Saturday, 28 January 2006
0820 - Food meme
Via kinkyturtle:
From this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/50eats_index.shtml The BBC asked people to vote for the top 50 things everyone should try a bite of in their lifetime. Bold the ones you've eaten. (even a bite counts)
The Top 50 Foods to Try
1. Fresh fish 2. Lobster 3. Steak 4. Thai food 5. Chinese food 6. Ice cream 7. Pizza 8. Crab 9. Curry 10. Prawns 11. Moreton Bay Bugs (never heard of 'em) 12. Clam chowder 13. Barbecues (both the real thing and the stuff silly Wisconsinites call barbecue) 14. Pancakes 15. Pasta 16. Mussels 17. Cheesecake 18. Lamb 19. Cream tea (though I'd like to, just from the name) 20. Alligator 21. Oysters 22. Kangaroo 23. Chocolate 24. Sandwiches 25. Greek food 26. Burgers 27. Mexican food 28. Squid 29. American diner breakfast 30. Salmon 31. Venison 32. Guinea pig 33. Shark 34. Sushi (bleagh...I prefer my food cooked, thank you) 35. Paella 36. Barramundi 37. Reindeer 38. Kebab 39. Scallops 40. Australian meat pie (I've wanted to try this ever since reading Terry Pratchett's description) 41. Mango 42. Durian fruit (uhm. Why, exactly?) 43. Octopus 44. Ribs 45. Roast beef 46. Tapas 47. Jerk chicken/pork 48. Haggis 49. Caviar 50. Cornish Pasty
and a special bonus entry, as howardtayler pointed out:
51. Chupaquesos
If you click through to the article, you'll find links to all of them saying just what they are.
In general, I'll eat anything that doesn't eat me first, but there are a few exceptions, mainly vegetables: I can't stand anything slimy, which knocks out tomatoes and okra; carrots are the biggest yuk in existence; and, for some reason, I can't get past the smell of properly prepared crawfish, even though the one time I was able to eat them (by not being able to smell anything), they were yummy.
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Comments:
Your list is very similar to mine... I've never had Tapas, but I have had alligator, paella, octupus, haggis, and caviar.
We need to get Chupaqueso added to this meme.
--Howard Most fo those I wouldn't mind trying...but haggis?! It's surprisingly good. As in, I was very surprised I liked it when I tried it. There is plenty of cooked sushi.
If nothing else, try having some Tamago, which is just cooked egg on sushi rice with a bit of wasabi in the middle, and you can add sushi to the list!
And if you like it, try all the other cooked sushi too!
(And though it sounds pretty plain, Tamago is my all time favourite sushi. Especially at Sushi Shigi where the way he prepares and cuts it, it's a work of art too.) |