Nicole Is Cooking

Via a friend, I found an easy way to do the food meme that has been open in my browser all week.

So, without further ado….

The Omnivore’s Hundred

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 (or eating again)
4. Optional extra: Post a comment http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

To make the filling out of this form and generating the HTML for it a bit easier, reddywhp has played around with some PHP. Go to http://reddywhip.org/lj/foods/ and fill it out there. After filling it out, you will be given the code to copy and paste into your blog.

1. Venison- I grew up in a hunting area.
   
2. Nettle tea- I love stinging nettle (soup, pesto, nom, nom, nom….)
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- One thing that should be on this list instead of something more common like Huevos rancheros is Mexican truffle, aka huitlacoche, aka corn smut. I had some Tuesday night for the first time and it was good. Now that I know I like it and have some cooking ideas for it, I won’t be afraid to take it if it shows up at the farm again this year. Back to black truffle, I also got to sniff Alain Ducasse’s newly purchased truffle once (see #84).
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes- Plum
    
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes- nearly every day in the summer.
    
22. Fresh wild berries- I grew up in blueberry country, aka NJ.
    
23. Foie gras- I am really not sure I could from an ethical stand point. Not even if Eric Zeibold, Alain Ducase and Thomas Keller all mad them for me (also see #62).
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - Yeah, no one really needs to do this.
    
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters- not really a huge fan. Have had them raw and smoked.
    
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl- I don’t get how this is a good idea. I have had both New England and Manhattan clam chowders fresh in their native environments. I have had sourdough in San Fran as you should. They are really far apart. Why would you put two regional specialties created 3000 miles apart together like this?
33. Salted lassi- mmmm. Sounds tasty. Will keep an eye out for that.
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar- I cannot even stand next to someone drinking cognac, let alone drink it myself. I know, I have character flaws mostly involving brown alcohol that is not beer.
37. Clotted cream tea- nom, nom, nom
    
38. Vodka jelly- or Jello if you are in the US
    
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail- I have had buffalo tail. Fantôme Chocolat was disappointed and said it was not the same at all. Oxtail stew is on the agenda at some point this winter.
41. Curried goat- I had a Jamaican co-worker in college that let me try his once. Too much curry to actually taste the goat. I don’t think that was supposed to be the point.
    
42. Whole insects- I would rather not know what it was first.
43. Phaal- think this will probably be like the Scotch Bonnet.
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more- This will probably be wasted on me (see #36).
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear- the first time I had it was in Peru and it was divine. They put fresh slice on top of my fruit salad every morning at breakfast at this small hotel I was staying at.
    
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV- Yum.. Belgium.
    
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads- I am really not sure I could from an ethical stand point. Not even if Eric Zeibold, Alain Ducase and Thomas Keller all mad them for me (also see #23).
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frog’s Legs- my favorite BBQ joint in Miami always had them. My ex occasionally got them because he used to jig for frogs a lot growing up. Taste like chicken.
    
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake- mmmmm… fried dough.
    
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette- I have had tripe. Is the swine version supposed to be disgusting?
71. Gazpacho- Made a huge batch this weekend and just had some for dinner tonight. One of these times I really need to stop skipping the bread.
    
72. Caviar and blini- I have had caivar. And blini. Just never together.
73. Louche absinthe- I think I found a place for Fantôme Chocolat and I to go sip some locally one afternoon.
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill- I may have (see #1). I would prefer not to know before I tried it.
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- I had a made-for-me vegetarian tasting menu at Plaza Athénée for free!! And Ducasse is not just any chef with 3 Michelin stars… he was the first chef with 3 restaurants with 3 Michelin stars in 3 cities. And Plaza Athénée is usually ranked as one of the top 20 restaurants in Europe.
85. Kobe beef- they feed them beer to stimulate their appetite. Otherwise they get depressed and stop eating
86. Hare- the kitties eat rabbit on a regular basis. I have never tried it myself.
87. Goulash- Hungarian. In Hungary.
    
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab- One of my favorites, nom, nom, nom.
    
93. Rose harissa- I am intrigued.
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano- I used to travel to Mexico a lot and tried to make it a point to have some each time I went.
    
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta- I usually always have some in the house. In fact, I have red and blue cornmeal at the moment because Vince and I are going to try to make purple polenta at some point.
    
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake