Andrew and Jill of Very Good Taste came up with this list of one hundred foods that every food loving omnivore should try at least once in their life. If you’d like to participate or share this with someone they’d like you to include the following rules.
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 http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/ linking to your results.
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 — and all things Dim Sum
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese — not a favorite
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas — YUM!
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 whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut — STILL WARM — YUM
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 — without cheese curds
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— I love Korean soju (especially green tea soju) and Japanese shochu
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.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate — I love sampling single origin chocolates and specialty blends
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano — Mole Negro Oaxaqueno– Mole Verde
96. Bagel and lox
97.Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
I have a few items I believe should be added to this list… Moutarde de Meaux Pommery mustard, moutarde Violette, stone crabs, dungeness crabs, fresh green peppercorns, brined green peppercorns, fresh green almonds, fresh cashew fruit juice, fresh tangerine juice, fresh mangosteen, icewine, kona coffee, fresh figs, and every artisan cheese available to you.
And then, there are epicurean experiences that are enhanced by location or your personal experience. Here are a few of my favorite and most meaningful:
- Nutella on freshly baked bread shared as an indulgent Saturday morning breakfast
- Chocolate chip cookies shared fresh out of the oven
- Roasted chestnuts eaten from a park bench in Central Park
- Garlic Crabs eaten on the beach in Florida
- Oysters on the half shell straight out of the Gulf eaten at a restaurant on the pier
- Cafe du Monde’s coffee and beignet eaten on Jackson Square
- A tomato eaten fresh off the vine and still warm from the sun
- A croissant eaten wandering the streets of Paris
- Boiled peanuts bought from a roadside stand and eaten at a picnic table
- Lobster Bora Bora for two at the Mai Kai
- A fried egg sandwich made just for me by the one I love
What food memories touch you?
