The Omnivore's One Hundred - A challenge

Ok. Some of the items on this list are a bit daunting - others a no brainer. The UK blog Very Good Taste has issued a challenge. Are you up for it?

Here’s what I want you to do:
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 extra: Post a comment here at http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ linking to your results.

Here is my list.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison - yes. Tom Bennett's house in college. They told me it was steak then Tom leaned over and whispered "How's Bambi?

2. Nettle tea

3. Huevos rancheros - spicy morning goodness - like my eggs scrambled please

4. Steak tartare - Fritzls in Lake Zurich - shared it with my uncle. I loved the spicy mustard and shallots that came with it. Come to think of it - I love ANYTHING with mustard and shallots as a side (pate!)

5. Crocodile

6. Black pudding

7. Cheese fondue - ohhhhh one of my favorites. Started at Geja's at the age of 14 - its been downhill ever since!

8. Carp

9. Borscht - Miss Brandy's borscht - sitting in her lovely abode and slurping her bright pink soup.

10. Baba ghanoush - not loving the eggplant

11. Calamari

12. Pho - Tank Noodle on Argyle.

13. PB&J sandwich - WHO doesn't love it?

14. Aloo gobi1

5. Hot dog from a street cart - I keep breaking my 1 hot dog a year rule. I love hot dogs.

16. Epoisses

17. Black truffle - yum

18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - Blueberry wine from Vermont.

19. Steamed pork buns - WOW BAO and long walks in the blue city

20. Pistachio ice cream

21. Heirloom tomatoes - the only tomato I like

22. Fresh wild berries - sweet strawberries

23. Foie gras - Le Francais for my grandfather's 90th. I would rather eat pate.

24. Rice and beans - like mine soupy and in New Orleans

25. Brawn, or head cheese - I think I accidently ate this in Germany. It was cold and nasty.

26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - do I dare?

27. Dulce de leche - from a spoon!

28. Oysters - Oysters Rockafeller after graduating from Clams Casino. Remember those summer motobike rides? Mmmmmm....

29. Baklava - Deb's baklava

30. Bagna cauda

31. Wasabi peas - make my nose run

32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - I''ll take the bowl

33. Salted lassi

34. Sauerkraut - just starting to appreciate this sourness

35. Root beer float - pass on the root beer

36. Cognac with a fat cigar - I could get into this one but I will take hand rolled cigarittos please

37. Clotted cream tea - yum

38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - New Orleans Bourben Street - '08

39. Gumbo - see above

40. Oxtail

41. Curried goat

42. Whole insects

43. Phaal

44. Goat’s milk - does cheese count?

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more

46. Fugu - risk your life for this one?

47. Chicken tikka masala - Hema's on Oakley.

48. Eel

49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - only warm they suck cold

50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear - prickly pear shakes

52. Umeboshi

53. Abalone

54. Paneer - again Hema's

55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - Big Mac's are just TOO MUCH

56. Spaetzle - my family's comfort food

57. Dirty gin martini

58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Poutine - really bad Poutine in the Montreal airport.

60. Carob chips - a little dusty but not bad

61. S’mores - i hate all marshmellows except burnt ones in this combo

62. Sweetbreads

63. Kaolin

64. Currywurst - Blue's favorite

65. Durian - smelled this in Thailand - reeked right out of the plastic. Heard it tastes like custard

66. Frogs’ legs

67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - yes to all please

68. Haggis - I think Brandy loved this one

69. Fried plantain - these are so good with rice and beans

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

71. Gazpacho - All kinds are wonderful. I remember watermelon gazpacho from that place.

72. Caviar and blini - salty and overrated

73. Louche absinthe - been dying to try this stuff

74. Gjetost, or brunost

75. Roadkill - does eating at the Roadkill cafe in Sturgis count??

76. Baijiu

77. Hostess Fruit Pie - apple.

78. Snail - chewy and lots of garlic and butter

79. Lapsang souchong - lovely tea

80. Bellini - not loving the peach

81. Tom yum - oh yes - just tried this in the last few years. I love coconut milk.

82. Eggs Benedict - scramble the egg

83. Pocky - I remember sharing pocky - could have gone through boxes and boxes. Like the almond chocolate ones.

84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.

85. Kobe beef - Top Australian chef at a lovely Thai restaurant

86. Hare

87. Goulash - Kuhn's for Sunday dinner

88. Flowers - almost too lovely to eat

89. Horse - almost in Montreal. Blue was up for it - I wasn't

90. Criollo chocolate

91. Spam - NO NO NO

92. Soft shell crab - freaks me out. Eating the endoskeleton. But I will eat eggs - go figure

93. Rose harissa

94. Catfish

95. Mole poblano - rain, centro, deserted restaurant. feet out windows

96. Bagel and lox

97. Lobster Thermidor - a version at Vermillion - not a big hit

98. Polenta - oh yes

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - not as great as I thought

100. Snake