The best North American foods meme!

The best North American foods meme!

If you do this, post it in a comment (or post the link to yours!)--at least tell me your thoughts!

I will bold the foods I've eaten, strike out the ones I refuse to eat, link to those I've already TJOC'd. I think most of these are in TJOC but I haven't made them yet (which makes sense because TJOC is such an American classic). Don't think about the underlining because I picked that up from the blog I found the meme on...and couldn't figure out how to undo it :)

I did this for the first time two years ago, I thought there would be great changes in the meantime!


1. New York pizza--I would say you can only count this if you've actually eaten it in New York!
2. Hoppin' John--surprisingly good!
3. New Mexico green chile--absolutely impossible to live in CO, land of green chiles, and not have had it.
4. Homemade buttermilk biscuits
5. Tasso--thank you frequent trips to NOLA!
6. Whole Maine lobster
7. Calabash-style shrimp and hushpuppies (I've had hushpuppies but not the shrimp)
8. Kansas City barbecue ribs--in KC, of course :)
9. Hot glazed Krispy Kreme--not a huge fan though--I like yeast doughnuts better than cake doughnuts.
10. San Diego fish tacos
11. Cheese curds (in the holy land of cheese curds...Wisconsin!)
12. Key lime pie (Florida!)
13. Philly cheese steak--I've never had one because I don't like Cheez-Whiz or onions.
14. Memphis pork barbecue sandwich--obviously I've had a pork barbecue sandwich but not a "Memphis" one
15. Lowcountry boil
16. Huckleberry pie
17. New England clam chowder
18. Boiled peanuts--although I'm not sure why...I don't think they are particularly good
19. Buffalo (Bison) burger
20. Eggs Benedict
21. Pastrami on rye
22. Corned beef and cabbage
23. Pancakes with maple syrup
24. Everything bagel with cream cheese and tomato
25. Thin Mints
26. Frito pie -- I don't care for Fritos
27. Potato knish with mustard
28. Silver Queen corn on the cob - good chance I've tried it, but I'm not really up on my various corn varieties (this was the previous blogger's comment but I totally agree)
29. Soft pretzel from a street cart
30. Fresh-picked blueberries--Yum!
31. Sourwood honey
32. State fair funnel cake
33. Chesapeake crab cakes
34. Candied yams
35. Oyster dressing--this IS in TJOC though
36. Snow cone or snowball
37. Wild Alaskan salmon
38. Sautéed more
39. Persimmon pudding
40. General Tso's Chicken
41. Frozen custard
42. Italian sausage with peppers and onions on a hoagie bun
43. Chili dogs--I went through a 15-year no hot dog era so I don't think I ever have had a chili dog
44. Buffalo wings with blue cheese
45. Spam musubi --I should have eaten this in Japan! I certainly saw it
46. Saltwater taffy--both 46 and 47 are thanks to Jennifer and her family :)
47. Fluffernutter sandwich on Wonder Bread
48. Black and white cookie
49. Frybread
50. BLT with thick-cut applewood bacon
51. Baked beans
52. Pumpkin pie
53. Collards with vinegar and Tabasco
54. Tex-Mex fajitas with skirt steak and sautéed peppers
55. Fried green tomatoes--in TJOC
56. Succotash --in TJOC
57. Shrimp and grits (in TJOC)
58. Hot water cornbread--what is this?
59. Barbecue chicken pizza with red onions--I think this is in TJOC
60. Chicken fried steak--my favorite hangover dish!
61. Carnitas burrito
62. Apple butter
63. Geoduck
64. Soft-serve ice cream cone dipped in chocolate shell--A Dairy Queen specialty, although I don't care for the hard shell
65. Pecan pie--my uncle made a particularly delicious version!
66. Catfish supper at a church or fire station--thank you last year's Lent!
67. Oysters Rockefeller--I learned I don't like Oysters Rockefeller when Rachel and I ordered it at the Court of the Two Sisters in New Orleans :)
68. Homemade cranberry sauce--Of course! What American hasn't?
69. Pimento cheese
70. MoonPie washed down with R.C. Cola--I've had both, but not together
71. Pickled watermelon rind
72. Cracker Jacks at the ball game
73. Smithfield ham
74. Meatloaf and mashed potato blue plate special at diner
75. Chicken and waffles
76. Po'Boy with many napkins --in New Orleans
77. Green bean casserole with French's fried onions
78. Stuffed sopaipillas
79. Turducken
80. Shad roe on toast--not on toast
81. Sweet potato casserole with or without marshmallows
82. Cioppino--nope, although I should have had it when I was in San Francisco
83. New York cheesecake
84. Pan-fried river trout
85. Jambalaya
86. North Carolina pig pickin'
87. California rolls--in both the US and Japan
88. Burgoo--in TJOC
89. Penuche fudge
90. Fried peanut butter and banana sandwich
91. Scrapple or livermush
92. Elk medallions in red wine reduction
93. Muscadine grapes
94. Cheeseburger at backyard barbecue
95. Open-face turkey sandwich
96. Chicago deep dish pizza
97. Cobb salad--the least healthy "salad"
98. Peach pie a la mode
99. Macaroni and cheese
100. Root beer float

TOTAL
Eaten: Was 54, now 61
Won't Try: 0
Left to try: 39

And I linked to a ton more that weren't linked to previously! Where are you at?

New food meme!

I am behind in blogs (what's new, right?). So keep checking old blogs or add me on Facebook and I'll update when I go through an updating binge.

Some questions for you! Please answer :) I'm begging! How many of you read this blog from a blog reader? That's one thing I always wonder. And how did you find my blog? How long have you been reading?

A reader was recently pointing out that I never write about myself. That's true for a couple reasons: I don't have a very interesting personal life and I hear too many horror stories about people getting fired for their blogs. Do you want to hear anything about my life outside the kitchen? Or are you here entirely for the cooking?

Here is a meme (actually, several memes, formed into one):

1. Can you cook? If yes, do you like to cook?
Sure! I'm beginning to be a pretty good cook. And I do like cooking. Which is a good thing when you are cooking through a cookbook with a bazillion recipes in it.

2. When do you eat with your whole family?
On holidays. Unless you are talking about just Josh and I, we eat together about half the time.

3. What do you eat for breakfast?
Nothing. I haven't consistently eaten breakfast since I had a say in the matter. I don't like eating in the morning.

4. When, where and how do you eat on weekdays?
I love eating lunch out, just my book and me. But now that we are having monatary issues, I limit eating out to once a week. Most of the time I just eat dinner (I have a really slow metabolism and I'm not hungry most of the time) but sometimes I eat lunch too.

5. How often do you eat out (in a restaurant)?
As often as possible. A few times a week for dinner, more for lunch, when we aren't having money issues :)

6. How often do you order delivery/take-out?
We live a block out of the delivery range for most restaurants, so we rarely get it. There is an AMAZING pizza place in town, so we get pizza take-out at least once every two weeks.

7. Regarding no. 5 and 6: Say there weren’t financial reasons would you do this more often?
Absolutely!

8. Are there any “standard dishes” you serve regularly?
Sure. I make tortilla soup all the time. My blue cheese dressing is requested by everyone I know. I make pasta a lot (like a good Italian-American). I, like my mother and grandmother, make a great pork roast and roasted potatoes.

9. Have you ever cooked for more than 6 persons?
Yes! I've done Thanksgiving for the last three years and my graduation dinner was for nine.

10. Do you cook every day?
No, although I do cook a lot of days.

11. Have you ever tried recipes from blogs?
Yes, although not often. I tend to cook from cookbooks or magazines a lot more frequently.

12. Who cooks more frequently at your home?
Me.

13. And who cooks better?
Probably me :)

14. Do you cook totally different compared to your mother/parents?
No, not really.

15. If yes, do you nevertheless eat at your parents?
Absolutely! They are absolutely terrific cooks.

16. Are you a vegetarian or could you imagine being one?
No and no. It would be challenging to be a vegetarian meat scientist. I eat a lot of vegetarian meals but I feel sorry for people who don't eat meat every time I have a delicious BLT.

17. What would you like to cook which you haven’t dared to make yet?
A souffle. I'm just too scared to make one at high altitude. Are they difficult?

18. Do you prefer cooking or baking?
Baking, hands down, but not in Colorado. I like to measure and I like precision, so baking is my thing. In fact, I like the sort of baking that requires absolute precision and measurement--candy-making.

19. What is your greatest misery in the kitchen?
Washing those damn dishes. And we don't have nearly enough counter space.

20. What do you dislike?
Foodwise? I hate bell peppers. I also can't stand canned tuna--it actually makes my stomach roll to think about tuna.
And another :)

21. What’s your #1 comfort food? Right now it's tortilla soup with homemade tortilla chips. I gorge myself. I also love stuffed artichokes. Esp. stuffed baby artichokes.

22. If you were on a deserted island, what one food would you want to have with you? Fresh, potable water, so I didn't die of dehydration. Is that too practical of an answer?

23. What is/are your signature dishes? (What dishes are you ‘known’ for?) Blue cheese dressing, as boring as that is. Honestly, this dressing can make dyed-in-the-wool blue cheese haters believe.

24. It’s Friday night, you don’t know what to cook. You opt for…Ordering in a pizza.

25. What’s your biggest weakness when it comes to food? Soda. I love Coke.

26. What food can you absolutely not eat? I posted above what I don't like. What I can not eat is most fruit, since I'm allergic to it. I want to eat pineapple and mango but I can't. My allergist thinks I'm heading right towards deadly fruit allergies and I have to carry an epi-pen around.

27. You need a drink. You grab a….Coke. Or an iced tea. I love iced tea (no sugar, no lemon).

28. What’s the most decadent dish you’ve had? High grade Kobe beef teppanyaki in Tokyo. It was amazing. And ladies in kimono served us.

29. What’s your favorite type of food? Italian, if my family is making it. French, if we are at a restaurant.

30. Favorite dish? Depends on my mood!

31. If your partner could take you to any restaurant you wanted, which one would it be? Depends on the city! Here in Fort Collins, I would choose The Melting Pot. In Des Moines I would choose Django (terrific French food!). In Chicago, The Russian Tea Room (my favorite restaurant of all time). I could name off my favorite place in almost every city I've spent a significant chunk of time in.

32. Are you a soup or salad person? Soup, soup, soup. I love soup.

33. Buffet, take-out or sit-down restaurant? I've taken a lot of food microbiology classes and they've frightened me away from buffets. Plus, I'm not a binge eater, so I don't really require the amount of variety that buffets offer. I don't like eating at fast food restaurants or any place that reminds me of a fast food restaurant, so I always take those away. I like sit-down restaurants the best.

34. What’s the most impressive dinner you’ve ever made? I don't know. I think my graduation dinner was pretty impressive. So was this New Year's Eve. (Look them up!)

35. Do you consider yourself a good cook? I do. And I'm getting better all the time.

36. Do you know what vichyssoise is? I sure do! A French potato-leek soup, usually served cold. I like it but I like it hot (I'm not that into cold soups). My Uncle Denny makes a great version of it.

37. Who’s your favorite TV cook? I don't watch cooking shows (the how-to type).

38. Can you name at least three TV cooking personalities? Sure. But could I name three I like? Anthony Bourdain, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay. I love Top Chef and Top Chef Masters. I have a strange addiction to The Next Food Network Star, even though I'm very unlikely to ever watch the winner's show. On the Food Network I like Chopped.

39. Homemade or homemade from a box? Homemade for most things. I will admit to relying on canned frosting most of the time and boxed Kraft macaroni and cheese hits a very special comfort food spot for me. I think I eat far less boxed foods than most people--I could easily live without a microwave. I pretty much only use ours to melt butter for recipes.

***If you decide to do this meme on your own blog, please let me know in the comments and link back***

Random questions with Jessica

This is going to be one of those very rare non-cooking related posts--I will warn you in advance!

I'm behind in posting again so keep checking back--I have at least 3 blog posts to go.

First off, if anyone has any new questions to ask me, please ask! I'll add the questions to my FAQ's if they are TJOC related.

I have hit 50 followers on TJOTJOC which blows my mind! And I would love to know more about you guys. I'm going to randomly answer some questions and I love you to answer them too. When I hit 200 followers on Facebook or 100 followers on the blog, I will give away another copy of TJOC.

1. Favorite restaurant of all time: Russian Tea-time in Chicago. I've actually managed to drag almost all of my friends. Their black currant tea is amazing and all of their sugar cubes are made in-house!

2. Favorite chain restaurant: The Melting Pot. Since they are franchises, they are all slightly different, but I love them. I love fondue and I think TMP is fun. In fact, we are heading there for Josh's birthday tonight!

3. Favorite food of all time: Always a difficult question. My grandmother's ravioli was so good it could run you for all other ravioli. She also made amazing Easter bread.

4. Favorite comfort food: As an Italian-American, I love pasta and it absolutely is comfort food. I also love tortilla soup with homemade tortilla chips and I make a terrific rice pudding. Stuffed artichokes--my grandmother always made them and they remind me of her. I make them pretty frequently.

5. Least favorite spice: I recently learned that I don't like saffron, which is just as well since it's so expensive. I also don't like cinnamon, which puts me in a rare group of people.

6. Tea or coffee? Pepsi or coke? I love tea (hot and cold, green, black, or herbal, tea in all forms). I don't drink coffee. I love Coke (the drink, not the drug) and can't stand Pepsi--it's just too sweet for me.

7. Favorite candy? I'm not big into candy, believe it or not. I LOVE chocolate covered cashews. I also love homemade marshmallows.

8. Favorite alcoholic drink? I love Bloody Marys. I love Chocolatinis. Beerwise, I love fruit lambics, espacially Lindeman's Lambic Cassis. I love fruit beers like Abita Strawberry or Leinie's Berryweiss.

9. Have you ever hosted a meal for more than 6 people? Well, sort of. This Thanksgiving I cooked about 80% of the food and we had 6 people, which is the most I have ever cooked for. It was at mom's house, so I didn't officially host it. I'm looking forward to one day hosting a dinner party!

10. Do you prefer baking or cooking? Baking, absolutely. I like measuring and I like precision (I am a scientist after all). I love making candy, which is the ultimate in precision cooking. I don't like baking at high-altitude because half the time my food doesn't turn out right which is very frustrating.

Now your turn! You don't have to answer all the questions and if you ask new ones, I will edit the post to answer them :)

To do list meme

I am amazingly behind in posting again because I have been so busy--but I have cooked a lot, so keep your eyes peeled (possibly the most disgusting metaphor ever) for new posts (which will be backdated like always).

As most of you know, I almost never do meme's on this blog because it's a food blog and I figure you don't care. But I really adored this list and I would love to know what the rest of you have done. (I stole this from http://littlestorydesigns.blogspot.com/ )

I've bolded the ones I've done.
1. Started your own blog--and here it is!
2. Slept under the stars--although it's difficult in Iowa, too many bugs in the summer.
3. Played in a band--sure! Oh, you mean a rock band? Well, I've been in concert band and marching band, close enough :)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower --awesome but no
6. Given more than you can afford to charity--pretty much every Christmas.
7. Been to Disneyworld/Disneyland--when your grandparents live in FL, this is a given
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables--I hate gardening but I love gardens
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train--I've even had a sleeper car :)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you were not ill--sorry high school!
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors--and it was amazing! I would like to go to some of the other birthplaces
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke--this is the least likely to happen on this whole list
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling--second least likely to happen. I hate breathing when I'm underwater
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater--although I live about three blocks from one
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class--just one!
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check--only once.
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar--I have several caviar stories :)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been laid off from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book--this is one of my major life goals
81. Visited the Vatican--three items on this list ticked off from one visit to Rome!
82. Bought a brand new car--only ever had new-to-me
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake--seen it but never swam in it
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

The best North American foods meme

The best North American foods meme!

If you do this, post it in a comment (or post the link to yours!)--at least tell me your thoughts!

I will bold the foods I've eaten, strike out the ones I refuse to eat, link to those I've already TJOC'd. I think most of these are in TJOC but I haven't made them yet (which makes sense because TJOC is such an American classic). Don't think about the underlining because I picked that up from the blog I found the meme on...and couldn't figure out how to undo it :)


1. New York pizza--I would say you can only count this if you've actually eaten it in New York!
2. Hoppin' John--surprisingly good!
3. New Mexico green chile
4. Homemade buttermilk biscuits
5. Tasso
6. Whole Maine lobster
7. Calabash-style shrimp and hushpuppies (I've had hushpuppies but not the shrimp)
8. Kansas City barbecue ribs--in KC, of course :)
9. Hot glazed Krispy Kreme--not a huge fan though--I like yeast doughnuts better than cake doughnuts.
10. San Diego fish tacos
11. Cheese curds (in the holy land of cheese curds...Wisconsin!)
12. Key lime pie (Florida!)
13. Philly cheese steak--I've never had one because I don't like Cheez-Whiz or onions.
14. Memphis pork barbecue sandwich--obviously I've had a pork barbecue sandwich but not a "Memphis" one
15. Lowcountry boil
16. Huckleberry pie
17. New England clam chowder
18. Boiled peanuts--although I'm not sure why...I don't think they are particularly good
19. Buffalo (Bison) burger
20. Eggs Benedict
21. Pastrami on rye
22. Corned beef and cabbage
23. Pancakes with maple syrup
24. Everything bagel with cream cheese and tomato
25. Thin Mints
26. Frito pie -- I don't care for Fritos
27. Potato knish with mustard
28. Silver Queen corn on the cob - good chance I've tried it, but I'm not really up on my various corn varieties (this was the previous blogger's comment but I totally agree)
29. Soft pretzel from a street cart
30. Fresh-picked blueberries--Yum!
31. Sourwood honey
32. State fair funnel cake
33. Chesapeake crab cakes
34. Candied yams
35. Oyster dressing--this IS in TJOC though
36. Snow cone or snowball
37. Wild Alaskan salmon
38. Sautéed more
39. Persimmon pudding
40. General Tso's Chicken
41. Frozen custard
42. Italian sausage with peppers and onions on a hoagie bun
43. Chili dogs--I went through a 15-year no hot dog era so I don't think I ever have had a chili dog
44. Buffalo wings with blue cheese
45. Spam musubi --I should have eaten this in Japan! I certainly saw it
46. Saltwater taffy--both 46 and 47 are thanks to Jennifer and her family :)
47. Fluffernutter sandwich on Wonder Bread
48. Black and white cookie
49. Frybread
50. BLT with thick-cut applewood bacon
51. Baked beans
52. Pumpkin pie
53. Collards with vinegar and Tabasco
54. Tex-Mex fajitas with skirt steak and sautéed peppers
55. Fried green tomatoes--in TJOC
56. Succotash --in TJOC
57. Shrimp and grits (in TJOC)
58. Hot water cornbread--what is this?
59. Barbecue chicken pizza with red onions--I think this is in TJOC
60. Chicken fried steak--my favorite hangover dish! And in TJOC!
61. Carnitas burrito
62. Apple butter
63. Geoduck
64. Soft-serve ice cream cone dipped in chocolate shell--A Dairy Queen specialty, although I don't care for the hard shell
65. Pecan pie--my uncle made a particularly delicious version!
66. Catfish supper at a church or fire station
67. Oysters Rockefeller--I learned I don't like Oysters Rockefeller when Rachel and I ordered it at the Court of the Two Sisters in New Orleans :)
68. Homemade cranberry sauce--Of course! What American hasn't?
69. Pimento cheese
70. MoonPie washed down with R.C. Cola--I've had both, but not together
71. Pickled watermelon rind
72. Cracker Jacks at the ball game
73. Smithfield ham
74. Meatloaf and mashed potato blue plate special at diner
75. Chicken and waffles
76. Po'Boy with many napkins --in New Orleans
77. Green bean casserole with French's fried onions
78. Stuffed sopaipillas
79. Turducken
80. Shad roe on toast--not on toast
81. Sweet potato casserole with or without marshmallows
82. Cioppino--nope, although I should have had it when I was in San Francisco
83. New York cheesecake
84. Pan-fried river trout
85. Jambalaya
86. North Carolina pig pickin'
87. California rolls--in both the US and Japan
88. Burgoo--in TJOC
89. Penuche fudge
90. Fried peanut butter and banana sandwich
91. Scrapple or livermush
92. Elk medallions in red wine reduction
93. Muscadine grapes
94. Cheeseburger at backyard barbecue
95. Open-face turkey sandwich
96. Chicago deep dish pizza
97. Cobb salad--the least healthy "salad"
98. Peach pie a la mode
99. Macaroni and cheese
100. Root beer float

TOTAL
Eaten: 54
Won't Try: 0
Left to try: 46

Omnivore's 100 Meme

If you do this on a blog, link it back to me so I can read it! And it's interesting--I don't know what some of these are and other foods are in TJOC, I just haven't got to them yet.

If you don't have a blog, count up your numbers in the comments! I would love to know!

And I double posted tonight so check both entries :)


How the Omnivore's 100 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: Post a comment at Very Good Taste, linking to your results.

(53/100) My Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black Pudding
7. Cheese Fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush -- I LOVE BG and I've made the TJOC version :)
11. Calamari--every Christmas we make a BIG batch!
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi--my favorite Indian food! And I've made the TJOC version :)
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (in Tokyo)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns --and I don't like them!
20. Pistachio ice cream--and I don't like it, although I LOVE pistachios....
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries--sure, I've battled the briars for tasty berries :) I love berries!
23. Foie gras --I'm not a fan
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I would probably die!)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava--I love baklava!
30. Bagna cauda--anchovies!
31. Wasabi peas--I love wasabi and I love peas but the combo...not so much
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl --thank you Emily--ate this in San Fransisco :)
33. Salted lassi (i'd much rather have a mango lassi--what's a salted lassi?)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float--sounds great right now!
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (Cognac, yes. Fat cigar, no)
37. Clotted Cream Tea--I've had milk tea in Japan, but not clotted cream
38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O (huge fan of jello shots!)
39. Gumbo --the best was with Rachel in New Orleans!
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (this is actually in TJOC--I just haven't got there yet)
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more--sounds great!
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin--really pretty good if it's super fresh (a plus of living next to the Tsukiji fish market!
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi--really sour
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (not in almost a decade)--oddly, I never have
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini --if only it said vodka--I don't like gin!
58. Beer above 8% ABV--the best kind of beer!
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores--even made them with homemade marshmallows!
62. Sweetbreads--in Laredo Texas on a research project
63. kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs--bizarrely, I ate this in China
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (all of 'em!--I love beignets--here I come, Erin!)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain--I LOVE fried plantains although I haven't made them in years
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - Beluga caviar from Russia with my aunts :)
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill (I have a feeling I will never eat this...)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie--sadly
78. Snail--Yum!
79. Lapsang Souchong
80. Bellini--I love Bellinis and Mimosas
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky--many many flavors while I was in Japan (and I have milk, blueberry, and Brazilian pudding Pocky on my table right now)
84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu
85. Kobe beef--thank you Japan!
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers --if Lavender counts
89. Horse--sure have
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam--I've seen it made, been to the museum, everything
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta--thank you Mom!
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake