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From Andrew Wheeler:

Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers.
Here’s what I want you to do:
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
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (surprising, I know, but never quite got around to it. Plus, let's face it, it's not easy to find a restaurant in the US that will serve raw beef)
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 (fruit brandy, yes, but...)
19. Steamed pork buns (LOOOOOVE)
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 (not a big root beer fan--that's my brother)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (I'll give the cancer stick a pass)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (Not sure why this is on the list, but I'll check it off)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (this was inadvertent)
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 (deep-fried dough is a good thing)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho (this is actually a maybe, but I don't recall exactly, so it's off the list)
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (seriously, I can understand 'kill what you eat, but this might be taking it too far)
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 (technically rabbit, but close enough, I say)
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 (I say what's wrong with regular lobster?)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake (arguably covered by the eel entry)

Behold the miracle of the, well, miracle fruit, a small berry that makes sour things sweet.

Entirely unrelated, oysters from Long Island.

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Well, we’ll see if mentioning the former Mrs. Rushdie really is all that….

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going to write about how I make steak, but the steak got eaten before pictures could be taken. So maybe next time.

In the interim, how can you resist a story about a guy called “the Indiana Jones of tiki drinks”?

Just like last year, and the year before, and …

But this would be the perfect thing to add to your Christmas dinner table, wouldn’t it?

As you may have known, May was National Hamburger Day, which was delicious enough, albeit perhaps a bit tough on the cholesterol count; as it turns out, the first day after National Hamburger Day turns out to be National Doughnut Day!

Who knew?

Apparently, today is National Pig Day.

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