How many of these foods have you tried? (100 things)

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

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. :wink:

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

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.

Oh- if Pocky is Mikado, I’ve had that!

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.

\Granny voice| It’s dandelion tonic! |/granny voice

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.

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.

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.

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

They’re not the Irish biscuit called Mikado from Jacob’s though.

  1. Most of those are US centered, I think.

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.