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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Are you an Omnivore??

How the Omnivore's 100 Works:

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.

4) Optional: Post a comment at Very Good Taste, linking to your results.

53/100 My Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare

5. Crocodile -I've had Alligator. Does that count??

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

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 -Where's the Pigs Feet??

25. Brawn or head cheese

26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper -Are you crazy?? Habanero was enough for me!!

27. Dulce de leche

28. Oysters

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl -Pier 39, San Francisco!!

33. Salted lassi

34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar

37. Clotted Cream Tea

38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O -Things got fuzzy real quick

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail

41. Curried goat

42. Whole insects

43. Phaal

44. Goat's milk

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more -Never made it to that price range

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 -Way too many as a teen!

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 -Taste like Chicken!

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. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu

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 -Ah, Sunday Brunch at the 4 Seasons in Seattle

97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

Sad to say I had to look up about ten of these names. Thank you Wikipedia!! There's not anything on the list I'm not willing to try and some looked delicious, but the eel really didn't appeal to me. At least I have a list of new things to try! Let me know what you think!! Enjoy!!!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Too funny to pass up!


I know this has nothing to do with food, but part of the good life is laughter and this made me laugh quite loudly! Glad no one was there to see me!! This Mercedes Benz Smart car belongs to a coworker and he's got a pretty good sense of humor! When I saw the sticker on the window I thought of the 70's hot rod caricatures with oversize engines and ghoulish creatures driving them. If he had a hemi in there, he'd be sitting on the roof trying to drive! Enjoy!!