Weird food

I am no Andrew Zimmern, but I have eaten many strange foods in my life. That's why I was so excited when I saw this Ed Kohler post about weird foods. He wants to eat everything on the list and seems to be making a lot of progress. Here's the list with a check mark next to the 63 items I've already tried:


The VGT 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.
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 √

I think between Ed and I we've eaten just about everything on the list....