So, of course, I'm passing it on. It's the only way to get it to leave go of me. Sorry about that. Blame it on Stranger Fruit, where it ambushed me.
This meme is a list of 100 food items, some a bit on the exotic side, others not really. You are supposed to bold the ones you have eaten and strike-through those you'd never try.
The remains of the Mole Poblano, con arroz blanco y frijoles.
The List:
(Some of these I didn't recognize by their name. I Googled them and discovered that they were old favourites. I added an asterisk to these.)
- 1. Venison
- 2. Nettle tea No, not as a tea. But we used to eat the plants as a vegetable in the spring.
- 3. Huevos rancheros Yum!
- 4. Steak tartare
- 5. Crocodile
- 6. Black pudding
- 7. Cheese fondue
- 8. Carp
- 9. Borscht
- 10. Baba ghanoush
- 11. Calamari
- 12. Pho* Vietnamese soup; noodles and sliced beef, in a beef broth. A staple in Vietnamese restaurants.
- 13. PB&J sandwich
- 14. Aloo gobi* A dry potato and cauliflower curry.
- 15. Hot dog from a street cart
- 16. Epoisses
- 17. Black truffle
- 18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes Pear.
- 19. Steamed pork buns
- 20. Pistachio ice cream
- 21. Heirloom tomatoes
- 22. Fresh wild berries Every summer.
- 23. Foie gras
- 24. Rice and beans
- 25. Brawn, or head cheese
- 26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
- 27. Dulce de leche
- 28. Oysters I had a can in my cupboard for ages and ages. I finally gave it away.
- 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
- 39. Gumbo
- 40. Oxtail
- 41. Curried goat No. But barbecued, roasted, and stewed goat, yes.
- 42. Whole insects (chocolate covered ants/grasshoppers/crickets) Ants and grasshoppers. The grasshoppers were toasted, served on a tortilla with fresh lime juice. Mmmm - good!
- 43. Phaal
- 44. Goat's milk I used to make cheese out of this. But I drank a bit, too.
- 45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
- 46.
FuguNot that brave. Or foolhardy. - 47. Chicken tikka masala
- 48. Eel
- 49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
- 50. Sea urchin Raw, on the half shell. The other half walked across the table and fell off the edge. Spoiled my appetite.
- 51. Prickly pear
- 52. Umeboshi Pickled Ume fruits.
- 53. Abalone
- 54. Paneer* A milk/lemon unaged cheese.
- 55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
- 56. Spaetzle
- 57. Dirty gin martini
- 58. Beer above 8%
- 59. Poutine No. But I should have; I'm Canadian. Just not fond of gravy.
- 60. Carob chips
- 61. S'mores
- 62. Sweetbreads
- 63. Kaolin As an ingredient in a medication only.
- 64. Currywurst
- 65. Durian
- 66. Frogs' legs Cooked up a batch. And my silly kids started hopping around the table.
- 67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
- 68. Haggis One taste was plenty.
- 69. Fried plantain
- 70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
- 71. Gazpacho
- 72. Caviar and blini
- 73. Louche absinthe
- 74. Gjetost, or brunost
- 75. Roadkill
- 76. Baijiu
- 77. Hostess Fruit Pie
- 78. Snail
- 79. Lapsang souchong
- 80. Bellini
- 81. Tom yum* Thai soup with lemongrass, those little slippery mushrooms, chili, cilantro, chicken and/or seafood.
- 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
- 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
And there you have it; squirm out of its clutches, if you can!
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Island; Living here in Vancouver gives us the opportunity to try all sorts of things; there's a restaurant for every type of cuisine you can imagine. I don't know how Victoria compares.
ReplyDelete(We always go for traditional English fare in Victoria.)