# How many of these foods have you tried? (100 things) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462 "2012-01-14T02:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/201 "2012-01-18T17:42:52Z")
87 Here’s what I have not tried: Carp Crickets Currywurst Dulce de Leche Durian Fugu Kangaroo Nettle Tea Pavlova Pocky Som Tam Tom Yum Umeboshi ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/202 "2012-01-18T19:34:23Z")
Surprisingly, because I’m not very well traveled, I got 24. I saw dandelion wine mentioned and, although I’ve never had it, I’ve seen the effects. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/203 "2012-01-18T19:41:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > . . . And is a “snow omelet” what it sounds like? Snow folded into beaten egg? I didn’t know either, so I Googled it. I still don’t know, but this is beyond amusing: [http://retsepti.ru/en/search/omlet\_snega\_la\_rosheli.html](http://retsepti.ru/en/search/omlet_snega_la_rosheli.html) ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/204 "2012-01-18T19:50:36Z")
1. The ones I haven’t eaten are a mixture of things I have no intention of eating (Fugu, Birds’ Nest Soup, Crickets), ones I have no idea what they are (pocky, Som Tam, Po’Boy), and things that just don’t seem to exist outside the USA (Hostess Fruit Pie, Chicken and Waffles, Biscuits and Gravy, S’mores). I have an adventurous palate, and will try pretty much anything. I bought Kangaroo because it was cheap in an Australian Supermarket, and I thought, why the hell not- I liked it. I counted my mother’s homemade Dandelion " beer" as Dandelion wine. It’s fermented, and alcoholic, but not exactly on a par with wine in the taste department. It’s not exatly on a par with _anything_ in the taste department, to be brutally honest. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/205 "2012-01-18T19:57:22Z")
Oh- if Pocky is Mikado, I’ve had that! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/206 "2012-01-18T21:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > I counted my mother’s homemade Dandelion " beer" as Dandelion wine. Made with the blossoms? Technically, I don’t think it’s either beer or wine, since it’s made from neither a fruit nor a grain, but it’s the same stuff. And anyone who hasn’t had Dulce de Leche, I strongly recommend it. It’s basically a really thick caramel made from milk, and goes great with any dessert item at all. You can make your own by putting unopened cans of condensed milk in a big pot of water and boiling it for several hours (make sure the pot doesn’t boil dry)-- When you’re done, open the cans, and what’s inside is dulce de leche. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/207 "2012-01-18T21:34:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Made with the blossoms? Technically, I don’t think it’s either beer or wine, since it’s made from neither a fruit nor a grain, but it’s the same stuff. > > . . .snip \Granny voice| It’s dandelion tonic! |/granny voice ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/208 "2012-01-18T21:42:58Z")
I assumed a “snow omelette” was what I know as “snow eggs” or “oeufs à la neige” - poached meringue islands in a crème anglaise lake. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/209 "2012-01-18T22:03:11Z")
I have not had 4. Baba Ghanoush 9. Bird’s Nest Soup 11. Black Pudding 18. Chicken and Waffles 26. Crickets 27. Currywurst 28. Dandelion Wine 29. Dulce De Leche 30. Durian 37. Fried Green Tomatoes 41. Fugu 48. Haggis 63. Nettle Tea 69. Pavlova 70. Phaal 92. Squirrel Heirloom Tomatoes? This is a strange entry. It is not like Heirloom Tomatoes taste any that different from modern tomatoes that you get in season. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/210 "2012-01-18T22:23:19Z")
Oops - perhaps I made up snow omelettes! Well, not completely - when I was a kid and there was fresh snow in the morning, my mom would fold some into eggs because she swore it made a very fluffy omelette. So may be that was a peculiar family thing, and not a real thing. I find no references to it online (although it’s entirely possible that not everything that ever happened in the world is referenced online… Mmmm, dulce de leche. Haagen Dazs has a pretty good dulce de leche icecream. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/211 "2012-01-19T06:19:09Z")
Pineapple and cottage cheese has been traditional diet food for many, many years. With all the fried stuff on the list, I don’t wonder that a diet food is also listed! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/212 "2012-01-19T06:26:09Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Oh- if Pocky is Mikado, I’ve had that! They’re not the Irish biscuit called Mikado from Jacob’s though. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/213 "2012-01-19T07:49:56Z")
1. Most of those are US centered, I think. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462/214 "2012-01-19T19:32:01Z")
Irish Mikado- biscuit base, pink marshmallow, dessicated coconut shavings and strawberry jam- beloved of children’s birthday parties, and awesome in it’s own right Pocky/Mikado- biscuit sticks dipped in stuff. I prefer the former to the latter, but I’ve had both. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-foods-have-you-tried-100-things/609462.md?page=10)