I have not yet seen a meme that I did not like. But I have just seen a meme that I truly loved. It’s about food. Yummy, isn’t it? What a way to start a new week and a new season. I swiped this from MamaBig Dog who found this from a British food blog.
Here is the concept of this meme: “Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, every day food and even some pretty bad food- but a good omnivore should really try it all. ”
The ones I have eaten are in bold print, and I am not going to cross out things I will never try because I want to try ’em all.
Here goes:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
5. Crocodile
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
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
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
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (mostly because of the 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 whiskey from a bottle worth L60/$120 or more.
46. Fugu
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. Frog’s 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
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
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
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican blue mountain coffee
100. snake
My score is 59. Should have been 60 had it not for #72, where it asked for caviar and blini. I have had caviar but not blini, so I am not counting that score. But 59 is not bad, I thought. Anyone wants to try out this meme, it’s fun.
FRANKLY MY DEAR....... 
Panaderos
September 24, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Although I consider myself quite adventurous when it comes to food, I think I’ll score less than 50 on this list. 😦 I love SPAM though and I’m not ashamed to say that! Bwahahahaha!!! 😀
EWok
September 24, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Spam is especially good with garlic fried rice for those rainy Saturday breakfasts. I’ve never really tried it as a palaman, but I think it’s weird eaten that way. Just my opinion.
bw
September 25, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I can’t believe you missed chicken tikka ! Given the opportunity ( some are Greek to me : ), I have no problem trying all of them hehe 🙂
Ewok
September 25, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I know BW, I didn’t realize that until I did this meme. Usually whenever we go to Indian restaurants we go vegetarian, that’s probably why I missed to sample chicken tikka. Will make an effort to try this before the year ends.