i’m woefully overdue for responding to this meme that my pal nylonthread assigned. you’ll find that i am not exactly a major carnivore. i don’t eat a ton of meat or fish; i don’t eat pork at all; and i don’t really have any interest whatsoever in eating most animals, exotic or not. i don’t like the taste, and i don’t see the point. but that’s just me: a girl who, as a child, would take a peanut butter and jelly sammich over a steak. i’ve never, ever been able to get excited about a steakhouse or a great seafood restaurant.

now a vegetarian restaurant? THAT i get excited about. i don’t mind chicken, though it’s not like i search it out most of the time. me, i like beans, cheese, nuts and nut butters, and veggies.

and chocolate, of course.

but to each his own.

the rules:

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 extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (does alligator count? i tried some on my honeymoon.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (does gefilte fish count?)
9. Borsch
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (LOVE 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 (had to have a few beers before i tried it. no more for me, thanks.)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (and no, i don’t especially like clam chowder. or clams.)
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 (unless you count my unintentional inhalation of bugs.)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala (YUMMMMM)
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi – not sure.
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 (uhm, isn’t that clay?)
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 (my lunch of choice senior year in high school)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum (tom yum kai, to be more specific)
82. Eggs Benedict (ew.)
83. Pocky (but i’d be happy to try it!)
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 (no spam was a cornerstone of our marital negotiations.)
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (hello. what tribe am i from?)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake