Thursday, September 04, 2008

100 Things to Eat Before You Die

Greg Weeser* sent me a link to an article listing 100 things to eat before you die. The article has detailed descriptions of each dish, but below is a list (with what I've eaten in bold -- only 52 (I previously thought it was 51, but forgot about some delicious deer jerky I had a few years ago)). Some of the stuff is just downright nasty, so I'm hoping never to get to 100:

100. Venison
99. Nettle tea
98. Huevos rancheros
97. Steak tartare
96. Crocodile
95. Black pudding
94. Cheese fondue
93. Carp
92. Borscht
91. Baba ghanoush
90. Calamari
89. Pho
88. PB&J sandwich
87. Aloo gobi
86. Hot dog from a street cart
85. Epoisses
84. Black truffle
83. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
82. Steamed pork buns
81. Pistachio ice cream
80. Heirloom tomatoes
79. Fresh wild berries
78. Foie gras
77. Rice and beans
76. Brawn, or head cheese
75. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
74. Dulce de leche
73. Oysters
72. Baklava
71. Bagna cauda
70. Wasabi peas
69. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
68. Salted lassi
67. Sauerkraut
66. Root beer float
65. Cognac with a fat cigar
64. Clotted cream tea
63. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot
62. Gumbo
61. Oxtail
60. Curried goat
59. Whole insects
58. Phaal
57. Goat's milk
56. Single malt whisky
55. Fugu
54. Chicken tikka masala
53. Eel
52. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
51. Sea urchin
50. Prickly pear
49. Umeboshi
48. Abalone
47. Paneer
46. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
45. Spaetzle
44. Dirty gin martini
43. Beer above 8% ABV
42. Poutine
41. Carob chips
40. S'mores
39. Sweetbreads
38. Kaolin
37. Currywurst
36. Durian
35. Frogs' legs
34. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
33. Haggis
32. Fried plantain
31. Chitterlings, or andouillette
30. Gazpacho
29. Caviar and blini
28. Louche absinthe
27. Gjetost, or brunost
26. Roadkill
25. Baijiu
24. Hostess Fruit Pie
23. Snail
22. Lapsang souchong
21. Bellini
20. Tom yum
19. Eggs Benedict
18. Pocky
17. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
16. Kobe beef
15. Hare
14. Goulash
13. Flowers
12. Horse
11. Criollo
10. Spam
9. Soft shell crab
8. Rose harissa
7. Catfish
6. Mole poblano
5. Bagel and lox
4. Lobster Thermidor
3. Polenta
2. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Snake

How about you?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pussy!

GMYH said...

I know. I feel like I should have eaten crocodile at some point. By this time next year, the goal is to be closer to 95 or 96.

Jason said...

I'm not sure how carp beat out fried pickles to make the list.