#59 on Top 100 List. Credit: FritWit
This list has been making the rounds on the internet and first came to my attention thanks to Andrea of Food is to Love. I’m willing to bet it was written by an American, since it includes Hostess fruit pies, Spam, and McDonald’s Big Mac Meal. Anyway, scanning through the list, I feel grateful to live in a time when it’s easy to sample such a wide variety of food. Which ones have you tried? What’s missing from this list?
Here goes:
1. Venison – y
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros – y
4. Steak tartare -y
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue -y
8. Carp
9. Borscht -y
10. Baba ghanoush – y
11. Calamari – y
12. Pho -y
13. PB&J sandwich – y
14. Aloo gobi – y
15. Hot dog from a street cart -y
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle -no, but I’ve had truffle oil
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes – y
19. Steamed pork buns -y
20. Pistachio ice cream – y
21. Heirloom tomatoes – y
22. Fresh wild berries – y
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans – y
25. Brawn, or head cheese -y
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche -y
28. Oysters – y
29. Baklava – y
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas – y
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl – not together
33. Salted lassi -
34. Sauerkraut – y
35. Root beer float – y
36. Cognac with a fat cigar – not together
37. Clotted cream tea -
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot – y
39. Gumbo -y
40. Oxtail -y
41. Curried goat -y
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Single malt whisky – y
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala – y
48. Eel – y
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut -y
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone -y
54. Paneer – y
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal – y
56. Spaetzle – y
57. Dirty gin martini – y
58. Beer above 8% ABV – y
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores – y
62. Sweetbreads -y
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst -y
65. Durian -y
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake – y
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain – y
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho -y
72. Caviar and blini -y (OMG mmmm)
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie – y
78. Snail – y
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini – y
81. Tom yum -y
82. Eggs Benedict – y
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash – y
88. Flowers – y
89. Horse
90. Criollo
91. Spam -y
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa -y, I’ve had harissa…not sure if that’s the same
94. Catfish – y
95. Mole poblano – y
96. Bagel and lox – y
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta – y
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
100. Snake -y
Thanks for the link! What was snake like?
chewy chicken. i had it in cornmeal fritters at a steakhouse. not very good.
OK, here’s my list…Makes me realize I need to be more adventurous with my food choices!
1. Venison – y
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros – y
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue -y
8. Carp
9. Borscht -y
10. Baba ghanoush – y
11. Calamari – y
12. Pho -y
13. PB&J sandwich – y
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart -y
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle -y
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes – y
19. Steamed pork buns -y
20. Pistachio ice cream – y
21. Heirloom tomatoes – y
22. Fresh wild berries – y
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans – y
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche -y
28. Oysters – y
29. Baklava – y
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas – y
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl -y
33. Salted lassi -
34. Sauerkraut – y
35. Root beer float – y
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea -y
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot -
39. Gumbo -y
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Single malt whisky – y
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala – y
48. Eel – y
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut -y
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer – y
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal – y
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini -y
58. Beer above 8% ABV – y
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips -y
61. S’mores – y
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake – y
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain – y
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho -y
72. Caviar and blini -y
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie – y
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini – y
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict – y
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef -y
86. Hare
87. Goulash – y
88. Flowers – y
89. Horse
90. Criollo
91. Spam -y
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa –
94. Catfish – y
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox – y
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta – y
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
100. Snake
Missing from the list:
Frozen custard
Black and white cookie
Red Mango frozen yogurt (not Pinkberry!)
Chicken rice
1. Venison – y(um!!)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros – y
4. Steak tartare – y
5. Crocodile – y
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue – y
8. Carp – y
9. Borscht – y
10. Baba ghanoush – y
11. Calamari – y
12. Pho – y
13. PB&J sandwich – y
14. Aloo gobi – y
15. Hot dog from a street cart – y
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes – y
19. Steamed pork buns – y
20. Pistachio ice cream – y
21. Heirloom tomatoes – y
22. Fresh wild berries – y
23. Foie gras – y
24. Rice and beans – y
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche – y
28. Oysters – y
29. Baklava – y
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas – y
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl – y
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut – y
35. Root beer float – y
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot – y
39. Gumbo -y
40. Oxtail – y
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Single malt whisky
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala – y
48. Eel – y
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut -y
50. Sea urchin – y
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone – y
54. Paneer – y
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal – y
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini – y
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine – y(ummmmm!!)
60. Carob chips – y
61. S’mores – y
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian – y
66. Frogs’ legs – y
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake – y
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain – y
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette – y(uck)
71. Gazpacho – y
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu – y(ES!)
77. Hostess Fruit Pie – y
78. Snail – y
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini – y
81. Tom yum – y
82. Eggs Benedict – y
83. Pocky – y
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef – y
86. Hare – y
87. Goulash – y
88. Flowers – y
89. Horse
90. Criollo
91. Spam – y
92. Soft shell crab – y
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish – y
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox – y
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta – y
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
100. Snake – y
Oh, there’s a ton I’d add to the list, but I wouldn’t know where to begin! Here’s my list, fun exercise:
http://squandrous.com/post/103594124
Oh wow, there are so many I haven’t tried! I need to get to eatin’!
Now don’t you think the list should specify that the provenance of the bagel should be the greater New York area (sorry to be such a snob)?
Come over for a glass of cognac and we can debate the issue over a cigar.