everyone has been posting about this lately (including lana), and I can’t help it – I’m a sucker for lists about food – so I’m posting it too. I’m also about midway through the omnivore’s dilemma, so I’m all about food right now.

The idea originated over at Very Good Taste – a list of 100 things that Very Good Taste thinks everyone should try at least once in their lifetime. I was surprised at home many things on this list I got to say “yes!” to, but also thought of a few more things I would add to this list (or trade from some of my ‘no way!’ items if I could). See below for my additions.

Here’s what you do:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison – let’s say this was a one time thing
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare – definitely interesting
5. Crocodile – and alligator, too.
6. Black pudding *gag*
7. Cheese fondue – yum!
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich – only when I was very little. There’s no way I could eat one today, I’m a jam-hater.
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes – Apricot wine, Grand Pre
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans – my favourite comfort food
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper – yowza!
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 – moutai!
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict – ugh hollandaise, *shudder*.
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (Time to finally get that reservation at the French Laundry! Or maybe Per Se). Separate note: Why the heck doesn’t canada have ANY michelin stars? Discuss.
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

Things I would add (a little list, though I’m sure I could think of more) – and that I have already eaten:

1. dragon fruit
2. falafel
3. kimchi
4. scallops! (which coincidentally, I don’t like, but I think they should be on the list of things everyone should try once anyhow)
5. screech
6. bubble tea with tapioca pearls
7. scapes
8. cheese curds
9. zaatar
10. mangosteen
11. mochi, ice cream or not.
12. rambutan
13. bitterballen

the mighty return of our organics delivery, originally uploaded by mintyfresh.

thank goodness! we have veggies again!

of course, it’s not like we haven’t had veggies for oh, the past four weeks, but not these veggies. Nicely delivered, organic and odd (lemon cucumbers?) yumminess.

Now to make something delicious with them….

Scuba, originally uploaded by lisacat.

We are missing foster cats over here at our new house these days, and as we get everything ready to have some new little critters run about, I’ve been cruising the web, in search of cute kitties to fill the gap.

One things that always keeps me going in the ‘in-betweens’ is Mihow‘s Tuesdays with Murray. Every week we get to read a story about Murray’s weekly adventures, but this week, it’s all about the people who loved Murray into the kitty he is today and their new project, the Empty Cages Collective, in Brooklyn, NY.

It struck a chord with me, not only because we now live in stray central, but because we have hand fed, held close and loved to bits all of the little orphan kittens and strays that we’ve had luck to bring home with us and know how good it feels to see them get loved, and brought to good health, and taken care of.

Michele explains it better than I ever could, so you should go there to read her post. It’s so nice to see good people doing good things for creatures who don’t often get as much love as they deserve.