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The Omnivore's Hundred

October 23, 2008 12:02 AM

aving nothing better to write about--that I want to share, anyway--I've decided to finally do this list, which I got from tRJ.

1) Copy this list, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you've eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea (I have no idea what this is.)
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (That's gross, dude.)
6. Black pudding (Congealed blood? No. Fucking. Way.)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari (Am I the only person in the world who doesn't like this shit?)
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (Not until I was an adult. I don't think my mom ever made me one.)
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 (I'm Mexican, right?)
25. Brawn, or head cheese (Dude, no.)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I wouldn't eat this because I would die. Ask RPM or L-Dawg about my performance with peppers some day.)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (Is there anything better in the whole wide world?)
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 (Just the thought makes me want to throw up. Seriously.)
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (I wouldn't be opposed to doing this, but it would be wasted on me--I hate whiskey.)
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 (Yummy.)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (I'm thinking specifically of the Grim Reaper in Santa Barbara.)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads (I'm actually really curious about sweetbreads. Mostly, though, I'm curious about where the fuck it got the name.)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs (Mr. Vice--a notoriously picky and bland eater--got these once in Florida. It baffled me. So I've been at a table where this actually happened. But it sort of turned my stomach.)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (I'm willing to give this a try based solely on something I saw on the Travel Channel where they had this and said it tasted like shepherd's pie, but more meaty. I love shepherd's pie, so I'd be willing to give his a try.)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (Do people actually eat this shit?)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (Yeah, no.)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict (I fucking made them, motherfucker.)
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (While I firmly believe that horses are evil animals, I don't think I'd eat one.)
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 (I don't know why, but I have a strong aversion to eating this shit.)

So there you go. How about you guys?



6 Comments


morenonesense said:

there is no way im taking the time do this list, or even to read all of yours, but in scanning it, i saw roadkill. Did you go to that hiking club party where the shanty guys hit and killed an elk with their van? With one car totaled, they decided the only way to salvage the day was to butcher the elk and throw a roadkill party with kegs and elk burgers. they were actually pretty good; i know i was there with chris, frank, mark, etc... you weren't? or you were there and just didn't know you ate roadkill.

October 23, 2008 1:24 AM



Justine Henin said:

I forgot I had eaten roadkill--yeah, that was actually really good.

I remember the eggs ben. pictures.

Let's have "Cognac with a fat cigar" when I finally visit you in Madison (to celebrate your new business and my retirement from the WTA tour).

October 23, 2008 3:41 AM



butterflyfish said:

Hate calamari -- you're not alone.

Also, I've eaten rattle snake, crocodile, and frog. Once. Definitely skip it.

October 23, 2008 7:10 AM



RPM said:

I've put together my list. While I've eaten a decent number of these things, there are far too many items that I've never even heard of.

As morenonsense and a world-class tennis player have noted, roadkill is not inherently gross. I usually think of crows hovering above skunks and racoons, but controlled elk roadkill could be amazing.

October 23, 2008 2:10 PM



The Reeg said:

On the whole insects you are so wrong, my friend--deep-fried ants dipped in chocolate are AMAZING. And if you've never had poutine, you are missing out like a motherfucker--fries in gravy with cheese curds on top? I know Wisconsin definitely does not need more starchy, cheesy, greasy bar food, but I'm sort of shocked that poutine never really made it out of Quebec and into the midwest.

October 23, 2008 7:11 PM



Ismael Tapia II said:

Morenononsense,
I was not at that party. Which is good, because if I had gone to the party, I would have been hungry the whole time. I mean, it's fucking roadkill. I don't care what kind of animal it is--it's fucking roadkill. Roadkill!

Also, those hiking club people were crazy, from what I remember. I didn't really know very many of them well. Or any of them, really, except for you guys.

Ms. Henin,
Yes, we should definitely do that. Except for the cognac part. And fat cigars, actually. Actually, I guess I could do the fat cigars. Remember the time we tried to light those cigars on the stove? I fucking nearly burned my face off.

Butterflyfish,
Thank god. Every time I mention that I hate calamari, everyone's like "nooooooooo, how could you." Jesus, I said I hate calamari, not cheese. You'd have to be crazy to dislike cheese . . . .

RPM,
Speak of the devil!

Also, yeah. There's a bunch of shit on there I had never heard of. I mean, I love food. How could there be so many different varieties that I'm unaware of?

The Reeg,
I've heard that chocolate-covered insects aren't that bad. Or that they're good. But, psychologically, I can't do it. I mean, for one, cows have to go through all different sorts of cleanliness things before I eat them. Is that the case with insects? But even more fundamentally than that, they're fucking insects? Insects are inherently gross and strange and freaky, so the last thing I want to do is eat one. That would be like eating a jelly fish or something. It would be so fucking wrong.

Incidentally, while I do hate the French and their Canadian brothers, what you've just described sounds like heaven on a plate. Go poutine!

October 23, 2008 8:02 PM



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