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.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:20:11 +0000

You’ve definitely got to try some haggis (although I’ve never heard, or come across it in canned form!) I know several Scots at Caltech that could probably score you some Also some black pudding as part of a good fried breakfast is a must have.

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By: jiminy

jiminy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:17:22 +0000

But worth a comment, clearly.

By: Kea

Kea — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:47:02 +0000

Well, I’m pretty sure I’ve tried everything on the list except nettle tea, fugu, Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper, hostess fruit pie (this is a bit American, isn’t it?), roadkill, cigars (though I love cognac), louche absinthe, vodka jelly (yuk, yuk) and Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee – that is 10 items. I was never queasy about the delicacies found on my travels or in my childhood Chinatown. Not really worth a blog post.

By: Jason Dick

Jason Dick — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:45:37 +0000

As a child of the age of 3, I ate snails. Fresh. From my grandparents’ garden. Does that count?

Granted, I don’t even remember it. But it is what it is…a story used by my mother in an attempt to embarrass me.

By: Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:37:52 +0000

Sean, if you’re ever in the Netherlands (specifically coastal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, etc.) make sure you try our raw herring with onions (ask for “Hollandse nieuwe”, which is seasonal, or a “maatje”). Truly delicious, and the best hangover cure.

By: mgary

mgary — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:50:25 +0000

I’m an omnivore, so I should be going for that list, but I’m on a somewhat restricted diet. I’ve had almost as many items on the omnivore list as you, but there are many more I won’t eat at this point. I have eaten pretty much everything on the vegetarian list (I think I saw 2 I hadn’t yet tried, but I have no reason not to), but the vegetarian list seemed pretty tame to me.

By: Sam Gralla

Sam Gralla — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:08:53 +0000

Given that list it’s surprising you haven’t had horse. Try it if you make it to Verona; it is a specialty there. Although it’s kind of a heavy meal for the summer, which is the only time I end up in Italy…

By: jick

jick — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:52 +0000

What, no dogs in the list?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:01:50 +0000

Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee’s on the list? Why? That’s like saying you’ve had starbucks. At least go for a weird coffee, like Cat shit coffee – Kopi Luwak or however you spell it.