Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Omnivore's Hundred ! Yummmmy!

Missssh Dr Caso was inspired the other day, answering a questionnaire found here!

(psssshit, Dr Caso, I gotta thank you for your translations! That was almost the best part, very interesting!)

To understand it, here are the rules ...:

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 at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results

1. Venison (I'm not a fan, too much "taste")
2. Nettle tea (tisane d'ortie)
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (I LOVE it)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (bouddin)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (Supa dégueu!)
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari yummm!
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (sandwich au beurre de cacahuette et gelée de raisin)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses Yummmm!
17. Black truffle
18. Wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns (petits pains fourrés au porc à la vapeur)
20. Pistachio ice cream (as a kid, it made me sick, always! Now I love it!)
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries (baies fraîchement ramassées dans la nature)
23. Foie gras and I like it a lot
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (un des piments les plus forts du monde, cru)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda, I would hate it!!!!
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl... I would love it!
33. Salted lassi, I prefer the one with sugar
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar ... I wouldn't enjoy the cigar! Yuccck!
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O, now that sounds funny!
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail (queue de boeuf)
41. Curried goat (curry de chèvre)
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (curry indien le plus fort au monde), I think I tried it in London, almost killed me. Literally.
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (plat japonais à base de poisson super toxique), I already hate fish, sooooo toxic fish....!
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (anguille) ... ouch! never again!
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (oursin), too salted for me
51. Prickly pear (figue de Barbarie)
52. Umeboshi (sorte d’abricots japonais macérés dans du sel)
53. Abalone (ormeau), supa yummmy! and expensive :(
54. Paneer (fromage indien)
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle (Spätzli)
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (bière à plus de 8%)
59. Poutine (plat national Québecois à base de frites, de “crottes” de fromage, et de sauce brune)
60. Carob chips (chips de fruits du caroubier)
61. S'mores (marshmallow + chocolat fondu entre deux crackers)
62. Sweetbreads (ris de veau) YUMMM!
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst... I can't wait to go to Hamburg, just for them, almost :P
65. Durian (fruit chinois réputé pour sa puanteur)
66. Frogs'legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain (bananes plantain frites)
70. Chitterlings (andouillette), yummmm
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost (fromage orange de Norvège)
75. Roadkill (animal tué par une voiture)
76. Baijiu (liqueur chinoise)
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini (cocktail italien à base de pêche)
81. Tom yum (soupe thaïlandaise)
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (Mikado)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant... I wish!!!
85. Kobe beef (boeuf japonais)
86. Hare (lièvre), I love rabbit and hate hare!
87. Goulash, Martin's mama is the queen of the goulash!
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam (pâté de jambon en conserve)
92. Soft shell crab (crabe qu’on peut manger en entier)
93. Rose harissa (harissa avec des pétals de rose)
94. Catfish (loup de mer)
95. Mole poblano (sauce mexicaine à base d’épices et de chocolat)
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (un des cafés les plus chers au monde)
100. Snake (serpent)

baaaa not bad for an omnivore, I've already tried 50 of the weird stuff above :P

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