Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food – but a good omnivore should really try it all.
here's what to do:
- bold all the items you’ve eaten.
- cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
the vgt omnivore’s hundred:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- baijiu
- hostess Fruit Pie
- snail
- lapsang souchong
- bellini
- tom yum
- eggs benedict
- pocky
- tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
- kobe beef
- hare
- goulash
- flowers
- horse
- criollo chocolate
- spam
- soft shell crab
- rose harissa
- catfish
- mole poblano
- bagel and lox
- lobster thermidor
- polenta
- jamaican blue mountain coffee
- snake
source: verygoodtaste.co.uk