The instructions were to bold all of the items I've eaten and cross out those I would never consider eating. Instead of crossing out, I've colored them red. I've added personal comments in Italics. Here's my list. What's yours?
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea - not sure
3. Huevos rancheros - Trini, I miss you
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding - what is it?
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp - caught a big one once
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho - hmm
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - related to Ali Baba?
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Prefer them from Jerry's Famous Deli in Marina del Rey
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - Boones Farm
19. Steamed pork buns - let's not go there
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 - this sound too much like a tv show
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 with Jim
43. Phaal - some of these worry me
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $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 - prefer them straight up, olives on the side (cheers Janet)
58. Beer above 8% alcohol - Cheers to you, Crisp
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads - nothing sweet about 'em
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian - this and the two above are kind of scary
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
- with Randy and Melissa at a Robert Burns supper
- with Randy and Melissa at a Robert Burns supper69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost - ??? I need a food dictionary
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum - married to him!
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers - Thanks Nancy
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
I'd like to say that the list has made me hungry. But I can't. Bon Appetite!
