100 Foods to Try Before You Die

Christina recently posted a list of 100 foods you should try before you die. As someone that loves food (you can tell by the size of my stomach) and loves lists and loves memes, it only made sense that I post the list here with an indication of which ones I have tried, and which ones you need to invite me out to dinner for in the next little while.

(Things I have tried are in bold. My occasional comments — and several inside jokes — in italics.)

  1. Venison (Served curried at a game reserve on top of a mountain in Mauritius. Le yum.)

  2. Nettle tea

  3. Huevos rancheros

  4. Steak tartare (If you get the chance, get the tartare at La Rotonde in Paris. So good.)

  5. Crocodile

  6. Black pudding

  7. Cheese fondue

  8. Carp

  9. Borscht

  10. Baba ghanoush

  11. Calamari

  12. Pho

  13. PB&J sandwich (One of my favorite things in the world.)

  14. Aloo gobi

  15. Hot dog from a street cart (Toronto has the best street meat ever. No competition.)

  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 (Remind me to tell you about my encounter with a wild monkey in a gooseberry tree in Uganda some time.)

  23. Foie gras

  24. Rice and beans (Staple food growing up. Also, ugali.)

  25. Brawn, or head cheese

  26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper

  27. Dulce de leche

  28. Oysters (What? Oyster shake? I know Iris and Amber are shaking their heads at this one.)

  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 (Um, heaven?)

  37. Clotted cream tea

  38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot

  39. Gumbo

  40. Oxtail (Reminds me of summer and roti.)

  41. Curried goat (Also reminds me of summer and roti.)

  42. Whole insects (Yes, there’s a story behind this one. Now is not the time to tell it.)

  43. Phaal

  44. Goat’s milk

  45. Single malt whisky (Isn’t this one of the food groups?)

  46. Fugu

  47. Chicken tikka masala

  48. Eel (Unagi = amazing.)

  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 (Hey Iris, how about another trip to Smoke’s?)

  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 (Every summer in middle school and high school: season pass to Canada’s Wonderland for roller coasters and funnel cakes and cute girls who had no interest in me whatsoever.)

  68. Haggis

  69. Fried plantain

  70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

  71. Gazpacho

  72. Caviar and blini

  73. Louche absinthe (Let’s not bring up the crazy things that happen after absinthe parties, okay?)

  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 (Breakfast. Almost every Sunday.)

  83. Pocky

  84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (Been to a few. Among my favorites: Aqua, Fat Duck, Le Cinq, Alain Ducasse, Ishikawa, and De Karmeliet.)

  85. Kobe beef

  86. Hare

  87. Goulash

  88. Flowers (Take young dandelion buds and fry them in butter and then put them on your steak. Trust me.)

  89. Horse

  90. Criollo

  91. Spam (In my inbox, in my stomach.)

  92. Soft shell crab

  93. Rose harissa

  94. Catfish (Almost had a catfish burrito with Lara a few weeks ago after we were craving fish tacos, but ended up going with a three-bean burrito instead. But catfish is still good.)

  95. Mole poblano

  96. Bagel and lox (Breakfast. Almost every Saturday.)

  97. Lobster Thermidor

  98. Polenta

  99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

  100. Snake

Yeah, I enjoy eating.

Posted on May 4, 2009 at 11:28pm with 5 notes

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    don’t normally do these lists, but what...heck. Things I’ve
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