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The Omnivore Meme...
h/t Geoffrey
Several years ago, Brian and I were vegetarians. We gave meat up for Lent one year, and just didn't miss it (plus, a meat-free diet is so much cheaper.) But after several years, our creativity for producing interesting veggie-only dishes began to wane. And, we were tired of being the two who have to be jerks when a group of friends want to go out to dinner, but we can't find anything to eat on the menu. And, we grew a little tired of our peculiar eating style being described in hushed tones by our families. If you're a midwesterner, you know about this whisper, right? "Poor ol' Joe," they'll say, "He just got out of [stage whisper] prison." or "Did you hear Aunt Matilda has [stage whisper] cancer." or "That Brian and Alan. They're [stage whisper] vegetarian."
And then, there was the bacon.
Oh, sweet bacon, why do you tempt us with your porky goodness?
So we slowly slid from being lacto-ovo vegetarians to lacto-ovo-bacon-o vegetarians. Then we occasionally started hankering for cow, chicken, and other varieties of pork meet. To paraphrase Homer J. Simpson, "If God didn't want us to eat pigs, he wouldn't have made them out of bacon." But we were still never making meat dishes at home, only eating meat when we were dining out. This was our "flexitarian" phrase. These days we occasionally make meat at home, and occasionally eat it when dining out, so I guess we're full fledged omnivores now. And these days, instead of giving up bacon for Lent, we yearly give up something else that has a far greater negative impact on our health: the news.
Anyway, this is supposedly a list of things you're supposed to eat before you die. I assume that means, that over your life-time you're supposed to try these things, not eat all 100 as a last meal.
So it's a meme, which I hate, but it's about food, which I'm rather fond of. I've put the things I've actually eaten in bold. Feel free to post to your own blog, comment here, or whatevs, as the kids say.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison. -- it's Michigan, the only thing we have more of than mosquitos is deer.
2. Nettle tea.
3. Huevos rancheros.
4. Steak tartare.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding.
7. Cheese fondue.
8. Carp.
9. Borscht.
10. Baba ghanoush.
11. Calamari.
12. Pho.
13. PB&J sandwich.
14. Aloo gobi.
15. Hot dog from a street cart. -- No, but "Red Hot Lovers" in Ann Arbor is far superior.
16. Epoisses.
17. Black truffle.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes. -- generally icky, but not bad on ice cream
19. Steamed pork buns. -- hee hee that sounds funny. Yes, I'm 12 years old.
20. Pistachio ice cream.
21. Heirloom tomatoes. -- Tomatoes, salt, plate, napkin. That's maybe the best summer lunch in the world.
22. Fresh wild berries. -- I'm a berry fiend, even though blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries aren't really berries
23. Foie gras.
24. Rice and beans.
25. Brawn, or head cheese.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper.
27. Dulce de leche.
28. Oysters.
29. Baklava. -- my former roommate Dave, who wasn't remotely Greek, as far as I know, made the best baklava I've ever had.
30. Bagna cauda.
31. Wasabi peas.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl.
33. Salted lassi.
34. Sauerkraut.
35. Root beer float.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar.
37. Clotted cream tea.
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O. -- I assume they mean shots.
39. Gumbo.
40. Oxtail.
41. Curried goat.
42. Whole insects.
43. Phaal.
44. Goat’s milk. -- both in milk and in cheese form
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more.
46. Fugu.
47. Chicken tikka masala.
48. Eel.
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut.
50. Sea urchin. -- No, but I once made a sea urchin ejaculate (with a saline injection) for a biology lab in college
51. Prickly pear.
52. Umeboshi.
53. Abalone.
54. Paneer. -- we make our own
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal. -- right after watching Supersize Me, actually.
56. Spaetzle.
57. Dirty gin martini. -- with three gorgonzola olives. That's my drink.
58. Beer above 8% ABV. -- any nice Scotch Ale will do.
59. Poutine.
60. Carob chips.
61. S’mores.
62. Sweetbreads.
63. Kaolin.
64. Currywurst.
65. Durian.
66. Frogs’ legs. -- I had these shortly after taking a biology lab in which we dissected a frog for the entire semester (the same frog.)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake. -- yes, yes, yes, and yes
68. Haggis.
69. Fried plantain.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette.
71. Gazpacho. -- another perfect summer lunch
72. Caviar and blini.
73. Louche absinthe.
74. Gjetost, or brunost.
75. Roadkill.
76. Baijiu.
77. Hostess Fruit Pie.
78. Snail.
79. Lapsang souchong.
80. Bellini.
81. Tom yum.
82. Eggs Benedict. -- My favorite is at "Orange" a little restaurant in Chicago.
83. Pocky.
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef.
86. Hare.
87. Goulash.
88. Flowers. -- I assume squash blossoms count?
89. Horse.
90. Criollo chocolate.
91. Spam. -- fried Spam sandwiches were a common Saturday lunch when I was growing up.
92. Soft shell crab.
93. Rose harissa.
94. Catfish.
95. Mole poblano.
96. Bagel and lox.
97. Lobster Thermidor.
98. Polenta.
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee.
100. Snake.
So I've sampled 43 of these, not quite 50%. However, in my defense, several are unavailable any where I live or have travelled (horse?) Several involve filter feeders and/or things that swim in their own poo (oysters, lobsters), or things that grow on poo (truffles). And some are made of animal parts that are best left on the butcher's floor. However, even eliminating those, there are still several things I need to try yet. Dulce de leche sounds ummy de nummy, Kobe beef is supposed to be wonderful, oxtails can't be too bad, hare doesn't sound too bad, absinthe is legal again (I think), and borscht seems completely inoffensive to name a few.
I might have missed it, but is there even a single chicken dish on this list? What about any pasta?
UPDATE: Go here for links to descriptions of those foods which may be unfamiliar.
Several years ago, Brian and I were vegetarians. We gave meat up for Lent one year, and just didn't miss it (plus, a meat-free diet is so much cheaper.) But after several years, our creativity for producing interesting veggie-only dishes began to wane. And, we were tired of being the two who have to be jerks when a group of friends want to go out to dinner, but we can't find anything to eat on the menu. And, we grew a little tired of our peculiar eating style being described in hushed tones by our families. If you're a midwesterner, you know about this whisper, right? "Poor ol' Joe," they'll say, "He just got out of [stage whisper] prison." or "Did you hear Aunt Matilda has [stage whisper] cancer." or "That Brian and Alan. They're [stage whisper] vegetarian."
And then, there was the bacon.
Oh, sweet bacon, why do you tempt us with your porky goodness?
So we slowly slid from being lacto-ovo vegetarians to lacto-ovo-bacon-o vegetarians. Then we occasionally started hankering for cow, chicken, and other varieties of pork meet. To paraphrase Homer J. Simpson, "If God didn't want us to eat pigs, he wouldn't have made them out of bacon." But we were still never making meat dishes at home, only eating meat when we were dining out. This was our "flexitarian" phrase. These days we occasionally make meat at home, and occasionally eat it when dining out, so I guess we're full fledged omnivores now. And these days, instead of giving up bacon for Lent, we yearly give up something else that has a far greater negative impact on our health: the news.
Anyway, this is supposedly a list of things you're supposed to eat before you die. I assume that means, that over your life-time you're supposed to try these things, not eat all 100 as a last meal.
So it's a meme, which I hate, but it's about food, which I'm rather fond of. I've put the things I've actually eaten in bold. Feel free to post to your own blog, comment here, or whatevs, as the kids say.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison. -- it's Michigan, the only thing we have more of than mosquitos is deer.
2. Nettle tea.
3. Huevos rancheros.
4. Steak tartare.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding.
7. Cheese fondue.
8. Carp.
9. Borscht.
10. Baba ghanoush.
11. Calamari.
12. Pho.
13. PB&J sandwich.
14. Aloo gobi.
15. Hot dog from a street cart. -- No, but "Red Hot Lovers" in Ann Arbor is far superior.
16. Epoisses.
17. Black truffle.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes. -- generally icky, but not bad on ice cream
19. Steamed pork buns. -- hee hee that sounds funny. Yes, I'm 12 years old.
20. Pistachio ice cream.
21. Heirloom tomatoes. -- Tomatoes, salt, plate, napkin. That's maybe the best summer lunch in the world.
22. Fresh wild berries. -- I'm a berry fiend, even though blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries aren't really berries
23. Foie gras.
24. Rice and beans.
25. Brawn, or head cheese.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper.
27. Dulce de leche.
28. Oysters.
29. Baklava. -- my former roommate Dave, who wasn't remotely Greek, as far as I know, made the best baklava I've ever had.
30. Bagna cauda.
31. Wasabi peas.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl.
33. Salted lassi.
34. Sauerkraut.
35. Root beer float.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar.
37. Clotted cream tea.
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O. -- I assume they mean shots.
39. Gumbo.
40. Oxtail.
41. Curried goat.
42. Whole insects.
43. Phaal.
44. Goat’s milk. -- both in milk and in cheese form
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more.
46. Fugu.
47. Chicken tikka masala.
48. Eel.
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut.
50. Sea urchin. -- No, but I once made a sea urchin ejaculate (with a saline injection) for a biology lab in college
51. Prickly pear.
52. Umeboshi.
53. Abalone.
54. Paneer. -- we make our own
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal. -- right after watching Supersize Me, actually.
56. Spaetzle.
57. Dirty gin martini. -- with three gorgonzola olives. That's my drink.
58. Beer above 8% ABV. -- any nice Scotch Ale will do.
59. Poutine.
60. Carob chips.
61. S’mores.
62. Sweetbreads.
63. Kaolin.
64. Currywurst.
65. Durian.
66. Frogs’ legs. -- I had these shortly after taking a biology lab in which we dissected a frog for the entire semester (the same frog.)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake. -- yes, yes, yes, and yes
68. Haggis.
69. Fried plantain.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette.
71. Gazpacho. -- another perfect summer lunch
72. Caviar and blini.
73. Louche absinthe.
74. Gjetost, or brunost.
75. Roadkill.
76. Baijiu.
77. Hostess Fruit Pie.
78. Snail.
79. Lapsang souchong.
80. Bellini.
81. Tom yum.
82. Eggs Benedict. -- My favorite is at "Orange" a little restaurant in Chicago.
83. Pocky.
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef.
86. Hare.
87. Goulash.
88. Flowers. -- I assume squash blossoms count?
89. Horse.
90. Criollo chocolate.
91. Spam. -- fried Spam sandwiches were a common Saturday lunch when I was growing up.
92. Soft shell crab.
93. Rose harissa.
94. Catfish.
95. Mole poblano.
96. Bagel and lox.
97. Lobster Thermidor.
98. Polenta.
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee.
100. Snake.
So I've sampled 43 of these, not quite 50%. However, in my defense, several are unavailable any where I live or have travelled (horse?) Several involve filter feeders and/or things that swim in their own poo (oysters, lobsters), or things that grow on poo (truffles). And some are made of animal parts that are best left on the butcher's floor. However, even eliminating those, there are still several things I need to try yet. Dulce de leche sounds ummy de nummy, Kobe beef is supposed to be wonderful, oxtails can't be too bad, hare doesn't sound too bad, absinthe is legal again (I think), and borscht seems completely inoffensive to name a few.
I might have missed it, but is there even a single chicken dish on this list? What about any pasta?
UPDATE: Go here for links to descriptions of those foods which may be unfamiliar.
Posted: Sat - September 6, 2008 at 02:09 PM