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I've been watching this meme/challenge do the rounds for a while, friends Jeanne and Johanna but it was Scott who finally had me think I should give it a go too. So
what is it all about?
In the beginning:
Very Good Taste created a list of 100
food items that they feel every person should try at least once in their life. Many bloggers from around the world have
now copied that same list, marking off the things they’ve eaten and/or would never eat!
Here’s what you do if you also want to join in:
- 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 www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your
results.
You will notice I have used a traffic light system for my experiences...
- Green = happy to GO
there again!
- Orange = been there, but didn't particularly enjoy the
experience
- Red = STOP - not
going there!
- Blue = been there - neutral to the experience
- My normal Grey = have not been there yet
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
- 1. Venison - yeah I LOVE it!
- 2. Nettle tea - yes, helps improve the flow of
breast milk when nursing.
- 3. Huevos rancheros - not yet
- 4. Steak tartare - not yet
- 5. Crocodile - yes, but only enough "to
taste", it's like fatty, fishy chicken, I'm undecided about it.
- 6. Black pudding
- 7. Cheese fondue yum, perfect way to pass a Winters
evening, as is Raclette
- 8. Carp
- 9. Borscht homemade
- 10. Baba ghanoush - lots, last time was with
focaccia while eating out
- 11. Calamari - a favourite of J's especially as
salad
- 12. Pho - not yet, been meaning to
- 13. PB&J sandwich - but prefer peanut butter and
clover honey
- 14. Aloo gobi - nope
- 15. Hot dog from a street cart well not an
American hot dog in a bread roll, but many NZ Hot dogs (battered sausage on a stick) or another Kiwi
favourite: a sausage in a slice of God awful white bread and lots of tomato sauce.
- 16. Epoisses -
- 17. Black truffle -
- 18. Fruit wine made from something other than
grapes - many
- 19. Steamed pork buns - only homemade
- 20. Pistachio ice cream - a teeny tasting of
Pistachio Gelato from a street vendor
- 21. Heirloom tomatoes - grow them!
- 22. Fresh wild berries - of course HEAPS
- 23. Foie gras - sadly no, want to send me some?
- 24. Rice and beans - only homemade, but rarely
together honestly
- 25.
Brawn, or head cheese - kinda depends how
hungry, may try it if I'm starving, but probably not!
- 26.
Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - er no, kinda think
my eyeballs look better when the stay in my sockets
- 27. Dulce de leche - only homemade
- 28. Oysters - New Zealand's Bluff - but of
course!
- 29. Baklava - only homemade, not commonly found in
NZ
- 30. Bagna cauda -
- 31. Wasabi peas - have a packet in the pantry
- 32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl -
- 33. Salted lassi -
- 34. Sauerkraut - yes lots and even in Essen,
Deutschland
- 35. Root beer float - well not "Root
beer" - however plenty of what we Kiwi call "Spiders" in various flavours
- 36. Cognac with a fat cigar - neither, love to try the Cognac, not so keen on the fat cigar
- 37. Clotted cream tea - only homemade
- 38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - neither, am still to have my wild youth phase... maybe when I turn 40?!
- 39. Gumbo - nah not really I don't think, send me your best recipe and I'll see!
- 40. Oxtail - yep, favourite featured dish in one of
the first restaurants I worked - Braised Oxtail, served in a Brioche bowl with a Honey Mustard dressing...yum!
- 41. Curried goat - no
- 42. Whole insects - yep in chocolate chip cookies
on homeschooling field trip with my girls, couldn't taste the bugs, as for this cookie... I make better! ;-)
- 43.
Phaal - probably not, although I like curries generally
- 44. Goat’s milk - yep
- 45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - haven't the desire or the dollars
- 46.
Fugu - probably not, value my life and quite
like being in the land of the living and guess I'm just not that "trusting" !
- 47. Chicken tikka masala - yum!
- 48. Eel - smoked, a long time ago on a sleepover I
had as a child
- 49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - never likely to, no Krispy Kreme here, never bought a glazed
doughnut
- 50. Sea urchin - nope
- 51. Prickly pear - nope
- 52. Umeboshi - not too sure, have eaten some pretty weird Japanese food though!
- 53. Abalone - we call it Paua (Pah-Wa)
- 54. Paneer - not yet
- 55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - long time ago, only
once / never to be repeated!
- 56. Spaetzle yum!
- 57. Dirty gin martini - is that like a Shirley Temple?
- 58. Beer above 8% ABV - actually I wouldn't
know, to tell you the truth, but I'm assuming so, wild nights in Berlin
- 59. Poutine - A favourite thing to help me through
night of waiting in a quiet restaurant, not sure if it was "authentic Canadian" though? Fries, gravy and
cheese = yum!
- 60. Carob chips used to be big fan of carob, but
haven't had any in years
- 61. S’mores kinda, the NZ alternative anyway,
but we just call them toasted marshmallows and traditionally had them with a couple of Griffins malt as no chocolate
involved back then - But now I like them with a couple of Griffins Thins which are basically malts with thin choc
layer.
- 62. Sweetbreads - sadly yes, while serving them
while working in restaurants, not a fan!
- 63. Kaolin - first one I had to find through Wikipedia and I'm still not sure I'm any the wiser? However no
I try to limit my intake of dirt/clay and such, but no doubt experimented with it as a very young child.
- 64. Currywurst -
- 65. Durian -
- 66. Frogs’ legs -
- 67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
- homemade beignets yes!
- 68. Haggis - nope, however my ancestors probably ate enough for me... so I'll stick to the Lourne Sausage!
- 69. Fried plantain -
- 70. Chitterlings, or andouillette -
- 71. Gazpacho - homemade
- 72. Caviar and blini - nope, don't think so anyway?
- 73. Louche absinthe -
- 74. Gjetost, or brunost -
- 75.
Roadkill - but again maybe if I'm
starving
- 76. Baijiu -
- 77. Hostess Fruit Pie - no idea what the
"Hostess" Fruit Pie is but I make some mean pies with various fruit in them
- 78. Snail -
- 79. Lapsang souchong -
- 80. Bellini -
- 81. Tom yum -
- 82. Eggs Benedict homemade
- 83. Pocky -
- 84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - haha yeah... actually no!
- 85. Kobe beef -
- 86. Hare -
- 87. Goulash - homemade
- 88. Flowers - yes plenty... zuchinni blossoms,
nasturtiums, violets, rose to name a few....
- 89. Horse -
- 90. Criollo chocolate -
- 91. Spam
- 92. Soft shell crab
- 93. Rose harissa
- 94. Catfish
- 95. Mole poblano
- 96. Bagel and lox - does a bagel with Gravlax
count?
- 97. Lobster Thermidor
- 98. Polenta
- 99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
- 100. Snake
Making my score 45ish... out of the possible 100
...and however like Jeanne, if the list were mine, I
would have included less.. to no drinks, (they could have a list of their own!) and these favourites
instead...
- - Fresh buffalo mozzarella
- - Aged Parmigiano cheese
- - Vegemite
- - Whitebait
- - Blue cod
- - Ceviche
- - Free range organic dry cured traditional bacon, ham etc.
- - An organic free range egg, cracked while still holding the warmth of the hen's lay and poached - had one of
these this morning!
P.S: I apologise if you are not informed on some of these foods.
Truthfully I was going to add links to wikipedia, however I was already getting cross-eyed with all the html code for
colours and such and I felt I would never get it posted if I worked on it any longer, hope you'll forgive
me?!
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