Comments on: The Omnivore’s Hundred

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:11:19 +0000

How about Parker Ranch beef from Hawaii’s Big Island? We bought some in a regular grocery store when we stayed on the Big Island, and it was the best beef I’ve ever tasted. (Mind, you, I’ve never had Kobe beef.) But I’ve eaten a lot of really good U.S. beef — the quality you must special order — and it doesn’t compare with what’s sold in a Big Island grocery store.

By: Serge

Serge — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:07:25 +0000

How about
“Eaten and would never consider eating again” ?

By: John R Ramsden

John R Ramsden — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:14:40 +0000

In the UK if you run over a deer or rabbit etc while driving it's technically illegal to take and eat it, but the car behind you is entitled to the spoils. That's possibly a consequence of the medievil forest laws. One thing worth trying is authentic Scottish carrot cake, which is as dense as osmium. As a student I once bought one, and after stupidly and greedily scoffing the lot had to lie down groaning and seriously wondering if my stomach would rupture!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:21:36 +0000

looks like I’ve eaten about 74 or 75 of the 100. Sean if you want Bagna Cauda, I highly recommend the bagna cauda, egg, and guanciale pizza at Mozza hollywood. Great pizza in general, but that one, despite how it might sound, is fantastic.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:15:21 +0000

How about adding human?

It might be possible for a very boring person to have eaten 100/100 on the list above. But anyone who has eaten human has at least one very interesting story.

My wife has eaten roadkill, and there is a chance I have too. (My in-laws hunt deer for venison, and once they hit a deer on the highway and made venison from it too. A deer is a lot of meat, so they freeze leftovers for later. My wife has certainly eaten from the batch, but I don’t know if what I’ve eaten came from that batch or not.)

By: todd

todd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:50:20 +0000

I’m kinda surprised not to see traditional north american backwoods foods like squirrel, crayfish and bear on the list. (yes, yes, and yes)

By: Nick Cross

Nick Cross — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:42:30 +0000

I am surprised you didn’t have Haggis when you came to Edinburgh. If you come again, you should try it, it is not bad at all. Black pudding is also easy to find here, including in the Royal Observatory canteen if you ever visit. Another great Scottish delicacy that you could try is deep fried Mars bar.

A couple of things that I had in China that might be worth adding too are Chou Dofu – bad smelling Tofu (fermented and cooked in the streets in most cities) and kebabed cicadas. You could also get small birds kebabed. The Chou Dofu can be very good. I wouldn’t try the cicadas again though.

By: joulesm

joulesm — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:38:21 +0000

How about chicken feet (one of the few dim sum dishes my friends refuse to try)? It’s actually one of my favorite things.

Durian is gross.

And I don’t think I could ever try roadkill!!

By: TomC

TomC — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:24:49 +0000

At least a couple items on the list (horse in particular) should carry the qualifier “knowingly”.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:25:16 +0000

The list should include raw kibbe.