Strange Food Meme

I found this little gem (I forget where I found it - sorry )
and thought it would be fun .
What do you think about some of these strange food items?


The Food Experience Meme

• Venison: No.
• Nettle tea: huh?
• Huevos rancheros: Yes, no thanks.
• Steak tartare: nope.
• Crocodile: No, but a big yes on gator. Come on, I AM from Florida (tough and chewy) not a big fan.
• Black pudding: Hailll no.
• Cheese fondue: Uh, yes. I mean it has the word cheese in it.
• Carp: nope.
• Borscht: Yes.
• Baba ghanoush: Yep.
• Calamari: Fried only and none of the weird little octopus looking tentacle thingys.
• Pho: WTF? Something Asian, I gather, but NO.
• PB&J sandwich: um, I am an American, so,of course.
• Aloo gobi: Bend it Like Beckham? Nah.
• Hot dog from a street cart: No way!
• Epoisses: Never heard of it
• Black truffle: too rich for my blood and looks like dirt. Nope.
• Fruit wine made from something other than grapes: ok everyone, don't faint. I don't drink wine. Just tastes like rotting fruit to me.
• Steamed pork buns: Is that like a dumpling? If so, yes. If not, I don't know what the heck it is.
• Pistachio ice cream: yes.
• Heirloom tomatoes: Yummy, yummy, yummy. My Dad used to grow them fresh in the backyard and I ate them like they were apples.
• Fresh wild berries: Yup. As a kid, I picked wild strawberries in NC and wild blackberries in Ohio one summer on vacation.
• Foie gras: Force fed fattened goose or duck liver. Absolutely not.
• Rice and beans: Hello? I live in SOUTH FLORIDA!!!
• Brawn, or head cheese: No. That is just gross!!
• Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper: Not raw, but my friend's Jamaican mother puts them in rice and peas. Which I LOVE! Yes
• Dulce de leche: see rice and beans.
• Oysters: Yes. First time I gagged and my throat refused to swallow it. That was raw. But I don't mind them smoked or steamed.
• Baklava: Yes.
• Bagna cauda: No. Gotta look that up because who ever heard of this stuff?
• Wasabi peas: Yes.
• Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl: mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm
• Salted lassi: ??
• Sauerkraut: One of those things I didn't eat for years (due to pregnancy episode)
• Root beer float: yup.
• Cognac with a fat cigar: No, and a big fat no.
• Clotted cream tea: no. doesn't even sound good.
• Vodka jelly/Jell-O: Vodka Jello shots? Absolutely! One of my favorite party gifts.
• Gumbo: no - it has okra (gagging sound)
• Oxtail: No. But it has been eaten in my presence and does not look or smell good.
• Curried goat: No on the goats and lambs.
• Whole insects: Ewwww.
• Phaal: what the hell kind of food is this? This seemed like fun at first and now it is making look like a back woods shut in. I don't know what it is, so I'll have to say, no.
• Goat's milk: Yes, but the thought of it is creepy.
• Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$130 or more: Nope, not a scotch or whiskey drinker either.
• Fugu: Hey, I think I actually know this one. Cab had an intense desire to be Japanese and wanted to try this. Which if you know Cab, that is really funny. But no, I don't know any chefs that I would trust to not kill me with that one.
• Chicken tikka masala: Indian anyone??
• Eel: Only on sushi.
• Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut: Yes. Hot off the line. To die for. I could inhale 3 or 4 in about 10 seconds.
• Sea urchin: Nope.
• Prickly pear: Nope
• Umeboshi: What? Don't think so.
• Abalone: No, but I have had conch (it's like fishy rubber bands)
• Paneer: no. curdled stuff just doesn't appeal to me. Well, except sour cream.
• McDonald's Big Mac Meal: Yes. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Remember that?
• Spaetzle: Maybe something like it.
• Dirty gin martini: Yes, but prefer fruitier martinis.
• Beer above 8% ABV: Barf and double barf on those German beers with the yeasty stuff in it. I don't drink beer!
• Poutine: More curds - nope.
• Carob chips: Yes. Poor substitute for chocolate.
• S'mores: of course.
• Sweetbreads: Nope. But my boss ate a big ole plate full when we were in Savannah for my wedding. We all laughed like hyenas. He had no clue what he was eating.
• Kaolin: Is that like eating clay? NO.
• Currywurst: Nope, not a wurst kinda gal.
• Durian: Nope. I love cheese, but those that smell like feet or sweaty balls, I try and stay away from.
• Frogs' legs: Not in a million years.
• Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake: oh yeah!
• Haggis: Hell no, and I don't think the Scottish actually eat it. I think it gets passed around like that 100 year old fruitcake.
• Fried plantain: Yes. yum.
• Chitterlings: Chitterlings? Seriously. No.
• Gazpacho: Yes. But I prefer my soups hot.
• Caviar and blini: nope.
• Louche absinthe: Nope.
• Gjetost, or brunost: Never hoid of it.
• Roadkill: Now that is just nasty. No.
• Baijiu: WTF? No.
• Hostess Fruit Pie: Yes.
• Snail: yes, again, too chewy! Garlic, buttered rubber bands.
• Lapsang souchong: huh??
• Bellini: Yes. Fruity = good.
• Tom yum: hahahahahahhahahahaha! Is that like cream of sum yun gai?
• Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant: Well, we did it at One if by Land, Two if by Sea in NYC. It is where we got engaged. I don't know if they are 3 Michelin so... maybe yes, maybe no.
• Kobe beef: yes.
• Hare: Little Bunny Foo Foo? I think not.
• Goulash: NO.
• Flowers: Yes, candied flowers, and in salads.
• Horse: I hope not, although there was a time in the 70's where you weren't really positive. And from what I understand, what they serve at Taco Bell.
• Criollo chocolate: Maybe. I've had an awful lot of chocolate in my day.
• Spam: When I was really, really, young.
• Soft shell crab: yep. Ima lika my seafood.
• Rose harissa: nope.
• Catfish: Yes.
• Mole poblano: Yes, I lived in Texas for a spell. But they just call it mole.
• Bagel and lox: Yum!
• Lobster Thermidor: Oh yeah, delicious.
• Polenta: Yes. Prefer cous-cous.
• Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee: Yep. My bosses favorite.
• Snake: Creepy

If you guys know what some of the stuff is, or you've tried it, let me know what you think.

Happy Friday!