Date: 2008-08-15 20:22 Subject: Omnivore's 100 Meme Security: Public

Instructions:
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.
(go to the original post for Wikipedia links if you don't know what something is)
4) italicize ones you haven't eaten but WANT TO TRY
5) Leave the ones you haven't tried, but are indifferent about

( long list )

Wow. There are only a dozen things on here I haven't tried and they include the Jamaican coffee (hate coffee!) and the cigar with cognac (hate smoke!). The others I either didn't know you could eat (kaolin? the white clay?) or mostly have never heard of (bagna cauda? phaal?). Otherwise, yeah, I can and do eat everything.

Some notable things I find *missing* from the list if it is trying to be multicultural and broad-based:

spam sushi
fresh-picked morel mushrooms
lotus root
deep-fried twinkies (or oreos)
bacon-flavoured chocolate
...