Have you seen the list of 100 Foods you should eat before you die on Facebook? (Full list below.) It’s a Lunch Bucket List of apparently random food items that someone with way too much time on their hands thinks people should eat before they die. Some of the items—like snake or sea urchins might speed up that dying process. You literally might eat them right before you die! If you are an aficionado of these less common food staples, I apologize. And . . . seriously?
I just lost my #18 . . . Clean up in Aisle 5!
Apparently sheep penises didn’t make the list. But Haggis did! Haggis is a “kind of savoury pudding containing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver and lungs — see offal); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet [isn’t that bird feed?], spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.” Make sure you use stock, not bonds. I imagine the three hours is critical. Any less than that, and it would probably eat you. Offal doesn’t sound like awful by coincidence. Now, I will admit I have eaten Spam, and I can honestly say that for as far as I know, it’s Haggis in a can. I just don’t want to know.
I am pretty uninteresting when it comes to food. I am a meat and potatoes man, and that pretty much translates to hamburgers and fries, which strangely enough, didn’t make this list. That obviously casts a shadow of invalidity on this whole project.
The claim is that most people have only tried around 20 of these. Now I am by no means a sophisticated gourmand, but I have eaten 30 of these by my count. That could be higher but I don’t know what some of these are.
Absinthe? Does it make the heart grow fonder?
Baba Ghanoush? Isn’t that a producer for the Howard Stern radio show?
Bellini? I drink Bellini tea at Olive Garden, but I doubt that is what they mean.
Jerk chicken . . . it tastes like rubber!
Bird’s nest soup? Does this involve an actual bird’s nest? Yes it does, but that is not the best part. According to Wikipedia, they use the nests of cave swifts, known for saliva nests that produce the unique texture of this soup. I’m sorry, but bird saliva will never be crossed off my lunch bucket list.
I don’t think honey comb refers to the cereal—alas I can’t check that one off.
Mimosa? The drink. Yes. I have drunk mimosas. But I suspect this is something else which I cannot cross off yet. Oh wait . . . “tagliatelle mimosa consists of fresh green tagliatelle, served with tiny yellow fish balls, to resemble mimosa flowers.” Mmmmm. Fish balls. I don’t care what color they are. They are not on MY list.
Lassi? Yogurt drink or dog. You decide.
Octopus? I won’t touch calamari. This is just worse and more of it.
How hungry did the first person to ever eat a frog have to be? Seriously? It’s a frog. I’d rather eat the lily pad. Perhaps with a fine Chianti.
Of course, with enough alcohol, maybe even the sea urchin will start looking good.
Does this really make you hungry? Of course, with those spines, you could save on toothpicks!
100 Foods to Try Before You Die
- Abalone
- Absinthe
- Alligator
- Baba Ghanoush
- Bagel and lox
- Baklava
- Barbecue ribs
- Bellini
- Bird’s Nest Soup
- Biscuits and gravy
- Black Pudding (made from cooked blood)
- Black Truffle
- Borscht (Ukrainian soup made from beetroot)
- Calamari
- Carp
- Caviar
- Cheese fondue
- Chicken and waffles
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Chile Relleno
- Chitterlings/Chitlins
- Churros
- Clam Chowder
- Cognac
- Crabcake
- Crickets
- Currywurst
- Dandelion wine
- Dulce de leche
- Durian (southeast Asian fruit notorious for its ordor)
- Eel
- Eggs benedict
- Fish Tacos
- Foie Gras
- Fresh Spring Rolls
- Fried Catfish
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Fried Plaintain
- Frito Pie
- Frog’s Legs
- Fugu (pufferfish)
- Funnel Cake
- Gazpacho
- Goat
- Goat’s milk
- Goulash
- Gumbo
- Haggis
- Head Cheese
- Heirloom Tomatoes
- Honeycomb
- Hostess Fruit Pie
- Huevos Rancheros
- Jerk Chicken
- Kangaroo
- Key Lime Pie
- Kobe Beef
- Lassi (Indian yogurt drink)
- Lobster
- Mimosa
- MoonPie
- Morel Mushrooms
- Nettle Tea
- Octopus
- Oxtail Soup
- Paella
- Paneer (a cheese)
- Pastrami on Rye
- Pavlova (meringue cake)
- Phaal (curry dish)
- Philly Cheesesteak
- Pho
- Pineapple and cottage cheese
- Pistachio Ice Cream
- Po’ boy
- Pocky
- Polenta
- Prickly Pear
- Rabbit Stew
- Raw Oysters
- Root Beer Float
- S’mores
- Sauerkraut
- Sea Urchin
- Shark
- Snail
- Snake
- Soft Shell Crab
- Som Tam (spicy salad made from shredded unripened papaya)
- Spaetzle (German dumpling or noodle)
- Spam
- Squirrel
- Steak Tartare
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweetbreads
- Tom Yum
- Umeboshi (pickled ume fruits common in Japan, similar to a plum)
- Venison
- Wasabi Peas
- Zucchini Flowers
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