While my lovely girlfriend slaves away in the next room putting her crap in boxes, I’m sitting here surrounded by toys and distractions, and posting on the blog. I checked idly as I was sorting through a box of old broken zippo lighters and instruction booklets to electronic items I don’t have anymore, to see if maybe Barry, or God forbid, Cutty or Opposite had anything interesting to say recently. But a comment left by Cynical on my “Begging For Change at Intersections” post led me to a pretty cool blog post. I’ll reproduce it here and give Ms. Cynical all due credit for its creation.
I’ve never had black truffle. Goddamn it! I’m printing a copy of this list and bringing it with me to new restaurants to see if I can cross anything off.
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 here and at Very Good Taste, linking to your results.
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 (”dry” Indian curry)
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (damn you Arbor Mist)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (sort of an Italian fondue)
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 (while covered in axle grease at a “brewpub” in New Jersey. Odd story.)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (poisonous pufferfish)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi (pickled fruit)
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (Tennant’s Super on my 21st Birthday in St. Andrews, Scotland. Oh dear.)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (a mineral used as a pesticide??)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (woo hoo for Scotland!)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost (more cheese, this time from Norway)
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (look at that s-car go!)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
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
Wow! I need to try some new stuff!
EDIT: made sure to check off bagels and lox. I’ve been to Sunday brunch at the S&S Deli…
5 responses so far ↓
1 cynical // Aug 31, 2008 at 3:24 pm
What - no bagel with lox? Philistine!!
2 Randi // Aug 31, 2008 at 5:24 pm
So I guess I’m kinda dumb, because I thought that #46. Fugu (poisonous pufferfish) was made up in a Simpson’s episode. I never realized it was a real fish that could be consumed. Of course I don’t think I would ever order it, for fear that the master Sushi chef would be on break making out with Ms. Krabappel in the parking lot and some apprentice would have to cut it and I’d wind up with 24 hours to live.
That’s really sad that I know the whole plot of that episode. I could go into more details about that episode too. I’m such a dork.
3 Jimmy Hoffa // Aug 31, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Shite! I forgot to bold bagels and lox. My girlfriend would say “oy vey!”
4 cynical // Sep 2, 2008 at 1:18 am
“I’ve been to Sunday brunch at the S&S Deli…”
That’s a relief! So what’s next, snake or black truffle?
5 Jimmy Hoffa // Sep 2, 2008 at 8:28 am
Probably black truffle. I don’t know where in the greater Boston area I would go to get snake.
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