Cleverley posted this to our Houston Chowhounds board this morning, and I simply couldn’t resist…
From British food writer Andrew Wheeler’s blog, Very Good Taste, comes this list of 100 things that — apparently — you should eat before you die. Here’s how it works:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
There’s not a lot that I won’t eat (so you probably won’t see many strike-throughs). However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot I haven’t yet had a chance to try. And I think this list is as good a place as any to start…
- Venison
- Nettle tea
- Huevos rancheros
- Steak tartare
- Crocodile
- Black pudding
- Cheese fondue
- Carp
- Borscht
- Baba ghanoush
- Calamari
- Pho
- PB&J sandwich
- Aloo gobi
- Hot dog from a street cart
- Epoisses (not yet, at least…)
- Black truffle
- Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
- Steamed pork buns
- Pistachio ice cream
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh wild berries
- Foie gras
- Rice and beans
- Brawn, or head cheese
- Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
- Dulce de leche
- Oysters
- Baklava
- Bagna cauda
- Wasabi peas
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
- Salted lassi
- Sauerkraut
- Root beer float
- Cognac with a fat cigar
- Clotted cream tea
- Vodka jelly/Jell-O (…how did this college monstrosity make it on the list?)
- Gumbo
- Oxtail
- Curried goat
- Whole insects
- Phaal
- Goat’s milk
- Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
- Fugu
- Chicken tikka masala
- Eel
- Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
- Sea urchin (I love uni, but I’ve never had actual sea urchin…)
- Prickly pear
- Umeboshi
- Abalone
- Paneer
- McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
- Spaetzle
- Dirty gin martini
- Beer above 8% ABV
- Poutine
- Carob chips
- S’mores
- Sweetbreads
- Kaolin (I imagine we all have…)
- Currywurst
- Durian
- Frogs’ legs
- Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
- Haggis
- Fried plantain
- Chitterlings, or andouillette
- Gazpacho
- Caviar and blini
- Louche absinthe
- Gjetost, or brunost
- Roadkill (hehehe…NO)
- Baijiu
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Snail
- Lapsang souchong
- Bellini
- Tom yum
- Eggs Benedict
- Pocky
- Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (no, but thanks for rubbing it in)
- Kobe beef
- Hare
- Goulash
- Flowers
- Horse (this is right up there with dog meat; guess I could never be French…)
- Criollo chocolate
- Spam
- Soft shell crab
- Rose harissa
- Catfish
- Mole poblano
- Bagel and lox
- Lobster Thermidor (I was born after the 1970s, so…no)
- Polenta
- Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
- Snake
What food do you wish had made the list and didn’t? Which of these would you never eat? Which of these would you eat over and over again? Go on, food bloggers. You know you want to do the list, too… 
Absinthe. I would drink it every morning and night if I had easy access to it. I would snort it out of shot glasses, all sorts of fun shit like that.
Vegemite should be on the list because once you eat it you would be at peace with death. It may even be more pleasant than the pasty brown stuff coating your tongue.
I was first! HAHAHA you all suck.
Dude, I love jello shots. Don’t hate!
I agree with John about the Vegemite — Im surprised it isn’t on the list, considering that the list came from a Brit.
Katharine, I am proud of you! For one so young, you have amazing courage and a very eclectic palate. You are several items ahead of me on this list.