

    Phaal

    **Goat’s milk

    Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more

    Fugu (though the street cart hot dog probably has more toxicity risk)

    Chicken tikka masala

    Eel

    **Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

    --Sea urchin

    Prickly pear

    Umeboshi

    Abalone

    Paneer

    **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

    Spätzle

    Dirty gin martini

    Beer above 8% ABV

    **Poutine (I wrote about this when we tried it in Victoria in March; totally edible but unimpressive, to say the least)

    **Carob chips (bleah, this gets a big mark for “things I would never try again”)

    **S’mores

    --Sweetbreads

    Kaoliang

    Currywurst

    **Durian (My in-laws love durian. They had some wrapped in a bag on their back porch one time and I was sitting out there. I kept thinking, “Gah! What smells like death?” and was just about to ask them if they’d seen the cat lately when I saw the durian. I don’t care how good it may taste. I won’t eat something that smells that bad.)

    Frogs’ legs

    **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (Can you think of any other reason to go to a county fair?)

    --Haggis

    Fried plantain

    --Chitterlings or andouillette

    **Gazpacho

    **Caviar and blini (My reaction to caviar was exactly like Tom Hanks’ in Big)

    Louche absinthe

    Gjetost or brunost

    --Roadkill (I’m not aware of ever eating it, anyway)

    Baijiu

    **Hostess Fruit Pie (loves me the lemon ones, oh yeah!)

    --Snail

    Lapsang souchong

    Bellini

    Tom yum

    **Eggs Benedict

    **Pocky

    Tasting menu at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant

    Kobe beef

    --Hare

    **Goulash

    **Flowers

    --Horse

    Criollo chocolate

    **Spam (not since I was a kid and didn’t know any better, if that counts for anything)

    Soft-shell crab

    Rose harissa

    Catfish

    **Mole poblano

    **Bagel and lox (bagel, yes; lox, no)

    Lobster Thermidor

    **Polenta

    Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

    --Snake

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  3. 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. **Phở
    13. **PB&J sandwich
    14. Aloo gobi
    15. **Hot dog from a street cart
    16. Époisses de Bourgogne
    17. **Black truffle-heavenly!!!
    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
    27. **Dulce de leche
    28. **Oysters
    29. **Baklava
    30. Bagna càuda
    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
    43. Phaal
    44. **Goat’s milk
    45. **Malt whiskey 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-(overrated; it's like eating a super ball)
    54. **Paneer
    55. **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
    56. **Spätzle
    57. **Dirty gin martini
    58. **Beer above 8% ABV
    59. **Poutine-Canuck cuisine at it's finest! Sorry Canucks. :)
    60. **Carob chips
    61. **S’mores
    62. **Sweetbreads
    63. Kaoliang
    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-Isn't this the same as #55?
    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 3-Michelin-star restaurant
    85. Kobe beef
    86. **Hare
    87. **Goulash
    88. **Flowers
    89. --Horse
    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

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  4. Yum-o, mostly... though, there needs to be a note for "ate that once, not going to do it again!"

    **Venison
    Nettle tea
    **Huevos rancheros
    **Steak tartare
    --Crocodile
    --Black pudding
    **Cheese fondue
    Carp
    **Borscht
    **Baba ghanoush
    **Calamari
    **Phở
    **PB&J sandwich
    **Aloo gobi
    **Hot dog from a street cart
    Époisses de Bourgogne
    **Black truffle
    **Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
    **Steamed pork buns
    **Pistachio ice cream
    **Heirloom tomatoes
    **Fresh wild berries
    **Foie gras
    **Rice and beans
    --Brawn or head cheese
    **Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
    **Dulce de leche
    **Oysters
    **Baklava
    **Bagna càuda
    **Wasabi peas
    **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
    **Salted lassi
    **Sauerkraut
    **Root beer float
    Cognac with a fat cigar
    **Clotted cream tea
    **Vodka jelly/Jell-O
    **Gumbo
    Oxtail
    Curried goat
    --Whole insects
    --Phaal
    **Goat’s milk
    Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
    --Fugu
    **Chicken tikka masala
    --Eel
    **Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
    --Sea urchin
    **Prickly pear
    Umeboshi
    Abalone
    **Paneer
    **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
    **Spätzle
    **Dirty gin martini
    Beer above 8% ABV
    **Poutine
    **Carob chips
    **S’mores
    --Sweetbreads
    Kaoliang
    Currywurst
    **Durian
    --Frogs’ legs
    **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
    --Haggis
    **Fried plantain
    --Chitterlings or andouillette
    **Gazpacho
    Caviar and blini
    Louche absinthe
    Gjetost or brunost
    --Roadkill
    Baijiu
    **Hostess Fruit Pie
    **Snail
    **Lapsang souchong
    **Bellini
    Tom yum
    **Eggs Benedict
    **Pocky
    Tasting menu at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant
    **Kobe beef
    --Hare
    **Goulash
    **Flowers
    --Horse
    Criollo chocolate
    --Spam
    **Soft-shell crab
    Rose harissa
    Catfish
    **Mole poblano
    **Bagel and lox
    **Lobster Thermidor
    **Polenta
    Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
    --Snake

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  5. **Venison
    **Nettle tea
    **Huevos rancheros
    Steak tartare
    Crocodile
    --Black pudding
    **Cheese fondue
    **Carp
    **Borscht
    **Baba ghanoush
    **Calamari
    **Phở
    **PB&J sandwich
    **Aloo gobi
    **Hot dog from a street cart
    Époisses de Bourgogne
    **Black truffle
    **Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
    Steamed pork buns
    **Pistachio ice cream
    **Heirloom tomatoes
    **Fresh wild berries
    **Foie gras
    **Rice and beans
    --Brawn or head cheese
    Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
    **Dulce de leche
    **Oysters
    **Baklava
    **Bagna càuda
    **Wasabi peas
    **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
    **Salted lassi
    **Sauerkraut
    **Root beer float
    Cognac with a fat cigar
    Clotted cream tea
    **Vodka jelly/Jell-O
    **Gumbo
    **Oxtail
    Curried goat
    Whole insects
    Phaal
    **Goat’s milk
    **Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
    --Fugu
    **Chicken tikka masala
    **Eel
    **Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
    **Sea urchin
    **Prickly pear
    **Umeboshi
    **Abalone
    **Paneer
    **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
    **Spätzle
    **Dirty gin martini
    **Beer above 8% ABV
    Poutine
    **Carob chips
    **S’mores
    Sweetbreads
    Kaoliang
    **Currywurst
    **Durian
    Frogs’ legs
    **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
    --Haggis
    **Fried plantain
    Chitterlings or andouillette
    **Gazpacho
    Caviar and blini
    **Louche absinthe
    **Gjetost or brunost
    --Roadkill
    Baijiu
    **Hostess Fruit Pie
    Snail
    **Lapsang souchong
    **Bellini
    **Tom yum
    **Eggs Benedict
    **Pocky
    Tasting menu at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant (someday soon!)
    **Kobe beef
    Hare
    Goulash
    **Flowers
    --Horse
    **Criollo chocolate
    **Spam
    **Soft-shell crab
    **Rose harissa
    **Catfish
    **Mole poblano
    **Bagel and lox
    Lobster Thermidor
    **Polenta
    Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
    Snake

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  6. **Venison
    Nettle tea
    Huevos rancheros
    --Steak tartare
    --Crocodile (Pretty much anything that would eat me if given the opportunity is out.)
    --Black pudding
    **Cheese fondue
    **Carp
    Borscht
    Baba ghanoush
    **Calamari
    **Phở
    **PB&J sandwich
    Aloo gobi
    **Hot dog from a street cart
    Époisses de Bourgogne
    Black truffle
    **Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
    Steamed pork buns
    **Pistachio ice cream
    **Heirloom tomatoes
    **Fresh wild berries
    Foie gras
    **Rice and beans
    **Brawn or head cheese
    Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
    **Dulce de leche
    **Oysters
    **Baklava
    Bagna càuda
    Wasabi peas
    **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (The best I ever had was in Pacific Grove, California, at Vivolo's Chowder House.)
    Salted lassi
    **Sauerkraut
    **Root beer float
    Cognac with a fat cigar
    Clotted cream tea
    Vodka jelly/Jell-O
    **Gumbo
    Oxtail
    --Curried goat (Anything curried is pretty much off the list of acceptable things to eat.)
    --Whole insects
    Phaal
    Goat’s milk
    Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
    Fugu
    Chicken tikka masala
    --Eel
    **Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
    Sea urchin
    **Prickly pear (Does it count if it was in a margarita?)
    Umeboshi
    Abalone
    Paneer
    **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
    Spätzle
    Dirty gin martini
    Beer above 8% ABV
    Poutine
    Carob chips
    **S’mores
    --Sweetbreads
    Kaoliang
    --Currywurst
    Durian (They were talking about this on the Today show today in Beijing. Ann Curry said that it smells like your brother's dirty sweatsocks...So, yeah, that's out.)
    Frogs’ legs
    **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
    Haggis
    Fried plantain
    --Chitterlings or andouillette
    **Gazpacho
    Caviar and blini
    Louche absinthe
    Gjetost or brunost
    --Roadkill
    Baijiu
    **Hostess Fruit Pie
    --Snail
    Lapsang souchong
    **Bellini
    Tom yum
    **Eggs Benedict (The best I ever had was in New Orleans at Brennan's, home of Bananas Foster)
    Pocky
    Tasting menu at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant
    Kobe beef
    Hare
    **Goulash
    Flowers
    --Horse
    Criollo chocolate
    **Spam
    Soft-shell crab
    Rose harissa
    **Catfish
    Mole poblano
    **Bagel and lox
    **Lobster Thermidor
    **Polenta
    Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
    --Snake

    I am sure that if I knew what some of these things are that I would have more with -- in front of them.

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  7. **Venison
    Nettle tea
    Huevos rancheros
    --Steak tartare
    --Crocodile (Pretty much anything that would eat me if given the opportunity is out.)
    --Black pudding
    **Cheese fondue
    **Carp
    Borscht
    Baba ghanoush
    **Calamari
    **Phở
    **PB&J sandwich
    Aloo gobi
    **Hot dog from a street cart
    Époisses de Bourgogne
    Black truffle
    **Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
    Steamed pork buns
    **Pistachio ice cream
    **Heirloom tomatoes
    **Fresh wild berries
    Foie gras
    **Rice and beans
    **Brawn or head cheese
    Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
    **Dulce de leche
    **Oysters
    **Baklava
    Bagna càuda
    Wasabi peas
    **Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (The best I ever had was in Pacific Grove, California, at Vivolo's Chowder House.)
    Salted lassi
    **Sauerkraut
    **Root beer float
    Cognac with a fat cigar
    Clotted cream tea
    Vodka jelly/Jell-O
    **Gumbo
    Oxtail
    --Curried goat (Anything curried is pretty much off the list of acceptable things to eat.)
    --Whole insects
    Phaal
    Goat’s milk
    Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
    Fugu
    Chicken tikka masala
    --Eel
    **Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
    Sea urchin
    **Prickly pear (Does it count if it was in a margarita?)
    Umeboshi
    Abalone
    Paneer
    **McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
    Spätzle
    Dirty gin martini
    Beer above 8% ABV
    Poutine
    Carob chips
    **S’mores
    --Sweetbreads
    Kaoliang
    --Currywurst
    Durian (They were talking about this on the Today show today in Beijing. Ann Curry said that it smells like your brother's dirty sweatsocks...So, yeah, that's out.)
    Frogs’ legs
    **Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
    Haggis
    Fried plantain
    --Chitterlings or andouillette
    **Gazpacho
    Caviar and blini
    Louche absinthe
    Gjetost or brunost
    --Roadkill
    Baijiu
    **Hostess Fruit Pie
    --Snail
    Lapsang souchong
    **Bellini
    Tom yum
    **Eggs Benedict (The best I ever had was in New Orleans at Brennan's, home of Bananas Foster)
    Pocky
    Tasting menu at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant
    Kobe beef
    Hare
    **Goulash
    Flowers
    --Horse
    Criollo chocolate
    **Spam
    Soft-shell crab
    Rose harissa
    **Catfish
    Mole poblano
    **Bagel and lox
    **Lobster Thermidor
    **Polenta
    Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
    --Snake

    I am sure that if I knew what some of these things are that I would have more with -- in front of them.

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