The Just Hungry Omnivore’s Hundred



This list is copied from the blog/website http://www.justhungry.com/, one of my favorites. Really great recipes, especially if you, like myself, love all culinary things Japanese and Asian-inspired.


1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out/italicize any items that you would never consider eating.
(I’ve marked ones I really love in red)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at Very Good Taste linking to your results.

So, here goes…

1.Venison
2.Nettle tea (I don't really know what this is, certainly never had it, but of course I'd try it, it's tea)
3.Huevos rancheros
4.Steak tartare (No, surprisingly, since I love beef, and rare at that.)
5.Crocodile (Especially crocodile poppers, breaded fried chunks, perfect coastal bar food.)
6.Black pudding
7.Cheese fondue
8.Carp (Can't say that I have, catfish is probably the closest.)
9.Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush (I despise eggplant, so this is definitely out for me.)
11. Calamari (This may be my favorite appetizer of all time.)
12. Pho (If you've never had traditional, home-made Pho, I suggest making friends with some Vietnamese people as fast as possible.)
13. PB&J sandwich (Not in many years, they kind of seem gross to me now.)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (All I'm going to say, and those of you in the know will understand, is CHICAGO.)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. This one was missing, so I'll just say, I'm usually up for whatever new and interesting comes along.
19. Pistachio ice cream
20. Heirloom tomatoes (Is anybody else out there like me? The taste of raw tomato, not only overpowers anything else eaten with it, but often brings me to physical nausea. . . and no, it's not an allergy, as I love tomato sauce and cooked/stewed tomatoes.)
21. Fresh wild berries (My grandmother used to make fresh blackberry pie!!)
22. Foie gras
23. Rice and beans (In so many different configurations and recipes, still delicious - Oishi desuyo!)
24. Brawn, or head cheese (I don't like those kinds of textures, and the idea is a little repulsive.)
25. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (Everyone who loves spicy peppers probably does this once, and ONLY once.)
26. Dulce de leche
27. Oysters (Fried only.)
28. Baklava (This was my first introduction to Greek cuisine, and I've yet to get over my instant and massive infatuation.)
29. Bagna cauda
30. Wasabi peas (They're ok, I much prefer Edamame for a good snack.)
31. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
32. Salted lassi
33. Sauerkraut (Used to hate it, but then I had a Rueben, and it's been all down hill ever since.)
34. Root beer float (Not since early adolescence, somewhere around 14 or 15, I lost my taste for sweets.)
35. Cognac with a fat cigar
36. Clotted cream tea
37. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (I went to college, enough said.)
38. Gumbo (Creole cooking, Cajun cooking, New Orleans may be dirty and smell bad, but the food is so rich and unbelievable, I just don't care.)
39. Oxtail (No, but it does sound interesting.)
40. Curried goat
41. Whole insects (Only the chocolate covered kind, and not in a great while.)
42. Phaal
43. Goat’s milk
44. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (Everyone should try it once.)
45. Fugu (NO, and I'm still not happy with my wife about it, Fugu definitely topped my list of foods to eat when I went to meet the in-laws. . . oh, well, looks like we'll have to go back =).
46. Chicken tikka masala
47. Eel
48. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (It's quite the experience, if you've never been nauseated, gaining weight, and on a sugar high at the same time, maybe you should try it. . . I for one, won't do that to my body again.)
49. Sea urchin
50. Prickly pear
51. Umeboshi (My mother-in-law fed this to me with NO warning my first day in Tokyo, everyone else thought it was hilarious, me, not so much.)
52. Abalone
53. Paneer
54. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (Although I always feel sick afterwards.)
55. Spaetzle
56. Dirty gin martini
57. Beer above 8% ABV
58. Poutine
59. Carob chips (Not very good though.)
60. S’mores
61. Sweetbreads
62. Kaolin
63. Currywurst
64. Durian (Might try it, but I'm just not sold on anything that 'smells like diapers'.)
65. Frogs’ legs
66. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
67. Haggis
68. Fried plantain
69. Chitterlings, or andouillette
70. Gazpacho
71. Caviar and blini
72. Louche absinthe (Very interesting flavor, and quite potent, at the least the stuff my wife bought for my birthday last year.)
73. Gjetost, or brunost
74. Roadkill (If the venison is fresh, does it matter if you shot it or hit it with your car??)
75. Baijiu
76. Hostess Fruit Pie
77. Snail
78. Lapsang souchong
79. Bellini
80. Tom yum (Still looking for my own recipe by the way, but quite amazing.)
81. Eggs Benedict (Although I prefer to use parmesan-hollandaise and fried eggs.)
82. Pocky (The 'Mens' version, with dark chocolate.)
83. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (No, but wouldn't I love to!)
84. Kobe beef (Again, not yet, but I WILL before I die. And, this is for all you baka gaijin like me, no matter what the menu says, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'AMERICAN' KOBE!!! What they're advertising is a cross-breed between Angus and Wagyu cattle most of the time, and even if it's straight Wagyu, it hasn't been raised and kept in the traditional Kobe manner, so it's NOT Kobe!)
85. Hare
86. Goulash (I miss my grandmother's goulash, even if we arrived for Christmas break at 3AM, she always had some hot and waiting, really wish I had that recipe.)
87. Flowers
88. Horse (Not on purpose, but Taco Bell doesn't serve 100% beef all the time, at least they didn't used to. Whatever, it could be rat for all I know, still gives me the runs.)
89. Criollo chocolate
90. Spam
91. Soft shell crab (Not a chance, that's just gross.)
92. Rose harissa
93. Catfish
94. Mole poblano
95. Bagel and lox (Amazing little place called Spiro's on Solomon's Island, reminds me I need to stop back by.)
96. Lobster Thermidor
97. Polenta (Of course.)
98. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
99. Snake (I'm pretty sure I've had rattlesnake out west, seem to remember it was pretty good, if a little chewy, might have been the preparation, since I've no other experience to compare it to.)

So, I've had some good culinary experience, obviously lacking in a few important categories, and with some exceptions, am pretty open to trying and experiencing new foods . . . it's an adventure on a plate. How about you?