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Stolen from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dichroic. The only problem is that I'm really not an omnivore, since I keep kosher, which limits my possibilities. Well, anyway! I didn't always keep kosher, but even then I refused to eat whale in Iceland. Whale is not in this list, but please don't eat whales. They are large and warm, not to mention endangered. They also sing.
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2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Make recommendations of specific places/products when possible.
The VGT Omnivore's Hundred:
1. Venison I ate smoked reindeer in the tundra, does that count?
2. Nettle tea I used to gather the stuff when I lived in Ukraine, dry it up and drink it - pretty good.
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile It's not kosher!
6. Black pudding It's not bloody kosher
7. Cheese fondue. But only once - it was too much cheese.
8. Carp - oh yes. Carp makes wonderful gefilte fish. I fished for carp, too. But I caught pike.
9. Borscht. Best place to get borscht? My house. Absolutely. I make a mean vegetarian version, too.
10. Baba ghanoush. I love it, and I make it.
11. Calamari not kosher.
12. Pho - I ate vegetarian pho in Berkeley.
13. PB&J sandwich Sorry, I'm a furreigner.
14. Aloo gobi I love Indian food.
15. Hot dog from a street cart - in Russia. Again, this was before my kosher keeping days. I remember looking at an American package of sausages, and it said "hot dog." I translated this to my parents. We all wondered what high-temperature domestic animals have to do with sausages, but couldn't figure out.
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle There used to be this small non-kosher French restaurant in Israel where every non-kosher dish on the menu was accompanied by a little drawing of a pig. E.g. CALAMARI (pig). SHRIMP (pig). The black truffles there were divine.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes. Plum wine (slivova rakia) in Bulgaria was pretty awesome, and so was the company.
19. Steamed pork buns They're not kosher.
20. Pistachio ice cream. And it's kosher! Yay!
21. Heirloom tomatoes. They are perfect with a bit of olive oil and basil. Or just like that. Yes, even in the street.
22. Fresh wild berries. In Ukraine, I used to pick those in the forest. Once as a child I went to the berry bush and heard weird noises. My grandma said it was a bear. But it wasn't. It was just some drunk.
23. Foie gras - guess what, it's kosher, but not very ethical.
24. Rice and beans. Who hasn't?.
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters They are not kosher.
29. Baklava. Best one was probably in Turkey, or made by Kathryn, or made by one of my professors, or the one in Bulgaria...
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl. I saw these, but Clams are not kosher. Sourdough bowls are thankfully kosher. So I had a minestrone in a sourdough bowl in SF. Is it recommended? Oh yes.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut. My father made the best. I make it too.
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar. And it was lots of fun. In my undergrad days my two best friends smoked cigarettes, the third smoked a pipe, I smoked cigars (purely as a protection from the abovementioned three). During get-togethers, I supplied the cognac.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo I saw it in New Orleans. Nuff said.
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects They say that locusts are kosher, but they can say that again.
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk. Fresh from the goat. In Ukraine. It's an acquired taste.
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more.
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel. It's not kosher, but unagi sushi is one of my few transgressions. That and California rolls.
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut. A friend of ours once came in screaming "Crispy Kreme doughnuts are kosher!" Crazy, I tell you. He had a whole box of those things. I ate one. Yuck.
50. Sea urchin Sigh.
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi Yes! Yes! Yes!
53. Abalone
54. Paneer And you can make it.
55. McDonalds Big Mac Meal. I had a McDonalds Big Mac Meal with Kosher for Passover Buns. o.O
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini. Last year I needed to get drunk, but vodka is better. I'm sticking to vodka from now on.
58. Beer above 8% ABV. I think so.
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips. They're pretty good. My mother-in-law makes a carob cake which is great.
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake. In New Orleans. It's good, but not for me.
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain. Now this is something I'd eat again and again.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini. I don't make the caviar but I sure make blini, so if you come over and need a fix.... come over. My parents used to get three-liter jars of red caviar. I'm afraid my caviar portions are much smaller, but I compensate with the blini and the sour cream.
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost. In Norway.
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie. Yum
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong. It's my favorite tea.
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict. I had eggs Florentine instead. In Alaska on New Year's day.
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. I ate at Chez Panisse.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare Guess what the hare's problem is.
87. Goulash, I make it. And it comes out pretty damn awesome.
88. Flowers Edible flowers are neat as salad garnish
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam I tried. Honestly, I tried.
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish It's not kosher, but oh well. Yes, I ate catfish before I saw them in their natural habitat. The catfish swam up like aliens from the murky water, magical, waving their moustache- I'm not eating them anymore.
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox. Don't forget the shmear.
97. Lobster Thermidor . My father, who does not keep kosher, once had two of those things swim in our bathtub.
98. Polenta. Why is it in this list? It's one of the staples of my diet. Polenta cooked slowly with a bit of milk and butter, topped with brown mushrooms... Seriously, I have a big dining room now. Come over ;)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake. |
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