Omnivore Meme

Posted by Ace on September 7th, 2008 filed in memes

Infection courtesy of The Ballad of Yoko.

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 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
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 (I’ve had plenty of opportunity, just never bothered)
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I’d wind up in the hospital)
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 (I hate Jello, and I’m not too keen on vodka; can’t see the point.)
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 (This is probably the one thing on this list I really feel like I should have had by now.)
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 (and that and Sapsago are the only two cheeses I don’t care for.)
75. Roadkill (is this a joke? Is there some restaurant or society out there serving it?)
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 (I’ve had tasting menus at similar echelon restaurants in the City of Mists, does that count?)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (I’m assuming they mean “rabbit” here; if there’s a fine distinction to be made between “rabbit” and “hare”, or it’s actually some Japanese specialty I’m not aware of, then I’ll have to un-bold it.)
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


6 Responses to “Omnivore Meme”

  1. Yoko Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    I’m surprised you’ve never had aloo gobi or abalone (more accessible than fugu), or that you haven’t actually been to a 3-star Michelin restaurant.

    We still gotta go for sushi sometime. ;)

  2. Church Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    ???!

    Um… yeah.

    *Church Googles aloo gobi, fugu and Michelin restaurants.*

    *Church also Googles Polenta, Baijiu, and Spaetzle.*

    Clearly there aren’t too many that I would bold, but I dont’ think that I would cross out anything either.
    Except snail. I had a BAD alergic reaction to it the first time. Probibly not a repeat for me.

  3. Ace Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    (Psst! Church! This is the point at which you do your own version of the list on your own site, continuing the meme!)

    (Unless, you know, you’re opposed to that sort of thing. Like Internet chain letters.)

  4. Yoko Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    I should add that the list on the original site has handy links to anything you may have questions about: http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/

  5. Ace Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    That’s handy. I did the same thing Church did, Googled anything I was in question on. :)

  6. Yoko Says:
    September 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    I didn’t make it clear that my link to VGT on my blog post actually goes directly to the list. Sorry about that.