Exotic Foods Meme

Poached from my dear clothes_slut


1) Bold those you have tried
2) Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
2a) Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
2b) Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.


1. Venison (backstrap is mmm mmm good)
2. Nettle tea****
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare (okay, but I prefer tuna tartare)
5. Crocodile (but I've had 'gator)*****
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 - "No one respects hot dog vendors more than I. They perform one of our society's few worthwhile services."
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (only once. can't even recall the flavor)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (dandelion, apple, muscadine, blueberry, blackberry and cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras (not my thing, though I'll have a hit if it's choice and fresh)
24. Rice and beans (every Monday in New Orleans)
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (it was a bet. I won. my ass did not)
27. Dulce de leche (oh, how I love this stuff)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas (Favorite bar snack!)
32. Clam chowder
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (my only meal at Palmer's in Mid City)
42. Whole insects (chocolate ants. once.)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (got my favorite sushi master loaded during the lunch rush one day. he said to never tell anyone I got it there. I think that lunch cost me a hundred bucks. for just me. and the booze.)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (a couple of different ways, but I prefer Japanese BBQ style)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (can anyone say "uni?"
51. Prickly pear (this is up for debate. I've tried many things that people call by this name, including mirlitons)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (I prefer dirty vodka, however)
58. Beer above 8% ABV (all the way up to barleywine)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads* (alas, no. just haven't gotten to that stop yet)
63. Kaolin**** (simethicone, yes, but not this stuff)
64. Currywurst (just didn't sit right with me, and I fucking LOVE wurst)
65. Durian**
66. Frogs’ legs (are you kidding? I'm a Cajun)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (uhm, hello? Beignets? Cafe au lait?)
68. Haggis**(but I've always wanted to)
69. Fried plantain (both the "mushy" and the crispy-fried)
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho (I can down obscene amounts of gazpacho)
72. Caviar and blini (I adore caviar. it's something my daughter just picked up from me)
73. Louche absinthe (I still don't see the fuss. even the high grade has a distinctly...herbescent {?} flavor that is strange for liquor. don't get me wrong, i'll still drink it.)
74. Gjetost, or brunost****
75. Roadkill (but I have had the opportunity)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (different styles, too)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Toam yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (love this stuff)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (four-star actually) 
85. Kobe beef (I'd like to try this again. My first go was rather small even though it was quite good)
86. Hare (if I didn't know better, I'd say this hossenfeffer tasted just like carrots)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate (meh. I prefer 80%+ dark)
91. Spam (but I can't stand the stuff)
92. Soft shell crab  (oh, let me count the ways)
93. Rose harissa*** < (harissa, but not rose harissa)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano (mmmmmmole)
96. Bagel and lox (if I had to have one breakfast for the rest of my days, this is it)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (fresh from my brother's trip to the arid mountain jungles)
100. Snake (rattler, to be precise)