Amber ([info]ambermae) wrote,
@ 2008-09-03 10:39:00
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The Omnivore's Hundred


1) Copy this list including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Italicize all the items that you have cooked or otherwise made yourself.
4) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

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. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
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
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
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
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
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
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
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
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

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[info]prevenger
2008-09-03 09:56 pm UTC (link)
Man, what does it say about me that I've actually had all four of the items listed under #67?

So what is Spaetzel?

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[info]ambermae
2008-09-03 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Man, what does it say about me that I've actually had all four of the items listed under #67?

That you are a man with a preference for fried dough. Mmm... fried dough.

Spaetzel is what they call macaroni in Germany.

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[info]anastasis
2008-09-04 07:42 pm UTC (link)
I have another question: what does VGT mean? Because I'd like to post my own OH on my LJ. :)

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[info]ambermae
2008-09-04 07:46 pm UTC (link)
The list originally came from a blog called Very Good Taste.

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[info]anastasis
2008-09-04 10:21 pm UTC (link)
Thanks :)

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[info]mimima
2008-09-04 07:53 pm UTC (link)
I've had Nettle Tea - wait until you're pregnant and you will too (assuming your iron is low, and you have a midwife)

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[info]gorski
2008-09-04 10:54 pm UTC (link)
yikes... she couldn't just recommend beef? Or kale? Or molasses?

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[info]mimima
2008-09-04 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Well, I am a vegetarian (and so is she) but yes, she did recommend kale and blackstrap molasses too.

But, actually, nettle tea is lovely.

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[info]gorski
2008-09-04 11:10 pm UTC (link)
Well, I guess that's a pretty good excuse for not eating beef as a first line of defense against iron deficiency.

And as indicated (below), I've never had nettle tea... though I have an affinity for leafy green vegetables that means I'll probably never be deficient in a good handful of nutrients including iron :) (not that iron deficiency is particularly common in American men).


...Amber doesn't like leafy greens so much (I make her eat them sometimes, but usually things like spinach and chard rather than the good meaty kales and collards and turnip greens), but I think her beef and broccoli affinities will probably keep the deficiencies away... but it'll be hard to know before then :)

peace,

--me

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[info]mimima
2008-09-04 11:27 pm UTC (link)
I think that low iron is a common symptom of pregnancy, but I suspect most American men don't have that issue :_)

Beef and broccoli will probably help.

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[info]gorski
2008-09-04 10:49 pm UTC (link)
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (Have had alligator, but no crocodile)
6. Black pudding (no blood for me)
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
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
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
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
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (...in middle school--get over it)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (...didn't make it through much)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (...huh? Isn't this clay?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
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 disclaimer: American "kobe beef"; your mileage may vary
86. Hare (..have had rabbit, but not hare)
87. Goulash (...more or less)
88. Flowers
89. Horse (not unless you count No. 55)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano (...come on, Amber, you made this once)
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

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[info]mimima
2008-09-04 11:28 pm UTC (link)
You've never had baba ghanoush? How does that happen? And, the bride at the wedding we met at is excited to make head cheese from her wedding pig. Shudder.

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[info]gorski
2008-09-04 11:41 pm UTC (link)
I'm not 100% sure I haven't had baba ghanoush--but I've never cared much for eggplant, so I wasn't seeking that one out.

...Much as I enjoyed that pig, and was entertained by the layout at the head table, I can't imagine making head cheese outta it. Yikes.

peace to you,

--me


PS: Was sorry we didn't get to talk more while we were there--somehow I met you for long enough to say hello and that was about it, and then never got to talk at the reception. Was nice to meet you however briefly, though!

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[info]mimima
2008-09-04 11:50 pm UTC (link)
I love eggplant (but Dh doesn't, so I get it a lot when we are out) so I actively look for it. It just seems so Antiochian that I'd be sure you'd run across it.

I didn't see those photos yet, the wedding was lovely. I was also disapointed to not get to talk to you and your lovely bride more either, I ended up in the kitchen longer than I expected to be.

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[info]gorski
2008-09-04 11:52 pm UTC (link)
...well, me being Catholic and all, I can be a pretty effective holdout against the nefarious spread of Antiochian eggplant. ;)

and, alas! I guess next time we'll just have to see more of you.

Peace,

--me

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[info]mimima
2008-09-05 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Indeed! We must!

I guess I figured it was an Antochian creep, just like Baklava with my non-Orthodox hubby!

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