My Kind of Meme

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronome Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives.

The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, italicise those you wouldn't eat on a bet. (I have added an element of bragging, and 'starred' the ones I cook.)



1. Venison*
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros*
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue*
8. Bread pudding*
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
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 (I ate me the hell out of some oysters this weekend...)
29. Baklava*
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl*
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float*
36. Cognac
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
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 (And let me tell you...I still didn't like it. I do my fellow countrymen a disservice.)
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala (This is like, my favorite thing of all time. Oh, Lordy.)
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. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini*
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
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(I have had absinthe, but not that brand....does it still count? I bet it still tastes like licorice and hate.)
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
85. Kobe beef (It harms me that I haven't eaten this yet. They make Waygu beef hot dogs, which also harms me.)
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* (Rub it on my body, I love it so.)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta*
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (Give me some of this. My life will be complete. Almost.)
100. Snake

Damn. Looks like I need to have more adventures in eating. :) 62% was a failing grade when I was in school, all those moons ago.