The Omnivore’s Hundred

The Omnivore’s Hun­dred is a list of foods the gas­tro­nomic Andrew Wheeler thinks every­one should try at least once in their lives.

Here’s the drill…bold the foods you have tried, and strike through those you wouldn’t touch on a bet.

1. Veni­son

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. Phở (Oh GAWD yes Phở!!! And god bless Andrea for intro­duc­ing me to it!)

13. PB&J sandwich

14. Aloo gobi

15. Hot dog from a street cart? (Twenty-​six years later, I still miss the guy in Cleve­land out­side the hospital.)

16. Epoisses

17. Black truffle

18. Fruit wine made from some­thing other than grapes

19. Steamed pork buns

20. Pis­ta­chio ice cream

21. Heir­loom tomatoes

22. Fresh wild berries (picked ‘em myself even)

23. Foie gras

24. Rice and beans

25. Brawn, or head cheese

26. Raw Scotch Bon­net pepper

27. Dulce de leche

28. Oys­ters (only cooked, though, not raw)

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas

32. Clam chow­der in a sour­dough bowl

33. Salted lassi

34. Sauer­kraut

35. Root beer float (I’d rather have a Coke float, though)

36. Cognac with a fat cigar (yes to the cognac, no to the cigar)

37. Clot­ted cream tea

38. Vodka jelly

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail

41. Cur­ried goat

42. Whole insects

43. Phaal

44. Goat?s milk

45. Malt whisky from a bot­tle worth ?60/$120 or more

46. Fugu

47. Chicken tikka masala

48. Eel (as sushi, didn’t care for it)

49. Krispy Kreme orig­i­nal glazed dough­nut HOT FROM THE OVEN!!!!

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear

52. Ume­boshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer

55. McDonald?s Big Mac Meal

56. Spaet­zle

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Pou­tine

60. Carob chips (why bother???)

61. S?mores

62. Sweet­breads

63. Kaolin (I’m guess­ing med­ica­tions con­tain­ing it count)

64. Cur­ry­wurst

65. Durian (and lived to smell about it)

66. Frogs? legs

67. Beignets, chur­ros, ele­phant ears or fun­nel cake

68. Hag­gis

69. Fried plantain

70. Chit­ter­lings, or andouillette

71. Gaz­pa­cho

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

83. Pocky

84. Tast­ing menu at a three-​Michelin-​star restaurant

85. Kobe beef

86. Hare (c’mon, don’tcha mean wabbit?)

87. Goulash

88. Flow­ers

89. Horse

90. Criollo chocolate

91. Spam

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

Look­ing at the list, appar­ently I’ll eat pretty much any­thing that doesn’t involve ani­mal innards??