Here Comes October!

Here Comes October!

This is a fun list I picked up from the Farmer's Daughter, who picked it up from Laura, the Fearless Chef. It’s neat to run through and see what you’ve tried. I’ve put the items I’ve eaten in red and added some comments. The "bolds" remain from the previous post, and are hyperlinks.

1. Venison- as a child, but I don't like it much.

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare

5. Crocodile

6. Black pudding

7. Cheese fondue

8. Carp

9. Borscht-not a fav

10. Baba ghanoush-

11. Calamari- love them

12. Pho

13. PB&J sandwich

14. Aloo gobi

15. Hot dog from a street cart

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 (in Paris)

24. Rice and beans-We have a strong Hispanic community here; good groceries!

25. Brawn, or head cheese

26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper

27. Dulce de leche

28. Oysters- love 'em

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

33. Salted lassi (Poor Lassie!)

34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar (not with a cigar)

37. Clotted cream tea

38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (the same night I sang "White Rabbit" karaoke. Coincidence? I think not.)

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail

41. Curried goat- In Dominica. Unknowingly. I was horrified. I thought it was beef.

42. Whole insects (Gift store items during the Dali exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art..candy-covered ants, on a dare...)

43. Phaal

44. Goat’s milk- every day

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 (not my thing)

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal- In the old days

56. Spaetzle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Poutine

60. Carob chips

61. S’mores

62. Sweetbreads

63. Kaolin (I thought you made pottery from it!?)

64. Currywurst

65. Durian

66. Frogs’ legs

67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

68. Haggis

69. Fried plantain

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette...Well, I had andouille, but I'm not sure it's the same.

71. Gazpacho

72. Caviar and blini

73. Louche absinthe (Not sure about the louche part?)

74. Gjetost, or brunost

75. Roadkill

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- Who’s Michelin?

85. Kobe beef

86. Hare

87. Goulash

88. Flowers

89. Horse NO WAY!

90. Criollo chocolate

91. Spam

92. Soft shell crab

93. Rose harissa (I had rose chocolate sauce once...)

94. Catfish

95. Mole poblano

96. Bagel and lox YUMMMM

97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

Mine are in red. Perhaps the skeleton above is warning me to be more discerning when it comes to eating frogs, bugs and snails! Hmmm, I tried 65 out of 100 in my nearly 52 years, if I counted correctly. I have a new goal!!! Though the horses, sweetbread, and roadkill are definitely safe.