Food, Glorious Food!!

This came from one of the best blogs out there, www.danandsally.com, written by one of my former students, soon to be a real, honest-to-goodness-writer, Sally Parrott Ashbrook.

Here’s what to do:

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 wasn't able to cross it out -- but you'll figure it out!

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea (mmmmm Chinese medicine) Never heard of it
3. Huevos rancheros -- know what it is, never tried it, but would like to
4. Steak tartare -- no, no, no
5. Crocodile -- ate gator, but no crocs -- note I spelled that properly
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp - gag!!
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho ??? That's food???
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle ??? bet that's not chocolate . . .
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns (these, and other delicacies of dim sum, are among the top foods i miss)
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche -- want to
28. Oysters
29. Baklava30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam Chowder in Sourdough Bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (BLECH!!! no,no,no)
37. Clotted Cream Tea (Clotted cream is a food of the gods, truly, but I have never had it in tea -- agree!!)38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat -- curried? why would you eat a combed goat?
42. Whole insects (no, no, no)
43. Phaal (waht the hell???)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth $120 or more (NO drink is worth that!)
46. Fugu (well, fugu you, too!)
47. Chicken tikka masala (Take out the middle word and it's wonderful)
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (I am from Georgia, after all)
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 (no, thank you very much, no)
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 (even though it may be tenderized -- NO)
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 (NO!!)
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