The Omnivore's 100 Meme

There's a meme at Serious Eats I'd like to pass on. It's a list of 100 foods omnivores should try in their life times. Bold, italic text means I've tried it. Asterisk (*) means I won't. Some of this stuff I've never heard of.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros *
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding *
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 (with bacon and jalapenos!!!)
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 *
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 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
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads *
63. Kaolin
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 (only if rabbit sausage counts)
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

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More Photos

I'm slow on the go with posting these!

Part II of my vacation photos*


One of the dozens of totem poles in the Sitka National Park totem walk.


A female bald eagle with a bad talon. It's so bad, she has to live out her life at the Raptor Center.


Here I am playing around at the Raptor Center. Elias says my wingspan is ideal for basketball.


Mount Saint Elias as seen from the ship. It's one of the tallest peaks in North America.


Hubbard Glacier is one of the few glaciers that is increasing in size. Soon enough, I'll post a photo of a receding glacier outside of Juneau.


* Part I in case you forgot.

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