Apparently this list has been going around for a while but I stumbled upon it at Uncertain Principles. You’re supposed to mark the one’s you’ve eaten and strike through the food you won’t.
1. Venison (with huckleberry sauce. Yum)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (I despise eggs)
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (if you can get good cuts of meat, this stuff is great)
13. PB&J sandwich (who hasn’t)
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 (fixed many ways)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (no but only because I haven’t had the chance)
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 (yeah, but I don’t care for it. So much for staying true to my German heritage)
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (like the cognac, won’t smoke)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (nope, I’ve lived a sheltered life)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail (maybe, don’t remember)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (does goat’s milk cheese count?)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (only if I could find a certified chef who wouldn’t give me a piece that would kill me)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (yum)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (it’s an acquired taste, but it’s good)
51. Prickly pear (yeah, it grows in our back yard)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone (lovely. Just don’t over cook it)
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (who hasn’t?)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (Yeah, but it was nasty)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (no, because I’ve only been to Canada once)
60. Carob chips (nasty stuff)
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 (only the caviar part)
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 (again, I hate eggs)
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (eat at one of these and you can know several off the list)
85. Kobe beef (the bone marrow, anyway)
86. Hare (I assume that means rabbit, so yes)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (I think so, in France)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano (one of my favorites)
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (I make a killer one)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee (I don’t like coffee)
100. Snake
So I think that’s 57 I’ve done on the list. And it’s possible that I’ve tried some things and either forgot about or didn’t know what it was when the waiter brought out the tasting menu.
Stumble it!
Hey, I posted another comment just then. Want to apologize if I came off rude (which I did). Heat of the moment.
Anyways, I read your Salad is Slaughter about page. Since there is no comment box, this is a good post to rebut that bull shit.
I copied and pasted for you ease, the link is there, and it’s cited. This is just the biological argument for veganism (I’m not vegan, but trying), there are ethical and environmental arguments that are pretty irrefutable. I would like to see you blow this off, because it’s just the theist mentality when confronting conflicting views that are rational and sound- I don’t hear it! It doesn’t matter!
Are human beings anatomically more similar to natural carnivores or to natural herbivores? Let’s find out….
Intestinal tract length. Carnivorous animals have intestinal tracts that are 3-6x their body length, while herbivores have intestinal tracts 10-12x their body length. Human beings have the same intestinal tract ratio as herbivores.
Stomach acidity. Carnivores’ stomachs are 20x more acidic than the stomachs of herbivores. Human stomach acidity matches that of herbivores.
Saliva. The saliva of carnivores is acidic. The saliva of herbivores is alkaline, which helps pre-digest plant foods. Human saliva is alkaline.
Shape of intestines. Carnivore bowels are smooth, shaped like a pipe, so meat passes through quickly — they don’t have bumps or pockets. Herbivore bowels are bumpy and pouch-like with lots of pockets, like a windy mountain road, so plant foods pass through slowly for optimal nutrient absorption. Human bowels have the same characteristics as those of herbivores.
Fiber. Carnivores don’t require fiber to help move food through their short and smooth digestive tracts. Herbivores require dietary fiber to move food through their long and bumpy digestive tracts, to prevent the bowels from becoming clogged with rotting food. Humans have the same requirement as herbivores.
Cholesterol. Cholesterol is not a problem for a carnivore’s digestive system. A carnivore such as a cat can handle a high-cholesterol diet without negative health consequences. A human cannot. Humans have zero dietary need for cholesterol because our bodies manufacture all we need. Cholesterol is only found in animal foods, never in plant foods. A plant-based diet is by definition cholesterol-free.
Claws and teeth. Carnivores have claws, sharp front teeth capable of subduing prey, and no flat molars for chewing. Herbivores have no claws or sharp front teeth capable of subduing prey, but they have flat molars for chewing. Humans have the same characteristics as herbivores.
But aren’t humans anatomically suited to be omnivores?
Nope. We don’t anatomically match up with omnivorous animals anymore than we do with carnivorous ones. Omnivores are more similar to carnivores than they are to herbivores. For a more detailed summary table that compares the properties of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores side by side, see this page:
http://www.tierversuchsgegner.org/wiki/index.php?title=Taxonomy
The link above also debunks the opportunistic feeder theory, which states that because humans can eat like omnivores, that we must therefore be omnivores. And this is of course false because mere behavior doesn’t indicate suitability. There are plenty of things we can do as a species that would threaten our survival if we all considered them suitable default behavior, such as shooting each other, lobbing hand grenades, or sending spam.
Source: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/09/are-humans-carnivores-or-herbivores-2/
Debates of vegetarian, vegan, and mixed diets quickly descend in to religious-like arguments which I don’t really have the inclination to get in to. I’d have to independently check the assertions from those sites and eliminate the propoganda, research the evolution of teeth, investigate the digestive tracks of bears, pigs, and humans. I’d look in to the eating habits of hunter-gatherers, find information in to human’s protein requirements and compare those to what a vegetarian or vegan gets, find out if that kind of diet could be done on locally-grown produce and still be healthy, and so. Frankly, I’m just not that interested. If you want to eschew meat, you have my support.
Sounds like cherry-picking data to match your exitsting beliefs. Last time I checked, our closest evolutionary relatives were other apes, and a number of them are carnivores and omnivores. But I’m sure that’s just my imagination.