This is an interesting food meme. Origins? here.
Things I’ve Eaten are in BOLD
Things I will NEVER EAT are Crossed out
For your information, the ones with weird names, I put Google Links to Wikipedia, Websites or Image Searches
100 ADVENTUROUS ITEMS TO TRY AS A FOODIE
1. Venison
11. Calamari
12. Pho (Vietnamese Noodles. V. tasty)
13. PB&J sandwich (PB&J = Peanut Butter and Jam)
14. Aloo gobi (Dry Indian curry)
15. Hot dog from a street cart (Time and a place for everything)
16. Epoisses (Type of Cheese from Bourgogne)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (When I drank…)
19. Steamed pork buns (Don’t like them. Too sweet to be meat.)
20. Pistachio ice cream (I am in LOVE with Mario Gelati’s version)
21. Heirloom tomatoes (Yummy.)
22. Fresh wild berries (Raspberries)
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (And I like it!)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (HELL TO THE NAW. Those things will burn my mouth off!)
27. Dulce de Leche (Thickened, Condensed milk. Has a very interesting aftertaste)
28. Oysters (DEEE-LISH!)
29. Baklava (Found it too sweet and sticky)
30. Bagna cauda (Like an Italian fondue)
31. Wasabi peas (I hate wasabi but I tried them anyway)
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (Salted Milk)
34. Sauerkraut (Love it piled high on my street cart hot dog)
35. Root beer float (Once, as a child.)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (This is when I did drink.)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail Stew (Yummy…)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (Maybe if I was in Thailand or Indonesia and they were heavily spiced)
43. Phaal (Super hot Indian curry dish)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (Don’t drink.)
46. Fugu puffer fish (Highly deadly if you eat the wrong part. The good parts, numb your tongue)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (Japanese barbecued eel is my favourite. Mmmmm)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (Ate 12, fresh out of the box in NYC in my younger, more energetic days)
50. Sea urchin (Odd flavour. Soft and mushy.)
51. Prickly pear (Like from the Jungle Book)
52. Umeboshi (Japanese plum with an odd flavour)
54. Paneer (Type of South Asian Cheese)
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (Once for a contest. Never again.)
56. Spaetzle (Type of egg noodle)
57. Dirty gin martini (Don’t drink.)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (Don’t drink.)
59. Poutine (Fries with melted cheese, gravy and spices all over it)
60. Carob chips (Carob = a.k.a. Fake Chocolate)
61. S’mores (Marshmallows with Chocolate in between some biscuits on the fire)
62. Sweetbreads (Thymus gland of lamb, beef or pork, supposedly if cooked right, tastes like a Chicken McNugget)
63. Kaolin (No idea what the hell this is)
64. Currywurst (I hate very hot foods.
Hot pork sausage with curry spices)
65. Durian (I hate Durian. But I ate it. And I like it artificially done in an ice cream)
66. Frogs’ legs
68. Haggis (Scottish concoction of heart, liver, lungs of a sheep with oatmeal, onions and spices cooked in a sheep’s stomach)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (Pig intestines)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (Am interested in trying!)
73. Louche absinthe (Anise-flavoured alcoholic drink. I don’t drink)
74. Gjetost, or brunost (Norwegian whey cheese)
75. Roadkill (Do I look like a redneck to youse?)
76. Baijiu (Chinese distilled alcohol usually made from rice. Don’t drink.)
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (Hostess is the brand. It’s a type of junk food which I didn’t know. No thanks!)
78. Snail a.k.a. Escargot (Yummy with garlic)
79. Lapsang souchong (Type of Black Tea)
80. Bellini (Italian Cocktail.. Don’t drink.)
81. Tom yum goong (Delicious Thai soup)
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (I’ve tried them all. Literally.)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (A dream!!!)
85. Kobe beef (Would also like to try this..)
86. Hare
87. Goulash (Spicy Hungarian dish, like a stew. Hate spicy
)
88. Flowers (Roses dipped in chocolate.)
89. Horse (I just can’t. I know they do in Europe, but I just can’t)
90. Criollo chocolate (Brand of chocolate)
91. Spam (fake mix of leftover meats. Very salty. Not proud of this one.)
92. Soft shell crab (This in a sushi is yummy too)
93. Rose harissa (Type of unique spice mix)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano (Type of sauce with dried chili peppers and spices. Spicy = Not my style)
96. Bagel and lox (Am dying to try this one day.)
97. Lobster Thermidor (Ditto)
98. Polenta (Boiled cornmeal dish)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (I don’t drink coffee. Period.)
100. Snake (NO FRICKING WAY. I am deathly afraid of snakes. I hate how they slither)
TOTAL COUNT
50 Things I Have Already Eaten (And either hate or love)
19 Things I Won’t Eat (Spicy, Alcoholic, “Disgusting”, Scared, Deadly)
31 Things I Wouldn’t mind Trying or would LOVE to try (This is now on my TO EAT list now)
And now that you’re sufficiently grossed out, hungry and/or freaked out I leave you with that tidbit!






