Food Meme!

[seawasp]

Ganked from kengr

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. (I'm also crossing out any that, after eating them, I would never try again)


1. Venison (this one's REAL close to the cross-out zone. It's sucked 6 of 6 times I've tried the "but this time it's been prepared RIGHT!" versions. It stays uncrossed because, well, it's MEAT. Honest dead-animal muscle tissue can't suck that badly inherently, can it?)

2. Nettle Tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (well, alligator. Close enough.)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (I think)
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (I've tried a lot of cheeses but I can't say I've tried this one for sure)
17. Black truffle (I think I had something with truffle in it)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes It has alcohol. Ick. Any alcoholic beverages I have marked as "tried" on here are purely because someone insisted that "THIS will taste different!")
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries Thimble berries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries
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
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut Tastes worse than it smells. Ew.
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac
37. Clotted cream
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 (and it's tasty!)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (not nearly so impressive as their rep makes them; I prefer our local Price Chopper for glazed doughnuts)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (I worked there, I know what it's made of. No thanks)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV Beer tastes like rotted grain to begin with, why would having MORE rot-product in it make it better?
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 I actually could taste *something* for a split second other than the detestable alcohol, but the booze wiped the taste out immediately.
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 (And worth every penny. A shame it's almost impossible to get here. I don't trust chunks of beef shipped frozen by mail)
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate (I've had lots of chocolate, I have no idea if Criollo is one of them)
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 (the only coffee fit to drink)
100. Snake

Comments

Venison

[argonel.livejournal.com]

Both the butchering and preparation are important to getting good venison. Even then it does taste different from a lot of meats particularly beef.

Re: Venison

[seawasp]

Yes, I know. And all of them claimed it was done properly.

And of course it tastes DIFFERENT, but I've eaten pig, alligator, sheep and lamb, goat, birds of various types, and none have been so uniformly ew. Goat was the worst overall, I guess, but venison was touted as being not gamy, etc.

Re: Venison

[argonel.livejournal.com]

Incidentally I grew up with venison being the primary meat in our household, so I really like it. Even then I've had some from my father in law that I would charitably call "not good".

I wonder if there isn't a genetic component of taste that is affecting your opinion. similar to the genetic linkage to the flavor of cilantro.

Re: Venison

[claidheamhmor]

Seconded. It's usually very lean, and has to be laced with fat to give it any decent taste.

[mhacdebhandia.livejournal.com]

You forgot to cross out Bellini - it's a cocktail.

[seawasp]

Fixed.

[denelian.livejournal.com]

venison - the ONLY venison i have ever eaten that wasn't "bad" has been either right there, roasted bits while dressing the rest to take home, or in a stew. i canNOT stand any other type of venison. and i've eaten *snake*, make the obligatory "tastes like rabbit - oh, that's because it just *ate* a rabbit" joke.

but whatever in the world can you find offensive in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? there are 40-jillion types of jelly and jam, and half as many types of peanut butter - there has to be *some* combo you like! no, really, i think this is a Fundamental Law...

Absinthe - the only taste other than "alcohol" (which i agree is a terrible taste - i can only stand a few alcohols, and even then, jello shots are still the best. sigh) is aniseed. black liquorice. oh, i have a friend that *swears* she can taste the wormwood, but i'm pretty sure that's just the alcohol, or maybe the *effects* - the aniseed is pretty damned potent. i actually generally can NOT taste the alcohol over the aniseed, and am sort of surprised you were able. but, honestly, it's costs too damn much for not much effect, so meh.

seriously - PN&J!?!?!? UNAMERICAN! i bet there's a clause in the Constitution about it, or at least the Patriot Act!!! (this is a joke)

[denelian.livejournal.com]

this is also a typo - sign. PB&J

[seawasp]

I like peanut butter. I like (many) jellies. The two together are ... ick. Sorta the opposite of peanut butter and chocolate.

Anything over about 1% alcohol tastes the same to me -- like alcohol. The business end of a hospital thermometer. It's a completely dominant taste and shuts off the tastebuds almost instantly until cleared away.

[denelian.livejournal.com]

huh. that is odd; i wonder why? interesting. that's why i hate beer and most wine, btw - all i can taste is the alcohol. there are SOME drinks that i can tolerate, but not most.

[mhacdebhandia.livejournal.com]

I actually loathe peanut butter, although I ate it as a very young child.

The only form in which I consume peanuts is in satay sauce, and even there I prefer the drier, peanut-as-spice satay than the goopy-sauce-with-bits-of-nut version.

[denelian.livejournal.com]

! not liking PEANUTS!?!?

wow. i eat peanuts like... i eat peanuts like some people eat chips. i just... i can't imagine not eating peanuts...

[mhacdebhandia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I pretty much loathe the taste of all nuts. I dislike a lot of foods, though, to be honest.

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

I'll pass on all the shellfish and seafood( highly allergic to most for some reason ( , but the Wasabi Peas arent bad at all :)

[guy-jin.livejournal.com]

nettle tea? sounds sadistic.

[kengr]

Like nettles prepared as a veggie, you change the water several times to to get rid of the formic acid.

[kengr]

#17 the parenthetical comment was a comment by me, not part of the meme
#22 the list of berries was a comment about which ones I've had

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

I am so glad to find someone who also dislikes the taste of alcohol in general. I detest most beer and wine, plus the frou-frou crap like wine coolers; if I'm going to drink, it's going to be a good Scotch or Whiskey. Usually straight-up, because if you have to swallow it, you ain't drinking real booze.

(This got me a declaration of eternal love from a prior-enlisted gentleman I used to work with, actually.)

(Okay, I also like Bailey's, hard cider, and several Linganore / Berrywine Plantation products.)

[seawasp]

Major difference. To me, there IS no difference in flavor between Bailey's, hard cider, beer, wine, white lightning, etc. They all taste exactly the same -- maybe, for things like absinthe or strong mixed drinks like pina coladas, with a very brief flash of some other flavor -- and that's like rubbing alcohol. The stuff you use to disinfect wounds? That's what they all taste like. The only way I can tell them apart is by things like "beer fizzes, wine doesn't, and the stronger drinks STING more."

[claidheamhmor]

Very interesting that. I'm no huge fan of alcohol - it makes me feel sleepy and a little ill in any quantity, but I do like the taste of some.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, the only venison I've had was when I mistook the ground meat patties in my boyfriend's freezer for hamburger and made them into a spaghetti sauce. :) We were both perplexed by the flavor -- definitely meat, but not beef -- until I told him which "hamburger" I'd used. Apparently, one of his neighbors shot a deer and gave the patties to my BF.

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

I have to say that the only way I enjoy venison is as jerky. OTOH, kangaroo is delicious!

[aardy.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, you can find the original list as the Omnivore's 100 at the Very Good Taste blog. There's even a FAQ about the list and some analysis of many of the initial responses the list's creator received.

Oh, and a bias warning-- I'm one of the folks who submitted suggestions that made it onto the final list. :-)