100 foods to eat before you die

Spotted this article about and thought I'd post it.

http://www.chewonthatblog.com/2010/08/03/100-foods-to-eat-before-you-die/



A food critic posted his choice of 100 foods to eat before you die.



I've added a description for some of the not so obvious ones, and substituted some for a few of my own, and I'll put a comment by some of the ones I've tried.

Feel free to add your own to the list and comment!


1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - Mexican egg breakfast
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile- tried it. Thought it was ok.
6. Black/Blood pudding - a British staple of the full English breakfast. I prefer it lightly fried, or raw. Very nice!
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht - beetroot soup
10. Baba ghanoush - egg plant dish
11. Calamari - Squid. tried it once. Thought it was ok.
12. Pho - noodle soup.
13. PB&J sandwich- I don't quite understand the seemingly American obsession with putting peanut butter on almost everything.
14. Aloo gobi - curried potato and cauliflower. I love it.
15. Hot dog from a street cart- quite often
16. Epoisses - called the king of cheeses.
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - does pear cider count?
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - my local Indian restaurant does this. Beautiful!
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries- my siblings and I often went berry picking, usually illegally!!
23. Foie Gras - corn fed duck or goose liver, usually made into paté.
24. West Indian Rice and Peas/Beans - something I love. Especially with jerk chicken.
25. Brawn, or head cheese - not actually cheese, but meat from the head of a cow or sheep.
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava - my cousin married a Greek man and raves about this. I've tried it and thought it was nice, but not great.
30. Bagna cauda - Italian anchovy garlic fondue.
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted or Flavoured Lassi - mango Lassi after a hot curry goes down a treat.
34. Sauerkraut - love it. Had loads when I went to Poland a while back.
35. Root beer float - seems hard to get root beer in the uk. Never had it.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea - often, English cream teas are stuff of legend!
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot - who hasn't!?!
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail - I've had the meat and the soup. Love it.
41. Curried goat - something I've had quite often. Can be pretty pricey at times, and a bit fatty, but nonetheless very tasty.
42. Whole insect - what the fuck?
43. Phaal - one of the hottest curries I've had, but not the hottest.
44. Goat's milk
45. Single malt whisky - only once, I don't really drink it.
46. Fish n Chips - a British institution. Mine has to have loads of vinegar and ketchup on the chips. No sauce is like pizza without cheese!
47. Chicken tikka masala - I love curry, and this is now England's national dish.
48. Jellied Eel - Fucking Nasty'
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - Delicious with a latté
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - pickled Japanese fruit
53. Abalone - edible sea snails
54. Paneer - had it, very cheesy!
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal - ihave this on a regular occurrance
56. Spaetzle - German pasta
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - i have had lager over 8 but not actual beer.
59. Poutine - fries, cheese curds and gravy. Sounds nasty!
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores - I know it's an American thing but I've tried my own using digestive biscuits, it probably didn't taste as nice.
62. Sweetbreads - no way am I tryin that!
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst - spicy German sausage
65. Durian - prickly fruit
66. Frogs legs - does actually taste like chicken!
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis - tried it. Nice taste but a bit sinew-y
69. Fried plantain - love it
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho - cold soup
72. Caviar
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost - goats cheese
75. Roadkill - WTF!!
76. Baijiu - Japanese white wine, between 40-60% ABV
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong - Japanese Tea
80. Bellini - wine and peach cocktail
81. Tom yum - spicy soup. I love it
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky - Japanese chocolate bar
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Baked beans on toast - I LOVE baked beans!
89. Horse
90. Criollo -
91. Spam - my nan loves this. I'm indifferent
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. The Full English Breakfast - a legendary dish in the uk. A big talking point is the inclusion or exclusion of baked beans. Some do, some don't.
100. Snake

I've tried. 34 of these, not bad going I reckon!

I've tried only 16 of them

I didn't count but I'd guess I've had around 25 or 30 of those

I've tried 49 of them. There's a few more I'd be willing to taste if I could find them.

Ive had about half including all the first 6, I used to travel a lot.
I'd put a full English Breakfast at number 1 thou :-)

only 12. What curry is hotter than a phaal?

Korma/kurma - mild, yellow in colour, with almond and coconut powder.
Curry - medium, brown, gravy-like sauce.
Biryani - Spiced rice and meat cooked together and usually served with vegetable curry sauce.
Dupiaza/dopiaza - medium curry the word means "double onion" referring to the boiled and fried onions used as its primary ingredient.
Pasanda - a mild curry sauce made with cream, coconut milk, and almonds or cashews.
Roghan josh (from "roghan" (fat) and "josh" (energy/heat - which as in English may refer to either "spiciness" or temperature)) - medium, with tomatoes and paprika.
Bhuna - medium, thick sauce, some vegetables.
Dhansak - medium/hot, sweet and sour sauce with lentils (originally a Parsi dish). This dish often also contains pineapple.
Madras - fairly hot curry, red in colour and with heavy use of chili powder.
Pathia - hot, generally similar to a madras with lemon juice and tomato purée.
Jalfrezi - onion, green chili and a thick sauce.
Sambar - medium heat, sour curry made with lentils and tamarind.
Vindaloo - this is generally regarded as the classic "hot" restaurant curry, although a true vindaloo does not specify any particular level of spiciness. The name has European origins, derived from the Portuguese term "vinha d'alhos", a marinade containing wine ("vinho", or sometimes vinegar, and garlic ("alho", used to prevent the pork from going off in hot weather.
Phaal - extremely hot dish using ground chilies, ginger and fennel.
Naga curry - relatively new extremely hot dish with unique savoury taste made with the highly aromatic Naga Morich or Bhut Jolokia chili pepper.

Give me a 59 if I can substitute alligator for the crocodile, and my roadkill was fresh groundhog (actually very good)

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I've had ~30. I lost count lol.

99. The Full English Breakfast - a legendary dish in the uk. A big talking point is the inclusion or exclusion of baked beans. Some do, some don't.

If there is no beans then it's not an English Breakfast as far as i'm concerned, i find that Black Pudding compliments the breakfast as well.

What the heck is black pudding?

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Originally posted by Demodad68

What the heck is ?

a sort of sausage made of pigs blood and spices.

there is also white pudding with oatmeal and no blood.

Black pudding is much nicer

Is it served warm or cold?

I've tried 77 of them.

Scrapple...

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Originally posted by Bangledesh

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Apologies. Fixed.

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Originally posted by Punnani

99. The Full English Breakfast - a legendary dish in the uk. A big talking point is the inclusion or exclusion of baked beans. Some do, some don't.

If there is no beans then it's not an English Breakfast as far as i'm concerned, i find that Black Pudding compliments the breakfast as well.

Totally agree!

Another question, fried tomato or tinned?

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Originally posted by Demodad68

Is it served warm or cold?

I prefer mine lightly fried, it burns very easy. Served hot, or just eaten raw. It has an unusually meaty texture, considering its just congealed blood! Also called blood sausage in other parts of the world.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding

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Originally posted by rower41

Scrapple...

This sounds Interesting! Going on the old fashioned ethos of 'nothing goes to waste'. I wouldn't mind trying that!

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from "Ghostbusters!".......hope this works


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V13CZnUCOaQ

How about getting a little adventurous? Brains a la Hanibal Lecter? Why not, you eat a bunch of animals... I'm vegetarian, by the way... jajaja!

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Originally posted by azdesertrat

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I've never tried them, but have seen them in movies an stuff.

I'd love to!