The Omnivore’s 100

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Do you have the chomps to call yourself an “Omnivore”?

Put your money where your mouth is and take the quiz after the jump.

Here’s how the Omnivore’s 100 Works:

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: Post a comment at Very Good Taste, linking to your results.

My 82 out of The Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros (an all-time favorite)

4. Steak tartare

5. Crocodile [only alligator]

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 [ blogged]

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 [ blogged and blogged, and getting ready to blog some more]

24. Rice and beans

25. Brawn or head cheese

26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper

27. Dulce de leche

28. Oysters [ blogged, and will blog more soon]

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl [ blogged]

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 (you haven’t lived until you’ve tried Mario Batali’s Oxtail Gnocchi at B&B, Las Vegas!)

41. Curried goat (curry: yes, goat: yes, together: not yet. Curried lamb: many times)

42. Whole insects (not on purpose)

43. Phaal (I am unsure about this. I have eaten a lot of spicy Indian food, and so I just don’t know)

44. Goat’s milk

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $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 (only in toothpaste, accidental ingestion of facial masks and similar products, that I know of)

64. Currywurst

65. Durian (I ate a lot of strange and unique fruit similar to this during my three months in the Philippines, but I am not sure if this was one of them)

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 [ blogged]

73. Louche absinthe

74. Gjetost or brunost

75. Roadkill

76. Baijiu

77. Hostess Fruit Pie

78. Snail

79. Lapsang Souchong

80. Bellini (and at Harry’s Bar in Venice, no less)

81. Tom Yum

82. Eggs Benedict [ blogged]

83. Pocky

84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu (I have dined at three stars, but not with a tasting menu. And, I have enjoyed tasting menus at several two stars: Aqua (2002), Fleur de Lys (2004), and Citrus, L.A. (1991) come to mind as being the most memorable. French Laundry, Joel Robuchon, or Alinea will most likely be my first - soon).

85. Kobe beef

86. Hare

87. Goulash

88. Flowers

89. Horse

90. Criollo chocolate

91. Spam

92. Soft shell crab

93. Rose harissa (as an ingredient - not on it’s own)

94. Catfish

95. Mole poblano

96. Bagel and lox

97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

So… Are you experienced?

Photo of Ollie, courtesy of Chris Bullock.