That food meme (aka The Omnivore's 100)

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The Food tasting meme

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 (or eating again)
4. Optional extra: Post a comment http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

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1. Venison (most recently at jillcook's house on July 4th)
2. Nettle tea (good for pregnant ladies, didja know that?)
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (but I wouldn't mind trying it)
5. Crocodile (I'd try this, too. We DID have kangaroo last fall.)
6. Black pudding (not in a big hurry for this)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari (a bad batch gave me food poisoning the day of my Chem 1A final... been a bit leery of potentially not-fresh shellfish ever since)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (but I'd like to try it)
17. Black truffle (I've had the oil, though)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (right off the vine in my own garden, no less!)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (yeah, I'm not big on the organ meats, and it's not just squickishness... I don't like the flavor)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (for the first time last week... it was OK, but not eager to repeat)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (just a bit, and I was very sorry)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (I'd like to try it)
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 (Yeah, not my thing)
37. Clotted cream tea (I'd love to, but I'm afraid I don't have a thing to wear)
38. Vodka jelly (what is this, like vello?)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk (I raised goats for years... we drank a ton of the stuff)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more (well, it was a bottle of 30-year whisky... I don't know how much it cost, but it was exquisite)
46. Fugu (no, thanks... sorry, saxikath!>)
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 (but I wanna try it!)
60. Carob chips (this was a "treat" when I was a kid)
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads (again, another organi meat that I tried and just plain didn't like)
63. Kaolin (is there a reason to eat clay besides pregnancy-induced pica?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (I've seen it, but didn't want to buy the whole thing just to try it)
66. Frog's Legs (maybe I just like Kermit too much)
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 (but I have tried it plain, and I'd like to try it louched)
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill (I guess this goes with the bugs and dirt?)
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 (But I'd like to! Who's treating?)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (Well, rabbit. But I'm told that doesn't count.)
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