The Omnivore’s Hundred
How the Omnivore's 100 Works:
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: Post a comment at Very Good Taste, linking to your results.
78/100 My Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison [blogged]
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros [blogged]
4. Steak tartare [flickrd]
5. Crocodile [only alligator]
6. Black pudding [blogged]
7. Cheese fondue [blogged]
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari [blogged]
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi [blogged]
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle [blogged]
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes [blogged]
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras [blogged]
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese [blogged]
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche [blogged]
28. Oysters [blogged]
29. Baklava [blogged]
30. Bagna cauda [Why on earth haven't I tried this yet?]
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl [only in a regular bowl]
33. Salted lassi [blogged]
34. Sauerkraut [blogged]
35. Root beer float [Tried plain root beer. It didn't float my boat.]
36. Cognac with a fat cigar [That's a memory!]
37. Clotted Cream Tea [flickrd]
38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O [I've made both!]
39. Gumbo [blogged]
40. Oxtail [blogged]
41. Curried goat [curry: yes, goat: yes, together: not yet]
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk [In butter, yogurt & ice cream: yes. But not just as milk]
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala [blogged]
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone [blogged]
54. Paneer [blogged]
55.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine [Available in SF here]
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores [blogged]
62. Sweetbreads [blogged]
63. kaolin [unless trying mud pies counts?]
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 [blogged]
72. Caviar and blini [blogged]
73. Louche absinthe [flickrd]
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77.
78. Snail
79. Lapsang Souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict [blogged]
83. Pocky
84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu [No, but I've done a 2 star]
85. Kobe beef [blogged]
86. Hare
87. Goulash [possibly the first 'foreign' recipe I ever made back when I was a teen.]
88. Flowers [blogged]
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa [only had regular harissa, must correct this]
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta [blogged]
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Local Resources
All photographs in the Omnivore's 100 montage pictured above were taken by Sam Breach except for the 'Chicken Dippa Masala' which was photographed by T Shane Gilman.
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21 Comments:
At 18/8/08 06:27,
Beccy said…
Very few...I don't know what half of them are!
At 18/8/08 07:11,
Johannah said…
Maybe half. Although I question the authenticity of some of those I have tried. I think I would eat almost all of this, and would count myself lucky to have had the chance. But the whole insects? Um... Not so sure.
Love the blog. Thanks
At 18/8/08 08:19,
ChrisB said…
I recognise the picture of the venison!
At 18/8/08 09:03,
Mooshud said…
Wow thank you, i've done the meme too in my journal. Too much to try !
At 18/8/08 09:52,
mochi from mars said…
I surprisingly have tried a lot more of what's on this list than I thought! Insects? Already tried that...the first time was by accident (ants in my potato chip bag when I was a kid), the second was not by accident (someone brought home some prepared larvae from Thailand in high school, and we were all curious), and the third was definitely not by accident. It was pretty close to my last night in Japan and we were celebrating Bon Odori with friends, and our host came out with some crickets cooked in soy sauce. He wouldn't have been offended if we didn't try any, but being filled with good Japanese beer will give anyone liquid courage, and by the end of the night I had consumed most of the delectable morsels. :)
Love the blog, Sam! It should help me get along as I transition in to life here in San Francisco (I start at California Culinary Academy today)!
At 18/8/08 15:00,
Kyla said…
88! Though it occurs to me I've swallowed flies and mosquitoes by accident while bicycling.
At 18/8/08 22:54,
Delphine said…
79! And I'm not a foodie. It's funny you blog this I just made the list for myself. I was lucky with this list though, I traveleld just enough in Eastern Europe and India to have tasted most of it.
Rereading it I don't see any African food (maffé someone? Couscous?)
I laughed because I realized can eat ants or snails or frogs but I was never able to try a mouthfull of Krispy Kreme or Hostess pie. It doesn't look like food to me.
At 19/8/08 01:51,
Flo Bretzel said…
What a funny game! I'm going to study this list very carefully.
At 19/8/08 12:22,
beerandnosh said…
82/100. Not too bad. I feel like I've had a lot of these this week!
http://beerandnosh.com/2008/08/the-omnivore’s-hundred/
At 19/8/08 20:11,
Leslie Pave said…
That was fun, thanks Sam. Almost met your 78, but stopped at 76.
At 20/8/08 14:55,
Manger La Ville said…
In my food classes, they would give us list to see how much we have tried, a lot of them regional American specialties. I think it would be fun to create a food bucket list.
At 20/8/08 23:00,
Unknown said…
I've tried 72 of them..hey, I'm old. :)
At 21/8/08 08:12,
Anonymous said…
Yeah you better get on that snake thing!
At 21/8/08 08:14,
Anonymous said…
Whoa I went back a counted! I'm at 75!
At 21/8/08 10:38,
Alejandra Ramos said…
Oh fun! Can't wait to try this one out.
At 21/8/08 12:02,
Anonymous said…
How fun... actually, I've eaten quite a few of the things on the list. I'll have to get my husband to go through the list also...
Eileen (passions to pastry)
www.livingtastefully.com
At 24/8/08 00:06,
Penny Pink said…
28! ha, i haven't lived!
tried a lot of red wine though.
At 26/8/08 23:25,
Anonymous said…
I do believe you have me beat.
At 28/8/08 09:20,
Saucy Joe Sullivan said…
Hi Sam,
Alas, I feel like such an amateur when it came to this list! At least I have something to aspire to!! Saucy Joes List
At 4/9/08 08:26,
Jeanne said…
Wow - we are not worthy, oh Great Omnivore Sam! My measly 58 is beginning to look quite sad... Very impressed with your far-ranging palate :)
At 27/9/08 09:44,
FJKramer said…
I've done many, but not all, but I am humbled that there were some I had to google or check wikipedia to figure out!
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