Nothing, really. Just tastes good, I suppose. It’s one of the common American preparations of cottage cheese.
Needn’t be. This little neighborhood place does both a sweet and a savory ( cream gravy ) version. See “The Demon Lover” under breakfast or lunch.
re that list: 78, I think, if I’m counting correctly.
I won’t apologize for the tangent: what have you had that maybe should have been on the list? I’ve had beef brain burritos, boar, and tongue.
Sounds like a King Crimson album, come to think of it.
76, and I have had crickets. Go me.
I counted 75. Don’t much care whether I get to the other 25 or not. Some seem so common, but really are just regional, I guess.
Christ. I counted 9. Results of poverty and southern cooking I guess.
71, at age 30, but I didn’t bother looking up some of the stuff I didn’t recognize. Sheep brains and eggs and rocky mountain oysters are tasty dishes I would add to the list.
I have a pretty high spicy food threshold but I’ll be happy never to try phaal. 43 for me.
Only 37 for me. Marked in red.
- Abalone
- Absinthe
- Alligator
- Baba Ghanoush
- Bagel and Lox
- Baklava
- Barbecue Ribs
- Bellini
- Bird’s Nest Soup
- Biscuits and Gravy
- Black Pudding
- Black Truffle
- Borscht
- Calamari
- Carp
- Caviar
- Cheese Fondue
- Chicken and Waffles
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Chile Relleno
- Chitlins
- Churros
- Clam Chowder
- Cognac
- Crab Cakes
- Crickets
- Currywurst
- Dandelion Wine
- Dulce De Leche
- Durian
- Eel
- Eggs Benedict
- Fish Tacos
- Foie Gras
- Fresh Spring Rolls
- Fried Catfish
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Fried Plantain
- Frito Pie
- Frogs’ Legs
- Fugu
- Funnel Cake
- Gazpacho
- Goat
- Goat’s Milk
- Goulash
- Gumbo
- Haggis
- Head Cheese
- Heirloom Tomatoes
- Honeycomb
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Huevos Rancheros
- Jerk Chicken
- Kangaroo
- Key Lime Pie
- Kobe Beef
- Lassi
- Lobster
- Mimosa
- MoonPie
- Morel Mushrooms
- Nettle Tea
- Octopus
- Oxtail Soup
- Paella
- Paneer
- Pastrami on Rye
- Pavlova
- Phaal
- Philly Cheese Steak
- Pho
- Pineapple and Cottage Cheese
- Pistachio Ice Cream
- Po’ Boy
- Pocky
- Polenta
- Prickly Pear
- Rabbit Stew
- Raw Oysters
- Root Beer Float
- S’mores
- Sauerkraut
- Sea Urchin
- Shark
- Snail
- Snake
- Soft Shell Crab
- Som Tam
- Spaetzle
- Spam
- Squirrel
- Steak Tartare
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweetbreads
- Tom Yum
- Umeboshi
- Venison
- Wasabi Peas
- Zucchini flowers
- I grew up poor (and in the 1970s before a lot of ethnic dishes made inroads in the US), then the guy my mom married was very meat-and-potatoes. I became vegetarian a little before moving out, and have remained so since, so the many animal-based items on the list that I hadn’t already had will not be experienced.
Only 25 here. I’m a vegetarian and there’s a lot on this list that I’m pretty unlikely to ever try.
Don’t feel bad. I’ve had 29, and if I hadn’t lived in Seattle for many years, it would have been about 5. Very few of the foods on that list are served/available in Iowa. I think morels are about as exotic as it gets around here.
I just went through the list with my oldest daughter and she got a 70.
Not bad for a 14 year old.
- I am the least adventurous eater you have ever seen.
77
3. Alligator
4. Baba Ghanoush
5. Bagel and Lox
6. Baklava
7. Barbecue Ribs
10. Biscuits and Gravy
11. Black Pudding
13. Borscht
14. Calamari
15. Carp
16. Caviar
17. Cheese Fondue
19. Chicken Tikka Masala
20. Chile Relleno
21. Chitlins
22. Churros
23. Clam Chowder
24. Cognac
25. Crab Cakes
29. Dulce De Leche
31. Eel
32. Eggs Benedict
33. Fish Tacos
35. Fresh Spring Rolls
36. Fried Catfish
37. Fried Green Tomatoes
38. Fried Plantain
39. Frito Pie
40. Frogs’ Legs
42. Funnel Cake
43. Gazpacho
44. Goat
46. Goulash
47. Gumbo
48. Haggis
49. Head Cheese
50. Heirloom Tomatoes
51. Honeycomb
52. Hostess Fruit Pie
53. Huevos Rancheros
54. Jerk Chicken
55. Kangaroo
56. Key Lime Pie
57. Kobe Beef
58. Lassi
59. Lobster
60. Mimosa
61. MoonPie
62. Morel Mushrooms
64. Octopus
65. Oxtail Soup
66. Paella
67. Paneer
68. Pastrami on Rye
71. Philly Cheese Steak
72. Pho
73. Pineapple and Cottage Cheese
74. Pistachio Ice Cream
75. Po’ Boy
76. Pocky
77. Polenta
78. Prickly Pear
79. Rabbit Stew
80. Raw Oysters
81. Root Beer Float
82. S’mores
83. Sauerkraut
85. Shark
86. Snail
88. Soft Shell Crab
91. Spam
92. Squirrel
94. Sweet Potato Fries
95. Sweetbreads
98. Venison
99. Wasabi Peas
100. Zucchini flowers
ETA (adding to list): also beef hearts (make great sandwiches), buttermilk and cornbread, sopaipillas, antelope, homemade ice cream, hoop cheese, lengua (beef tongue), watermelon rind preserves, coffee with chicory (luzianne), buffalo rock ginger ale, corn liquor, and ham with redeye grav
86 for me. No crickets, but I shot, skinned, and cooked my own squirrel. Here’s my bucket list:
- Absinthe
- Bellini
- Bird’s Nest Soup
- Crickets
- Currywurst
- Dandelion Wine
- Durian
- Fugu
- Haggis
- Honeycomb
- Kangaroo
- Nettle Tea
- Pavlova
- Pocky
Here are the 22 things I have NOT had, with some qualifications:
- Alligator
- Bird’s Nest Soup
- Black Pudding
- Black Truffle
- Chicken and Waffles
- Currywurst
- Durian
- Eel
- Fugu
- Haggis
- Head Cheese
- Kangaroo
- Kobe Beef
- Morel Mushrooms
- Oxtail Soup
- Pavlova
- Phaal
- Pistachio Ice Cream
- Pocky
- Rabbit Stew
- Som Tam
- Tom Yum
4–This is a mushroom?
5–You mean, together? If I’ve had them separately, does that count?
6–I don’t know what this is–never heard of it
12–Maybe, I used to eat at Jack in the Box
16–This doesn’t ring a bell
17–Never heard of this
18–I really don’t eat ice cream
19–Never heard of this
20–I’ve had stewed rabbit, but it wasn’t called rabbit stew
21–Never heard of this
22–Never heard of this
I used to eat at a Thai restaurant a friend worked at, and I had a tendency to forget the names of things, even though I liked them. The things I remembered best had translated names, i.e. “Beef salad hot.”
This means that I did have 88 things on the list, which I think is not bad for a picky eater. Frankly, gourmet food is probably wasted on me. I’m not a foodie.
Now that’s just plain pitiful. I don’t feel bad at all about my 47 now. 
61: Fugu, but no Lassy.
Some of them I’m not quite sure as some of them might have been an ingredient in the dishes I’ve had. Some ethnic foods, I’ve tried so many samples I can’t quite remember them all.
I’ve had the ones in blue.
[spoiler]
- Abalone
- Absinthe
- Alligator
- Baba Ghanoush - a variant
- Bagel and Lox
- Baklava - I think so but not sure.
- Barbecue Ribs
- Bellini
- Bird’s Nest Soup (No way, no dried bird spit.)
- Biscuits and Gravy
- Black Pudding
- Black Truffle
- Borscht
- Calamari
- Carp
- Caviar
- Cheese Fondue
- Chicken and Waffles
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Chile Relleno
- Chitlins
- Churros
- Clam Chowder
- Cognac
- Crab Cakes
- Crickets
- Currywurst
- Dandelion Wine
- Dulce De Leche
- Durian
- Eel
- Eggs Benedict
- Fish Tacos
- Foie Gras
- Fresh Spring Rolls
- Fried Catfish
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Fried Plantain
- Frito Pie
- Frogs’ Legs
- Fugu
- Funnel Cake
- Gazpacho
- Goat
- Goat’s Milk
- Goulash
- Gumbo
- Haggis
- Head Cheese
- Heirloom Tomatoes
- Honeycomb
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Huevos Rancheros
- Jerk Chicken
- Kangaroo
- Key Lime Pie
- Kobe Beef
- Lassi
- Lobster
- Mimosa
- MoonPie
62.** Morel Mushrooms: Not for sure, I probably have.** - Nettle Tea
- Octopus
- Oxtail Soup
- Paella
- Paneer
- Pastrami on Rye
- Pavlova
- Phaal
- Philly Cheese Steak
- Pho
- Pineapple and Cottage Cheese - I think, accidental combo on my brunch plate.
- Pistachio Ice Cream - One of my favorite ice creams
- Po’ Boy
- Pocky
- Polenta
- Prickly Pear
- Rabbit Stew
- Raw Oysters
- Root Beer Float
- S’mores
- Sauerkraut
- Sea Urchin
- Shark
- Snail
- Snake
- Soft Shell Crab
- Som Tam
- Spaetzle
- Spam
- Squirrel
- Steak Tartare
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweetbreads
- Tom Yum - Looks good but Thai food are generally too spicy for moi.
- Umeboshi
- Venison
- Wasabi Peas: Yes, but not huge fan.
- Zucchini flowers [/spoiler]