The food lust... I mean list

It’s been so long that I’ve been a regular in the blogging world, that I decided to borrow one of those lists (thanks Kati). This time it’s about food (darn this post-baby weight)… The rules are simple…

To participate, you must:
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 couldn't figure out how to do it, so I put an 'x' beside these ones)
4) My Optional extra: Italizie any you would like to try

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (nummy, thankfully my man hunts bambi)
2. Nettle tea as well as nettle cheese
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (the first time I tried it was just before going to see the first Jurassic Park with my friend Bobby)
6. Black pudding aka blood sausage aka veres hurka
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (really gross, but I’ve tried it)
9. Borscht (my mom-in-law makes the best!)
10. Baba ghanoush (tasty and good for you)
11. Calamari
12. Pho (best Pho in Calgary is in a crowded diner-style restaurant in Chinatown)
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi (mmmm…)
15. Hot dog from a street cart (I miss New York)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns (one of my favs)
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (LOVE the stuff… Haven’t had it since my delightful dinner at the Eden Room in Banff about a year ago)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (couldn’t get enough of them when I was pregnant)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (sounds pretty good…)
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 (about a million years ago)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects only if the ones swallowed while camping or bike riding count!
43. Phaal (maybe one day)
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 (I always like to experiment with cheese)
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (don’t like to admit it though)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin more than likely since is supposedly found in some medications and toothpaste
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - X
71. Gazpacho (always reminds me of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - X
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - X
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum (there’s a reason for the Yum! YUMMY!)
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 - X
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam - X
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 (actually, it was rattlesnake; tasted like chicken)

Reading this '100 List', I came to the realisation that there's so much more food to try. In my next life, I might have to be come a chef... or a food critic.