[PhotoChick]

This is from one of my favorite food blogs: Sarah's Cucina Bella

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 (I made them red)

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
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
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
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
42. Whole insects
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
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
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
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

I'm actually amazed at the number of things I have eaten. And there are only two things that I actually wouldn't eat and that's only because I'm not dumb enough to eat a raw Scotch Bonnet or meat that's been lying on the road in the sun for God knows how long. If I didn't think it would sear the inside of my mouth, I'd give the Scotch Bonnet it a try - I have eaten raw Thai chilies before.

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[nelie]

I'm no longer an omnivore but...

1. Venison - never tried, probably would've if had the chance.
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - never tried and honestly probably wouldn't
6. Black pudding - never tried but I probably would've
7. Cheese fondue - never tried but I would have definitely
8. Carp - actually not sure, had fish in china that might've been carp
9. Borscht - never tried but need to sometime
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart - never liked hot dogs very much but would've tried it
16. Epoisses - would've definitely tried
17. Black truffle - never tried but would
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 - never tried but I probably would've although when I found out what it was/how it is made, I probably wouldn't have
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese - never tried but would have, I did have cow (or was it pig?) brains before
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - no but would love to try
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 - uhh no, not a big fan of either alcohol or cigars
37. Clotted cream tea - no but I would have
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - no and I probably wouldn't have tried (not a big fan of fish)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - This seems like kind of a funny one but nope, never had it and probably would've
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine - no but I probably would have had it just to try
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores - no, not a big fan of marshmallows but I would've tried it
62. Sweetbreads - no but I would've tried it
63. Kaolin - looked this one up, it looks like it isn't actually a food but something applied to food?
64. Currywurst - no but would've tried it
65. Durian - no but I do keep eyeing it at the grocery store every week. One of these days I might just buy it.
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis - no but I would've tried it
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - mexican version of this
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - not a big fan of the caviar
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost - no but would've tried it
75. Roadkill - no and would've passed
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong - this is actually one of my favorite teas
80. Bellini - no but would've tried it
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict - are the eggs runny? if not, I would've tried it, if so, I wouldn't have touched it
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. - funny, I actually had to look this one up but the answer is no. Honestly, have no interest here (but did a tasting menu from a nice restaurant that I used to like going to on special ocassions)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse - no and wouldn't have either
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam - I don't believe so, as far as I remember but I would've probably tried it
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox - a bite, not a big fan of fish with my bagel
97. Lobster Thermidor - no but would've probably tried it
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - not a big fan of coffee but probably would've tried a sip at least but all coffee tastes the same to me.
100. Snake - no, had a chance to try in China when my husband had some but I passed

[PhotoChick]

63. Kaolin - looked this one up, it looks like it isn't actually a food but something applied to food?

I knew that Kaolin is used to make porcelain, but had to look it up as far as edibles. I know that it used to be an ingredient in Kaopectate ... which I've had ... but I don't know if it still is or if I ever had a version that included Kaolin.

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[mariarose]

Photochick-- Thanks for posting this! I loved thinking about all the variety of foods out there (and you've had so many of them!)
I made the ones I've had bold (many of which I've only sampled, not eaten regularly), and I'd definitely try everything on the list once (especially if someone else was paying for that whiskey or the michelin 3 star restaurant!).

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
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
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
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
42. Whole insects
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
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
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
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

[kaplods]

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (Aligator - does that count?")
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
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
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
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
42. Whole insects - would depend on the insect and how it's prepared
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - Not like I'd ever afford the chance to try, not sure
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV I HATE beer
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
Durian probably not. I'd give it a try, but from how it's supposed to smell, I proably wouldn't get it to my mouth.

66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis ( really want to try this)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (not unless I saw it killed)
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 probably not
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

[PhotoChick]

That's a really good point kaplods ...

Actually .. you know, it's very possible that I have eaten roadkill and not known about it. My father's family grew up in Arkansas and East Texas and have always farmed and hunted to put food on the table. I've eaten a LOT of venison with that part of the family and I actually would have no idea if it was shot by one of the guys or if it was a deer hit by a car and immediately taken to the processor.

I can't say that it would be out of the realm of possibility and I will admit that in that case I don't have a problem with it. If an animal has to die, then I think putting the meat to good use is the "right" thing to do ... rather than just dragging it off to the side of the road to rot.

[kaplods]

I wouldn't recommend the scotch bonnet (and if they mean a WHOLE pepper, then I'd have to change my answer).

I LOVE hot peppers, and a friend brought me some scotch bonnets from his friend's garden. I took a (very small) bite and it nearly took my breath away (as in I nearly stopped breathing). I was in very severe pain for what seemed like nearly an hour (most peppers, no matter how hot give you a break after about 20 minutes).

Funniest thing though, is I used a marker to make a little jackolantern out of one of the peppers and tacked it to my work bulletin board. When the pepper started to wilt, I took it down. When I quit and cleaned out my desk, my thumb and fingers started to tingle and I put them to my mouth, and my mouth started to burn - I had apparently touched the thumb tack that had held the pepper - many months before.

[fiberlover]

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare - don't like raw meat, rare is another story
5. Crocodile, well, it was alligator. Close enough.
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue - anything with cheese has my name on it.
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari - rubber bands, anyone??
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 - strawberry, and it was interesting.
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - nummy!
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - no desire to, either.
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese - no thanks
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - I had hot sauce made with this. Fire!!!
27. Dulce de leche, yum!
28. Oysters - yuck
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi, well - lassi but not salted.
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O College, baby.
39. Gumbo - yummers, I make gumbo for Mardi Gras every year!
40. Oxtail, made stock with it, but didn't eat the oxtail
41. Curried goat yum!
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala, yum, yum!!
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - never cared for the big mac sauce, so I never tried one.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores yum!
62. Sweetbreads - no thanks. No nervous system material for me - mad cow.
63. Kaolin - more people have eaten this than they think!
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - all 4, multiple times
68. Haggis
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
82. Eggs Benedict - love hollandaise sauce
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

[fiberlover]

Originally Posted by PhotoChick

I knew that Kaolin is used to make porcelain, but had to look it up as far as edibles. I know that it used to be an ingredient in Kaopectate ... which I've had ... but I don't know if it still is or if I ever had a version that included Kaolin.

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Rolaids uses kaolin, too.
You know, there is a disorder where people crave and get addicted to eating straight kaolin. (Although not all clay eating is a disorder)

[PhotoChick]

Rolaids uses kaolin, too.

Then I've definitely eaten it. For a while, before I lost weight, I should have bought stock in Rolaids. Every night I got the worst heart burn. I seriously used to buy the large bottles from Sam's and go through 2 a months.

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[mandalinn82]

I hereby order all of you who have not tried bagna cauda to take an off-plan day and try it. It's quite possibly my favorite thing ever.

[nelie]

I think my favorite thing on the list is Mole although the indian stuff would come a close second. Although the list is very arbitrary and there are things I'd probably swap out for things I think it is important for people to eat/try

The rolaids/kaolin is interesting, I couldn't think of what rolaids were.

[kaplods]

Ah bagna cauda, perhaps the most magical substance on the planet.

It sounds disgusting to some, but is quite amazing. It's anchovy, garlic, butter and/or olive oil with a touch of cream optional. If you love the stuff in the bottom of the shrimp scampi bowl, you'll freak over bagna cauda.

My hubby just "didn't get it," until I made it and included very crusty, italian bread among the dippers (I usually try to use the raw veggies omstead of the more addictive, and more caloric bread).

Now he definitely "gets it."

The bread is awesome, but you definitely get a lot more calories, and a lot more of the dip soaked into the bread, that way.

[BlueToBlue]

I've tried just over half the things on this list.

Stuff I've tried that I would never eat again:

• sea urchin
• snails (I tried them when I was younger and more adventurous about what I would eat. I even remember liking them, but I just don't think I could get my head around eating them now.)

Stuff that I would never in a million years try:

• Brawn, or head cheese
• Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
• Oxtail
• Curried goat (I can't stand the taste of lamb, so I'm pretty sure goat is out for me).
• Black pudding
• Sweetbreads
• Haggis
• Chitterlings, or andouillette
• Roadkill
• Horse

Stuff I've never heard of and have no idea what it is (maybe I need to get out more):

• Epoisses
• Bagna cauda (Based on the discussion above, it does sound pretty good, but I'm not sure I want to add another food to the list of foods I really like but can't eat. Maybe it's better not to know...)
• Salted lassi
• Phaal
• Fugu
• Umeboshi
• Poutine
• Kaolin
• Currywurst
• Durian
• Gjetost, or brunost
• Baijiu
• Lapsang souchong
• Bellini
• Tom yum
• Pocky
• Criollo chocolate

[fiberlover]

Originally Posted by PhotoChick

Then I've definitely eaten it. For a while, before I lost weight, I should have bought stock in Rolaids. Every night I got the worst heart burn. I seriously used to buy the large bottles from Sam's and go through 2 a months.

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I was the same way, only it was Tums. I kept a bottle on my nightstand and would chew 2-3 before going to bed, and sometimes wake up to take some