The Omnivore’s Hundred.

The meme of the moment, The Omnivore’s Hundred has found its way here. Through twists and turns, though it seems as though everyone is doing it.
As I’m sure you have all seen this a hundred times before, only the smallest of introductions is necessary, from Andrew Wheeler and his Very Good Taste blog here is a list of 100 items that every omnivore should try.

I have tried 58 items on this list (they’re the ones in bold), and there are only 3 that revolt me (crossed out!), so I am missing 39 items that I would potentially eat. Well, I am still young, lots of eating and travelling and experience to come.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea – no, but I did eat a lot of nettle butter.
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 – does at the show count?
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 (not red beans and rice, though)
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
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 – I’m not even entirely sure what root beer is, to be honest.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar – The Cognac sounds delightful but, though I do love Tony Soprano, the smell of cigar smoke makes me ill.
37. Clotted cream tea (though I know it as Devonshire tea)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects – in Cambodia.
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk – only in cheese
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 – one of my jobs was to remove the roe from the whole sea urchins. No one wanted to sit next to me on the bus that evening, I can tell you.
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
60. Carob chips – Reminds me of primary school.
61. S’mores – haven’t tasted the real deal.
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin – What is this? Clay? Yeah, I ate plenty of dirt and clay as a baby, but this is probably not something I would want to try with all my mental faculties intact.
64. Currywurst
65. Durian – only durian flavoured items, icecream, lollies, etc.
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. – no, but I have done the equivalent in Australia, at Claude’s, MG Garage and Tetsuya’s
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers- I grew up eating nasturtiums, and broccoli flowers and a range of other petals followed.
89. Horse – I loved my French class in high school. It taught me about culture from my tiny anglo schoolroom in the middle of nowhere. I was amazed when my teacher described eating horse, i loved the fact that people elsewhere did things differently. Given the opportunity, I would definitely eat it (I even may have already, in one of those mystery meat dishes in Asia).
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam – not by choice – another mystery meat in a sandwich or fried rice experience in Asia
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano – or similar.
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake