21 August 2008

Yatzi....

I found this on Exmi's (and I think I've been tagged just because I read it) blog.....I'm a sucker for lists!!

  1. Bold the ones you’ve had
  2. Strike through the ones that would make your great-grand kids gag from the after taste.
  3. Italicise potential delicacies....stuff that would go down with a double shot of tequila.
  4. Feel free to leave a running commentary.

Using my amazing powers on Google, I've placed a small description next to the unknown names. If there is something you're not familiar with....go look it up yourself
  1. Venison
  2. Nettle tea
  3. Huevos Rancheros – fried eggs on corn chips, served with salsa...sounds like a breakfast nacho
  4. Steak tartare – raw mince meat....blegh
  5. Crocodile
  6. Black pudding – sausage made from blood
  7. Cheese fondue – yes please
  8. Carp
  9. Borscht – beet soup with beef....could work
  10. Baba ghanoush – sounds delicious
  11. Calamari
  12. Pho – Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup
  13. PB & J sarmie
  14. Aloo gobi – potato and cauliflower curry type thingy
  15. Hot dog from street cart – hell yes
  16. Epoisses – French cheese
  17. Black truffle – black, underground mushroom
  18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes – this was a trick question, right?
  19. Steamed pork buns – yes please, Thai Pork Dumplings, basically
  20. Pistachio ice cream
  21. Heirloom tomatoes – grown from very old seeds (how would I know??)
  22. Fresh wild berries
  23. Foie gras – I like liver, okay
  24. Rice and beans
  25. Brawn or head cheese – gross!!
  26. Raw Scotch bonnet pepper – known to make hands and face go numb!!!
  27. Dulce de leche – milk caramel sweet thing...blegh
  28. Oysters – in tequila baby!!
  29. Baklava - blegh
  30. Bagna cauda – warm Italian dip
  31. Wasabi peas – roasted peas coated in wasabi
  32. Clam chowder in sourdough bowl
  33. Salted lassi – it’s like salty Yogi-Sip
  34. Sauerkraut – sig heil!
  35. Root beer float
  36. Cognac with a fat cigar
  37. Clotted cream tea – I’m gagging!!
  38. Vodka jelly – there’s another kind?
  39. Gumbo
  40. Oxtail
  41. Curried goat
  42. Whole insects – Mopani worms
  43. Phaal – it’s just curry
  44. Goat’s milk in cheese form – feta, haloumi....yum
  45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more – does Chivas count??
  46. Fugu – Japanese pufferfish....those things are poisonous
  47. Chicken tikka masala
  48. Eel - sushiiiii
  49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
  50. Sea urchin – at least I’ll have plenty of toothpicks
  51. Prickly pear
  52. Umeboshi – pickled Japanese ume fruit (it’s like a plum)
  53. Abalone – never, ever eat it in sausage form
  54. Paneer – Persian cheese
  55. McDonald’s Bic Mac Meal
  56. Spaetzle – German egg noodle or dumpling
  57. Dirty Gin Martini
  58. Beer above 8% ABV
  59. Poutine – chips with cheese and gravy
  60. Carob chips
  61. S’mores
  62. Sweetbreads
  63. Kaolin – it’s a rock???
  64. Currywurst
  65. Durian – that smelly fruit from Thailand
  66. Frog’s legs – when in Paris....
  67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake – some type of doughnut
  68. Haggis – no hell no!!
  69. Fried plantain – some sort of fruit from the Caribbean
  70. Chitterlings, or andouillette – pig’s intestines
  71. Gazpacho
  72. Caviar and blini
  73. Louche absinthe
  74. Gjetost or brunost – Norwegian cheese
  75. Roadkill - blegh
  76. Baijiu – liquor!! Bring it on....
  77. Hostess Fruit Pie
  78. Snail
  79. Lapsang souchong – black tea
  80. Bellini – more booze...whoohoo!!
  81. Tom yum – thai soup...very nice
  82. Eggs Benedict
  83. Pocky – chocolate on a stick
  84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
  85. Kobe beef – from a special cow.....right??
  86. Hare
  87. Goulash – beef goulash yes
  88. Flowers
  89. Horse
  90. Criollo chocolate – hey, it say chocolate
  91. Spam - yech
  92. Soft shell crab
  93. Rose harissa – it’s a spice with rose petals in
  94. Catfish
  95. Mole poblano – Mexican chilli chocolate sauce
  96. Bagel and lox – bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon
  97. Lobster Thermidor
  98. Polenta
  99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
  100. Snake – should tast like crocodile (*read chicken)

No tags.....except maybe Angel (because you like baking so much)

4 comments:

AngelConradie said...

oh ooh ow ouch... you got me...

Arkwife said...

Hehe.....looks like I'm a good shot too :-)

Tamara said...

Ok, completely unrelated comment: Have I told you how gorgeous I think your blog is? I LOVE the design.

Arkwife said...

Why thank you, thank you very much.

I finally found a design I really like...and hopefully I'll stick to it for a while.