Tuesday, February 16, 2010

braaains



I bet the person who drives this car & I would be great friends.

Monday, February 15, 2010

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred

Here's the idea:

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 italicize those, because I can't find the strike out button...)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding - Bert got this once. It looked disgusting. I will never try it. If he can't eat it, I can't eat it.
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - Kamna's mom makes this! So good!
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Um, cheap hot dogs are one of my greatest weaknesses.
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
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
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - I've had them separately....but not together.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - I've eaten a ton of goat (Kenya), but curried? Usually roasted.
42. Whole insects - happily avoided this in Kenya
43. Phaal - after looking it up, I wish I've tried it...
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 - apparently this is like cheese fries, except the cheese is cheese curds? ew
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads - um, I did not realize this is thymus and pancreas. A little too close to home for the medical student.
63. Kaolin - ? wtf is this, when I look it up, it seems like maybe it's a rock.
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis - do not want.
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - also no.
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - come on now you're getting ridiculous
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
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

And done! For a girl who started out with a very very limited palate, I have come a long way. It's awesome. Also, how did I live without Asian cuisine for the first 16-odd years of my life?