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

[ministryman]

@Idle_Thoughts

So I found this list on a list of (supposedly) 100 foods you should try before you die.
The source is a Facebook application, so I can’t link to it. Looking it over, though, I think it’s a pretty good list and it made me curious who on here could lay claim to trying the most things on it.

I’m just going to post the list rather then make a poll out of it due to there being a hundred things.

I’ve tried 38 things on the list, myself. That puts me in the lead, right now, by default.
I’m putting the list under a spoiler tag since it’s a bit long.

1. Abalone
2. Absinthe
3. Alligator
4. Baba Ghanoush
5. Bagel and Lox
6. Baklava
7. Barbecue Ribs
8. Bellini
9. Bird’s Nest Soup
10. Biscuits and Gravy
11. Black Pudding
12. Black Truffle
13. Borscht
14. Calamari
15. Carp
16. Caviar
17. Cheese Fondue
18. Chicken and Waffles
19. Chicken Tikka Masala
20. Chile Relleno
21. Chitlins
22. Churros
23. Clam Chowder
24. Cognac
25. Crab Cakes
26. Crickets
27. Currywurst
28. Dandelion Wine
29. Dulce De Leche
30. Durian
31. Eel
32. Eggs Benedict
33. Fish Tacos
34. Foie Gras
35. Fresh Spring Rolls
36. Fried Catfish
37. Fried Green Tomatoes
38. Fried Plantain
39. Frito Pie
40. Frogs’ Legs
41. Fugu
42. Funnel Cake
43. Gazpacho
44. Goat
45. Goat’s Milk
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
63. Nettle Tea
64. Octopus
65. Oxtail Soup
66. Paella
67. Paneer
68. Pastrami on Rye
69. Pavlova
70. Phaal
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
84. Sea Urchin
85. Shark
86. Snail
87. Snake
88. Soft Shell Crab
89. Som Tam
90. Spaetzle
91. Spam
92. Squirrel
93. Steak Tartare
94. Sweet Potato Fries
95. Sweetbreads
96. Tom Yum
97. Umeboshi
98. Venison
99. Wasabi Peas
100. Zucchini flowers

If indeed there are 100, then I am only missing 24, and one of them is not getting eaten.
11. Black Pudding
13. Borscht
26. Crickets
27. Currywurst
28. Dandelion Wine
39. Frito Pie
41. Fugu (this will be followed by a tab of purple haze)
48. Haggis
49. Head Cheese
55. Kangaroo
58. Lassi
63. Nettle Tea
69. Pavlova
70. Phaal
73. Pineapple and Cottage Cheese NEVER!
78. Prickly Pear
79. Rabbit Stew
87. Snake
89. Som Tam
90. Spaetzle
92. Squirrel
95. Sweetbreads
97. Umeboshi
100. Zucchini flowers

[ministryman]

@MrDibble

They’re not all culinarily exceptional things - some of them are just adventurous or nostalgic.

I had a favourable association with the Fruit Pies growing up, because of their alleged supervillain-foiling powers. Suffice to say when I encountered the reality, I was…underwhelmed.

I’ve eaten everything on that list, or a very close equivalent (e.g. Haven’t actually had a New Orleans Po’Boy, but I have had a po’boy made by a Louisiana-native cook. I’ve eaten crocodile, not alligator.) or as close as I could make myself (Philly cheesesteak, made with an “authentic” recipe, just because I was curious. Ditto Jerk chicken. Or s’mores made with McVities…)

The hardest things for me to get hold of were Durian fruit and fugu.

The things I’m most surprised are not on the list are poutine and shark’s fin soup, because they seem to fit the “feel” of the list to me.

Der Trihs: Two? Really? That’s something you should actively try and remedy, I think.

If you want Durian, go to your nearest Asian Market (Ranch 99 here in California). Follow your nose to the produce section… I’d send you some, but I think it’s against the law.

[ministryman]

@pulykamell

Note that Nava is talking about the Spanish style of chorizo, not the Mexican style. The Mexican fresh style of chorizo is (usually) squeezed out of its casing before being fried.

Also, if you’ve had hot dogs in natural casings, you’ve had sheep intestines.

Still, eating them as a thin membrane surrounding a sausage is quite a different experience than chowing down on a plate full of chitterlings. I’ve made chitterlings myself once and, man oh man, even after scrubbing them through three times, the house smelled like a barnyard when cooking them. I definitely prefer tripe to chitlins.

did you pull them inside out and scrape the innards real good?

[Chronos]

I’m amazed by how many folks have never had sauerkraut. I never thought of that as anything remotely exotic-- I mean, you can’t get much less exotic than German.

[Bilbo1967]

@Chronos

I’m amazed by how many folks have never had sauerkraut. I never thought of that as anything remotely exotic-- I mean, you can’t get much less exotic than German.

Ditto for currywurst.

[Lukeinva]

@Idle_Thoughts

… 100 foods you should try before you die.

:dubious:

Crickets? Kangaroo? Frito pie? I’ll be plenty happy if I never dine on these.

[madmonk28]

67, it would have been 66, but last night I made fish tacos for dinner because I had never had them before. They rock.

[chiroptera]

@Bilbo1967

Ditto for currywurst.

And I’m a well-traveled, pretty adventurous eater - but until this thread I’d never heard of currywurst.

Funny enough though, I was at Wal-Mart today and saw Pocky for the first time in my life. Was not tempted to try it, so it remains on my “haven’t had” list.

I’ve eaten some unusual foods not on the list. Off the top of my head:

Camel meat
Rose-petal jam
Wild partridge eggs
Goose eggs
Sorrel
Stinging nettle (in salad and as tea)
Goat-milk and goat-milk yoghurt
Razorfish
Seaweed
Elderberries and elderberry wine
Pomegranates
Mulberries
Sheep milk and sheep-milk yoghurt
Wild garlic
Pheasant meat
Snow omelette
Duck eggs
Pigeon meat
Whelks
Winkles
Flint coneys
Detroit coneys
Irn Bru
Haggis, neeps and tatties
Kibbeh
Mole
Scrumpy
Ackee
Red Stripe beer

[TruCelt]

I have tasted 84. Many I will never taste on principle (like foi gras) or the danger (Phaal, fugu) or on pure ick factor (haggis, head cheese.) Others I hope I’ll get to try some day, like Durian.

Here’s the full list of what I haven’t tried:

[COLOR=black][FONT=Trebuchet MS]1. #2. Absinthe
2. #8. Bellini
3. #9. Bird’s Nest Soup
4. #27. Currywurst
5. #30. Durian
6. #41. Fugu
7. #44. Goat
8. #48. Haggis
9. #49. Head Cheese
10. #55. Kangaroo
11. #57. Kobe Beef
12. #70. Phaal
13. #84. Sea Urchin
14. #88. Soft Shell Crab
15. #93. Steak Tartare
16. #97. Umeboshi
[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Chronos]

I’ve eaten some unusual foods not on the list. Off the top of my head:

Some of those are on the list, like nettle tea and haggis. I never realized that mulberries were “exotic”: Growing up, we had a couple of trees in the yard, and I never considered it officially summer until I had some. And is a “snow omelet” what it sounds like? Snow folded into beaten egg?

[Bilbo1967]

@chiroptera

And I’m a well-traveled, pretty adventurous eater - but until this thread I’d never heard of currywurst.

I live in the UK, but spend 6-8 days a month in Germany working. Currywurst is ubiquitous - it is almost always free in Dusseldorf airport frequent flyer lounge, for example.

I think that just shows the bias in the list presented. Most, if not all, of the people who have eaten a lot of the listed foods are from the US. A lot of them haven’t eaten stuff that I would consider commonplace (black pudding, haggis).

[SciFiSam]

@chiroptera

And I’m a well-traveled, pretty adventurous eater - but until this thread I’d never heard of currywurst.

Funny enough though, I was at Wal-Mart today and saw Pocky for the first time in my life. Was not tempted to try it, so it remains on my “haven’t had” list.

I’ve eaten some unusual foods not on the list. Off the top of my head:

Camel meat
Rose-petal jam
Wild partridge eggs
Goose eggs
Sorrel
Stinging nettle (in salad and as tea)
Goat-milk and goat-milk yoghurt
Razorfish
Seaweed
Elderberries and elderberry wine
Pomegranates
Mulberries
Sheep milk and sheep-milk yoghurt
Wild garlic
Pheasant meat
Snow omelette
Duck eggs
Pigeon meat
Whelks
Winkles
Flint coneys
Detroit coneys
Irn Bru
Haggis, neeps and tatties
Kibbeh
Mole
Scrumpy
Ackee
Red Stripe beer

A lot of those don’t seem at all unusual to me, though obviously things like Irn Bru (a fizzy drink made in Scotland) would be unusual outside the UK. What is it that makes Red Stripe beer unusual? I’m curious.

[pulykamell]

@ministryman

did you pull them inside out and scrape the innards real good?

Yep. I bought them “cleaned” or “pre-washed” or whatever the term it is they use, too, but I was told by people who are experienced in preparing this dish that they would still need cleaning, and to disregard any claims of them being washed.

[pulykamell]

@Bilbo1967

Ditto for currywurst.

I have only seen currywurst in Germany. It’s pretty easy to make yourself at home, but I’ve never seen a preparation of it available anywhere but as streetfood in Deutschland.

[Miller]

4. Baba Ghanoush
6. Baklava
7. Barbecue Ribs
10. Biscuits and Gravy
17. Cheese Fondue
19. Chicken Tikka Masala
20. Chile Relleno
22. Churros
25. Crab Cakes
29. Dulce De Leche
31. Eel
35. Fresh Spring Rolls
38. Fried Plantain
43. Gazpacho
44. Goat
47. Gumbo
52. Hostess Fruit Pie
53. Huevos Rancheros
56. Key Lime Pie
57. Kobe Beef
60. Mimosa
61. MoonPie
65. Oxtail Soup
66. Paella
67. Paneer
68. Pastrami on Rye
71. Philly Cheese Steak
77. Polenta
79. Rabbit Stew
81. Root Beer Float
82. S’mores
83. Sauerkraut
94. Sweet Potato Fries
98. Venison
99. Wasabi Peas

A pathetic 36.

[amanset]

@SciFiSam

A lot of those don’t seem at all unusual to me, though obviously things like Irn Bru (a fizzy drink made in Scotland) would be unusual outside the UK. What is it that makes Red Stripe beer unusual? I’m curious.

Indeed. It is like me saying Grape Soda or PB&J are unusual. All relative.

[amanset]

@Bilbo1967

I live in the UK, but spend 6-8 days a month in Germany working. Currywurst is ubiquitous - it is almost always free in Dusseldorf airport frequent flyer lounge, for example.

I think that just shows the bias in the list presented. Most, if not all, of the people who have eaten a lot of the listed foods are from the US. A lot of them haven’t eaten stuff that I would consider commonplace (black pudding, haggis).

Yep. I said some thing similar very early on the discussion. There is a definite US bias to the options. Someone even admitted it, saying there was a lot of southern eating on the list.

[Yllaria]

59 minimum. Some maybes.

I’ve had sea urchin roe, but not sea urchin, that I know of.

[SciFiSam]

@amanset

Indeed. It is like me saying Grape Soda or PB&J are unusual. All relative.

Red Stripe’s the only one where I don’t get why it was pointed out (I thought it was just a beer, no more special than any other brand of beer), though I presume there’s a reason for it.

[pulykamell]

@Yllaria

I’ve had sea urchin roe, but not sea urchin, that I know of.

Well, I’d count it. Sea urchin “roe” (aka “uni”) is the reproductive organs of the sea urchin. I assumed this is what they were talking about when they wrote “sea urchin,” as I don’t think I’ve ever seen straight-up sea urchin on the menu anywhere. I believe that’s the part of the sea urchin that is usually eaten.