Sooner or Later…

Playing along with Andrea at Atypical Life. 

–Bold those you have tried.
–Strike through those you wouldn’t eat on a bet.
–Italicize any item you’ll never eat again.
–*Asterisk any items you’d be interested in trying but have not yet.
–Underline anything you eat regularly (more than once a month-ish). - I ! as I can’t seem to underline today
–?Questionisk any items you’ve never heard of (there will be a lot of these!)

I first answered, then looked up. Comments of course!

1. Venison
2. *Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros Though we grew up calling them Dad’s eggs.
4. Steak tartare Love it!! but don’t dare eat it anymore due to germ issues.
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp -  Too many bones 
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanouj ? recipe
11. Calamari
12. Pho recipe
13. PB&J sandwich !!
14. Aloo gobi ? recipe
15. *Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses ? After looking, I have had this in French class - good too.
17. Black truffle  
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes An aunt was very into trying new & different recipes
19. *Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - couldn’t understand the big deal until I tried some now my favorite
21. Heirloom tomatoes !! Summer in the south, need I say more
22. Fresh wild berries  - Ditto
23. *Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese 
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet  Dad is a big fan of HOT, I am not a fan of dead taste buds
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi ? recipe
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea ?
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. *Oxtail
41. *Curried goat 
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal ?
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu ? No thanks
47. *Chicken tikka masala recipe
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut  - I wish it was more than once a month. A treat I recently discovered.
50. Sea urchin
51. *Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi ? recipe- kinda
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - I do live in the USA
56. Spaetzle - Made them myself because I wanted to try them
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8 ABV
59. *Poutine a recipe -  there is a southern version around here, glad to know we aren’t the only ones clogging our arteries for good eating
60. Carob chips - Hope I am never that desperate for chocolate, once was enough
61. S’mores - I still wonder what is so great. Ruins a good toasted marshmallow, and the chocolate too
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin ? - Isn’t that powered clay? yep, I was right!
64. Currywurst ? recipe familiar but not this name
65. Durian ? explanation & read the comments
66. Frogs Legs - church fish fry social, they were small we thought they were small drumsticks for the kids who didn’t eat fish. The minister’s wife from NY gagged when she learned what she was eating.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - French class cooking & fairs
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain - bought it to try. not bad
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. *Gazpacho 
72. Caviar and blini - TOO fishy for my taste. Taste it in the nose for too long afterward
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost ? recipe second recipe gotta try this!! (gotta find it first!! in small town arkansas? )
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu ? explanation
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail  Sorry not enough French class for that.
79. Lapsang souchong - I really must be loosing brain cells to forget this one
80. Bellini ? recipe
81. Tom yum ? recipe
82. *Eggs Benedict
83. *Pocky ? cute!
84. *Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. *Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers -The auntie strikes again, but very good
89. Horse
90. *Criollo chocolate - its chocolate right? link don’t I wish!!
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa ? link
94. Catfish - only if cooked by a southern cook, better yet an OLD southern cook
95. *Mole poblano - bought a jar, now need to learn to use it
96. Bagel and lox - not a fan of lox
97. *Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. *Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake