Saturday, August 24, 2013

Ken's Omnivore's top 100 from 2009

Back in 2009 Ken PD Snydecast #93: The Fugu Gourmet covered a list called The Omnivore's top 100.

The list covered 100 foods that all omnivores should try.

Dana posted his results here on the blog and promised that Ken's answers would also be posted (they never were.)

Here are the foods Ken had tried:
7. Cheese fondue
9. Borscht
13. PB&J sandwich
15. Hot dog from a street cart
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
24. Rice and beans
29. Baklava
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (Dana gave him a "yes" on this because Ken once had a cigar)
39. Gumbo
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
60. Carob chips (Dana said this was a "yes" even though Ken said "no")
61. S’mores
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
91. Spam


Here are the foods Ken had never tried:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
8. Carp
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
14. Aloo gobi
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
23. Foie gras
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Dana gave us an update listing the foods he tried since 2009. You can read that here. Hopefully we will have Ken's update soon!

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