The Omnivore's 100
This is really great. The blog Very Good Taste has come up with a list of 100 items that every omnivore should try in his or her life. And has turned it into a meme. Basically, you copy the list from Very Good Taste's The Omnivore's 100 and post it to your blog, bolding the items you've tried and striking through any you would never try. Oh, just go visit VGT for the nitty gritty. Below is my list, as well as those from the gang at the Serious Eats office.
Adam's List
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
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 [I so wanna try. —AK]
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 [I have had all of them —AK]
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 or shaojiu
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 [Now why would I ever want to do this!?!? —AK]
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
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Ed's List
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile [Has anyone ever seen crocodile on a menu? Alligator is one thing.. —EL]
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
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
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
Erin's List
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
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 [Thanks to my neighbors in D.C. —EZ]
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 [Grasshoppers in taco form! —EZ]
43. Phaal [Only a bite, but I will take it. —EZ]
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 [Urbock 23° from Saloon on U Street in D.C. —EZ]
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 blinist
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill [My friend Dan didn't tell me until after I ate the "venison." It was totally dead deer from the side of the road after his camping trip. —EZ]
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
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
Robyn's List
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
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream [Gelato is the good stuff, though. - RL]
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 [I ordered an andouillette in Paris and I'm pretty sure the waiter thought I wouldn't eat it. But I ate the whole thing. BOOYA! - RL]
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost [This is one of the first things my Norwegian friends made me eat in Norway. And then we ate it every day for the next one and a half weeks. - RL]
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
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam [Goes well with rice and nori. - RL]
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
Alaina's List
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
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
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
Raphael's List
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
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
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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26 Comments:
Hey Adam, they have several poutines at Inn at LW12 - I've heard people complain about their version, but it was good enough for me - when am I ever going to be in Canada anyway?
greenolivemedia at 10:45AM on 08/28/08
So are the things in bold the things that you HAVE had? So Alaina has never had a hostess fruit pie? Are you kidding me? Go to a bodega or a newstand and pick one up for that poor, deprived girl.
casperOne at 10:56AM on 08/28/08
Why not haggis? It's seriously tasty, and believe me, there's not a sheep's intestine in sight. It's all good meat (a hell of a lot better than that found in many burgers and chicken nuggets). It may (if you're lucky) be packed into a sheeps stomach lining, but that's just packaging (and how eco!), not to be eaten.
sarahdlr at 10:59AM on 08/28/08
If you run out of inspiration there is always the recently released book 1001 Foods to Taste Before You Die available to use as resource.
foodvox at 11:10AM on 08/28/08
@casperOne: Yes. Bold= eaten before.
And actually, Raphael was offended when the majority of the office had not experienced a Hostess fruit pie before so he went out and bought some, changing all of our lives (including Alaina's). Ok, not really. We agreed that stuff is better under the age of ten.
Erin Zimmer at 11:10AM on 08/28/08
@casperOne: I need to update my list. Raphael was kind (?) enough to pick up some hostess fruit pies yesterday afternoon for the hostess fruit pie virgins in the office (I was not the only one!).
Alaina Browne at 11:12AM on 08/28/08
@Erin: JINX!
Alaina Browne at 11:21AM on 08/28/08
Not a very challenging list, IMHO. Many of these things are staple items in our house.
outsidecounsel at 11:40AM on 08/28/08
@sarahdlr: Good point, re: haggis. I suppose I eat sausages with natural casing, so what's the biggie, huh? I will mentally un-strike it but leave it x-ed out on my list above for posterity.
Adam Kuban at 11:44AM on 08/28/08
I find it funny that I have eaten something Serious Eater head honcho Ed has never eaten...Vodka Jell-o. Clearly Ed did not go through a depraved Jell-o shots phase in high school.
NYminknit at 12:08PM on 08/28/08
All you folks who posted up there and haven't had Epoisses... that should be the priority right now. Best cheese on earth.
DanielJ at 12:10PM on 08/28/08
Maybe Santa will send some Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee to the Serious Eats offices. :)
I was wondering about the crocodile thing, too. Maybe they meant alligator.
holdthemayo at 12:18PM on 08/28/08
ive had 44, not too bad i think. it pales in comparison to you serious foodies, but im happy. there were a few things on the list that i just simply havent gotten around to eating, but not for lack of want.
agk685 at 12:22PM on 08/28/08
It's amazing what is totally normal to eat for "us" that is considered disgusting to "them". I was chatting with a new friend the other day who lives in Wales and the idea of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich made him want to puke.
That said I think that the list is a good one and am happy to report that I only have 12 items to check off before it's complete. Try everything! Twice if the first time didn't quite take.
Bunnyman at 12:24PM on 08/28/08
Not bad, I've had 66 and there are only a few things I would pass on (Haggis, Head Cheese, the cigar, umeboshi and horse)
peachfish at 12:42PM on 08/28/08
Yay I hit 81! (See my post here - but there was something wrong with my blog so the formatting's a little different.)
The only two things I wouldn't eat are roadkill and umm rocks/dirt/wtf?!! Now I have a goal, foodwise :)
w at 1:11PM on 08/28/08
My list is a mere 29. Though, I plan on moving to SF soon, so that should expand my food horizons. Some of them aren't things I haven't wanted to try, I just haven't. Like eggs Benedict and Huevos.....I usually order waffles for breakfast.
I do also find it funny that less people have had a Jello shot than I thought. We made Midori Sour Jello shots in college, but you have to find lemon Jello for that.
amanda0730 at 1:49PM on 08/28/08
here is mine http://organicandnaturalmom.blogspot.com/2008/08/just-for-fun.html I am 41/100 I did it last sunday but I am jelous of all the things you guys have had.
love2cook at 2:58PM on 08/28/08
I'm at 82 but excited to finish off the list and make another 100 must eats!
http://foodwoolf.blogspot.com/2008/08/food-woolfs-omnivores-one-hundred.html
Foodwoolf at 4:15PM on 08/28/08
I have 76 done and 24 to go, assuming that crocodile and alligator are the same (aren't crocodiles a protected species in the USA?).
Mizbee at 6:56PM on 08/28/08
Yes, I've had crocodile in Johannesburg, South Africa, at a place called Carnivore -- one of those Brazilian all-you-can-eat type joints where they specialized in farm-raised game meats.
jayevee at 3:13PM on 08/29/08
@w --
Your formatting isn't only different - it's not formatted at all, from what I can see. There are no bolds/strike thrus (viewing on Moxilla Firefox 2). Maybe there are and your bold font is just indistinguishable from not bold?
kazoinker at 2:27PM on 09/02/08
Who would risk eating Fugu? I don't trust anyone enough to cut me a piece of a fish that could easily cause me to asphyxiate and die.
jonny509 at 4:46PM on 09/04/08
Falafel isn't on the list. Not worth the read.
steamsoldier at 10:10AM on 09/06/08
my dad serves croc in his eateries.. its ok. fried anything is ok.
seikel at 10:13AM on 09/12/08
I made a Visual Omnivore's Hundred on Flickr. It is a set of photos from all over the place of all the food found on the original Omnivore's Hundred. I also added descriptions of each so people don't have to look up what the food is. (I also added 6 more to the end). Please check it out. It took me two whole days to complete. :-)
JoanieLSpeak at 10:49AM on 09/16/08