How Have We Not Talked About This?

The universe, aka my brother, revealed the Omnivore's Top 100 List to me this weekend, and I am flabbergasted that I have never been exposed to this before!! How genius to give purpose to adventurous eating. As if I wasn't inspired enough by writing about eating for you, I have even more motivation. I have a feeling we will be discussing this far into the future of my eating/blogging.

I've been engaged with a local list, San Francisco's own 7x7 The Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die with near obsessive enthusiasm. My first pass at the list, I had only encountered 5 of SF's top treats! As you can imagine, either based on my OCD when it comes to lists, or because the idea of a food challenge that results in tasting the best of SF regardless whether I win or lose, I have been at this full throttle. I'm up to 9/100. I'm actually shocked we haven't already talked about this. I'll be sure to devote some time to this list exclusively in the near future.

Now, Omnivore's list is much more achievable. And affordable. I tried to find the original original list, which I believe is the following from the Very Good Taste blog. They even suggest that food bloggers post the list on their pages and highlight the foods consumed. I've actually done that below.

What this really makes me want to do is establish my own list, a self indulgence for sure but one that I could spend the rest of my life basking in the glow of finishing and thoroughly enjoying. I can't say I'm eager to try Haggis off the Omnivore's list but I must because it's on the list.

The Omnivore's Hundred
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
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
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
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
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (I’ve done a tasting menu at Aqua, which is a 2-starred Michelin restaurant!)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
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

63 isn't too bad, but it's fun to imagine the challenge of those other 37!