foods to try

The Very Good Taste blog posted a diverse list of 100 foods (gourmet, exotic, strange, or even bad in a noteworthy way) that they think everyone should try once in their lifetime.

I thought I'd give their exercise a go, since I always love new food experiences! Thanks, Janet, for bringing it to my attention!

bold- foods I've tried
crossed out- foods I'm not adventuresome enough to try
everything else- i want to try it some day

1. Venison - vlogbrothers say it's great!
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 - i *love* fried calimari
12. Pho - i'm not crazy about it-- i prefer ramen
13. PB&J sandwich - i haven't had this in years =P
14. Aloo gobi - yay for indian food buffets, for letting me try dishes i wouldn't order otherwise
15. Hot dog from a street cart - outside Fenway, best hotdog I've ever had. I used to go to baseball games just for the food.
16. Epoisses - i'm pretty much always up for trying new cheeses
17. Black truffle - yes, please
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - plum wine, courtesy victoria fan
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - once. it was amazing, but since force-feeding geese is kind of cruel, i wouldn't eat it often.
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese - i'm pretty sure i was fed this in germany, without knowing what it was at the time
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche - umm, yum.
28. Oysters - i like them best fried.
29. Baklava - student center strangely had the best baklava i've ever tasted
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas - painful food.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - i miss boston clam chowder
33. Salted lassi - i've had sweet lassi, and i like it
34. Sauerkraut - in germany, even
35. Root beer float - mmm
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - haha, once.
39. Gumbo - homemade. oh, it's only done right in the south.
40. Oxtail - mom's oxtail soup =P
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects maybe if they're covered in chocolate. even then, only maybe.
43. Phaal - it's supposedly super spicy, so yes!
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - not much of an alchohol drinker, but i'd try a sip.
46. Fugu - i like being alive
47. Chicken tikka masala - indian staple =P
48. Eel - only as unagi
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - i also like their maple-glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin - in sushi. the texture is that of a cold tongue...
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - too sour for me
53. Abalone - i love it in chinese dishes.
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine - looks gross but i'll try it
60. Carob chips - i adore carob chips. my mom used to use them in place of chocolate chips in cookies.
61. S’mores - the two reasons i want to go camping are to look at stars and to make these.
62. Sweetbreads - sound gross, but i'd try...
63. Kaolin - clay? umm, i thought this was a list of foods...
64. Currywurst -in germany. funny idea, but pretty tasty, i thought.
65. Durian - great way to make your room smell like garbage.
66. Frogs’ legs - i adore fried frog legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - i've had beignets at cafe au lait in new orleans, apparently the place to have them. i also had a friend in jr. high whose mom made them for breakfast the times i stayed over. they're fried pieces of heaven sprinkled with powdered sugar. I like churros but lately when I get them at baseball games or amusement parks, they're not fresh at all. and funnel cake is tasty but almost always leaves me with a stomache ache from the grease...
68. Haggis - another thing that sounds disgusting but i'd give it a try...
69. Fried plantain -oh, so delicious
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - one staple of the south that i've never tried
71. Gazpacho - Sister Hildegard from the Abbey of St. Walburga made this once for our family... the fact that it's a cold vegetable soup made me doubtful but I loved it. She's actually never cooked anything that wasn't delicious.
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost-brown goat cheese
75. Roadkill - hahaha. this reminds me of a recent daily show.
76. Baijiu -
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - ick. tastes so processed.
78. Snail - i want to try escargot some time, but i will think of it in my mind as "escargot", not snail...
79. Lapsang souchong- i'm always up for trying new teas
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum - i had the real thing just recently, with faye. i actually really like packaged tom yum flavored ramen.
82. Eggs Benedict - also, just recently, with monica from church. very... rich.
83. Pocky - oh, just 23 flavors of it =P. (plain, milk, pineapple, caramel, chocolate orange, mens, strawberry, lemon cheesecake, pudding, green tea, almond crush chocolate, almond crush vanilla, chocolate mousse, melon, yogurt, coconut, blueberry, banana, strawberry gateaux, pocky-G, pocky-G berry, tahiti vanilla, and pumpkin.) i make a point to try all the different types of pocky i see and that friends find for me =)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef - i hope to have this, very soon.
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers - i had hibiscus in chocolate. it was sour.
89. Horse - i'd never have it knowingly. does sometimes eating at jack in the box count? =P
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam - i like it in sushi! hawaiians know what i'm talking about =P
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa - i don't really like rose flavored things...
94. Catfish - in many ways. i love southern food.
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox - one of my favorite quick breakfast foods.
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta - i stole a spoonful from kenton's plate, once.
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake - if it's anyting like frog, yes, i'd like some!

So, in total...
51 things I've eaten
4 things I wouldn't try