100 foods to try before you die

I love these sorts of lists!   Here we go, I will comment on those I have eaten.   How many have you done?

1. Venison  — oh yes.  Love it
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak Tartare — in Tiguana
5. Crocodile  — steaks bought at Borough Market and barbecued at home.  Really enjoyed it.
6. Black pudding — ooh yes, I do like it but can’t think about what it actually contains.
7. Cheese fondue — who hasn’t?
8. Carp
9. Borscht — yes, in London.  Felt I had to as I remember my mum working in a place called “Borscht and Tears”
10. Baba ghanoush — I love middle eastern food.   This is one of my favourites
11. Calamari — if this is on a starter menu it is likely I will chose it
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich — yes, hate it.   Far too sweet
14. Aloo gobi — it is on our regular weekly curry order
15. Hot dog from a street cart — nothing like a dirty dog or burger.   With onions and ketchup
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle — an amazing taste
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes —  Elderberry.   I was horrid homebrew.
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream —  delicious
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries — does our garden count as wild? 
23. Foie gras — yes, but only in small amounts as it is so incredibly rich
24. Rice and beans — yes, on one of our trips to Barbados.  It is a staple out there.
25. Brawn
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet
27. Dulce de Leche — ooh yes, on ice cream
28. Oysters — like eating snot.   And will never try again, heard too many stories of them making people ill.
29. Baklava — again, time spent in the middle east means I adore this pastry.
30. Bagna Cauda
31. Wasabi peas — as much as I love horseradish I cannot eat these, though I have tried several times.
32. Clam chowder
33. Salted lassi — yes, horrid
34. Sauerkraut — ooh yes, love this if it is done properly
35. Root beer float —  oh yes, have tried this but much prefer Coke floats
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea — yummy
38. Vodka jelly shot — *ahem*
39. Gumbo — yes, nice.
40. Oxtail — ewww.   Hate it
41. Curried goat  — indeed.   Ate it because I felt I should, can’t say as I will again.
42. Whole insects —  covered in chocolate.  Ants and crickets.
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk — as ice cream, yes
45. Single malt whisky — I am quite partial to a good Scotch
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala — on a weekly basis
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut — *ahem*
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Aalone
54. Paneer — ew, horrid stuff
55. Big Mac — hate to admit to this one
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin Martini — there is something about a proper dirty gin Martini.   Though not to be drunk in my usual pint
58. Beer above 8% ABV —  fairly certain I have but can’t remember the name of it for the life of me.
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores — yummy
62. Sweetbreads — another thing that you have to eat and not think about.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian —  yes, but hold your nose.
66. Frog’s legs — of course!
67. Beignets — regularly and we now have our own machine.
68. Haggis — with a cooked breakfast in Scotland
69. Fried plantain — again, in Barbados
70. Chitterlings
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini — delicious
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost
75. Roadkill — does squirrel count? 
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess fruit pie
78. Snails — yes, several times in France.   With lots of garlic they are delicious.
79. Lapsang Souchong — I love all things tea.
80. Bellini — one of my favourite cocktails and reminds me of a night out with my friend Anna in London.
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict — never cooked them but have had for breakfast at a friend’s house years ago
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at three star Michelin restaurant
85. Kobe beef — does it count if it is burgered?  In our local restaurant
86. Hare — in a pie recently bought from the local farmer’s market
87. Goulash
88. Flowers  — does hibiscus in Champagne count?
89. Horse — yes, our French restaurant friend gave us some steaks that we barbecued at home.
90. Criollo
91. Spam — shudders.  Yes. 
92. Soft shell crab — fabulous.   Haven’t had it for years though
93. Rose Harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole Pablano
96. Bagel and lox — one of my favourite breakfasts.
97. Lobster Thermidor — in Dubai
98. Polenta — yes, and something I really should get to know more about and use more often.
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
100. Snake

So that makes about 60 out of the 100.   Maybe I should resolve to complete the list by this time next year.