Blatantly Stolen from Another Blog

This was stolen directly from Maestro's friend's blog (journeyworker). As I'm a newbie foodie, I thought this was interesting ...

In any case, in the small amount of time I have been spending online this week, I did come across a fun little list on the Very Good Taste blog called "The Omnivore's 100." Apparently, it's a list of a hundred foods every good eater should try at least once in their lifetime. Since we are coming up on some rather gastronomical holidays, I thought it might be fun to post here as well, in case anyone wants to shake things up at Thanksgiving and knock a few dishes off the list. The idea is to post the foods you've already eaten in bold and strike through the ones you absolutely won't touch.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (alligator yes, crocodile not yet)
6. Black pudding (no thanks)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (my college roommate's mom made the best ... ever!!)
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (many a night after a Broad Ripple binge this sounded good)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (no, I can't get over the force-feeding of geese)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (pass)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
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 (cognac yes, w/fat cigar, not yet)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (pass)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (does sea urchin roe count?)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (seriously, never tried one.)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (love gin, hate olives ...)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads (pass)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis (pass)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (pass)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (pass)
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.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (pass)
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 (a dear friend used to serve this to me. YUM!!)
100. Snake