The Omnivore's Hundred

The Omnivore's Hundred is an eclectic and entirely subjective list of 100 items that Andrew Wheeler, co-author of the British food blog Very Good Taste, thinks every omnivore should try at least once in his life.

Andrew writes,

"Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. 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, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers."

Here are the rules: 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 (I am going to italisize). 4. Optional extra: post a comment on Very Good Taste, linking to your results.

1. Venison (dinner, Holland America Mexican Riviera Cruise 2007)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (last eaten for brunch the day Georg defended his dissertation)
4. Steak tartare (tuna tartare, yes, but not steak)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (if I eat freshwater fish, it's usually trout)
9. Borscht (I've made it at home and had it in a restaurant)
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 (rhubarb, blackberry)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (there was a foie gras dumpling on one of the canapes at our wedding)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche (swirled in ice cream)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (thanks Panera Bread)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat 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 (in the form of goat cheese)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (pufferfish)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (in sushi)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear (I've had the cactus candies but that probably doesn't count)
52. Umeboshi (some sour Japanese fruit)
53. Abalone (sea snails)
54. Paneer (I love paneer and would like to try to make my own someday)
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (by mistake once, remember Priscilla? I hate gin.)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (Double Bastard Ale)
59. Poutine (I had this at the Fringe Festival a few weeks ago!)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (according to wikipedia this is some kind of clay...gross)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ 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
74. Gjetost, or brunost
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 (21st birthday dinner)
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

Total: 56/100