Through Chocolate & Zucchini, I found a list, The Omnivore's Hundred on the food blog Very Good Taste. Not supposed to be the best food in the world (some bad, some good) but what an omnivore should try for once in their lives.
His suggestions are:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten (I've asterisked them).
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (I've faded them).
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ linking to your results. (comments in parenthesis) The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison*
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (to be honest, I really can't remember)
6. Black pudding*
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht*
10. Baba ghanoush*
11. Calamari*
12. Pho*
13. PB&J sandwich (peanut butter and jelly - I don't like PB)
14. Aloo gobi* (potatoes and cauliflour, Indian style)
15. Hot dog from a street cart*
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (not a whole one)
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*
29. Baklava*
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas*
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (clam chowder yes, sourdough bowl no)
33. Salted lassi*
34. Sauerkraut*
35. Root beer float*
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (no 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
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* (umm... aka goreng pisang?)
70. Chitterlings*, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho*
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe*
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu* (Chinese white liquor. Absolutely deadly. 40-60%)
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
91. Spam*
92. Soft shell crab*
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish*
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox*
97. Lobster Thermidor*
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
My total score: 44. What's yours?
