If The Food Doesn’t Kill You, The Dying Will (Audience Participation Post)
How many of these things have you eaten? I think I count about 27 for me, out of the 50, depending how you interpret some of them.
I have not had Thai, but we have a Thai restaurant right down the street, half a mile or so, where one of my favorite Chinese places used to be. It’s only a matter of time.
Some of them are too weird for me, and they aren’t entirely the ones you might expect. The whole idea of caviar has always weirded me out. I’d be happy to try alligator or kangaroo. Is it strange that I’ve had squid (calamari), but the idea of octopus seems… unappealing to me?
Venison is good. I’ve had it as burgers and in chili. Possibly otherwise that I don’t remember. The burgers were at my uncle’s house way up in Maine when I was a kid, served without telling us what it really was, so we’d eat it without complaint.
I thought the whole list would be “extreme” foods, or else foods widely considered so tasty they aren’t to be missed. I’m surprised it’s more of a mix, and that it’s partly broad categories and partly specific dishes. Odd.
What items would you put on a “try before you die” list of foods?
32. Gator was pretty good—had a gator-kabob at the State Fair.
Before you die… Tamales. Monkey. Dolphin. That’s all I saw missing from the list.
I was surprised to see “American Diner Breakfast on there”, but then I figured that “Proper English Breakfast” and “Fish and Chips” should be on our list.
Posted by Phelps on 12/23 at 02:27 AMGo try the Thai - good stuff!
Posted by jen on 12/23 at 10:29 AMI did the math, and I’ve tried 80% of the items on the list. I could tell that the list was aimed at British readers.
Things I would add? Hmmm… I agree with the tamales… kolaches… pieroges… german red cabbage… paprikash…
I need to think about this some more…
Posted by Beth on 12/23 at 03:00 PM37. And Thai is fantastic.
Posted by Joe R. the Unabrewer on 12/23 at 03:35 PM
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