Sunday, August 31, 2008

A Meme About Food

Just more of my attempt to get into blogging by starting off with Memes. I have so many ideas that I never blog!

Joe just farted.

We had a beach picnic at Lee Point today and it was a delight.

And now the meme...

Here’s what I want you to do:

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.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results."

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (is this anything like muncheros?)
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (I had to look; a pungent cheese from France)
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
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (have had pumpkin soup in a sourdough bowl though)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float (no, but I love ALL Spiders and am bringing them back)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (I looked it up, it's a curry hotter than vindaloo)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/US$120 or more
46. Fugu (why would I eat something that might kill me?)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (probably)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores (I know, born in the wrong continent)
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake oh yes! Tried churros this year!
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (from the roadkill cafe)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (what is this? I want pie)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (I can't remember, but possibly)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (pansies, borage, nasturtiums, calendula, violets, lavender, roses....)
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

FEW! That took a lot longer than I expected. On the upside, I killed some time while awaiting my birthday.
Killing time seems a violent thing to do. Is there an alternative expression?

Monday, August 25, 2008

Meme

Here is a meme I got from Pip at Meet Me at Mikes.

Tell Me The Last Time You:
Swam: last week! At Florence Falls in the afternoon and at the beach at sunset.

Could Not Stop Laughing: With Sam and Sarah having a disco in the space in our house that is supposed to be a dining room.

Walked a Mile: this morning! Is 2.9km a mile?

Slept During the Afternoon: A couple of Sundays ago.

Picked Flowers: On friday to make a frangipani button for Gai.

Wrote a Letter: postcards? To the Melbourne kiddies. Does writing general information about crocodiles count as a letter?

Lay Down on the Grass: Playing with Valjean on the oval.

Ate Without Cutlery: This morning- eggs.

Gave Someone A Gift: last week - Naomi

Mixed a Special Drink for Yourself: Don't know! But Netty made coconut banana icy poles.

Watched Two Movies in One Day: Don't know that I've ever done this without falling asleep

Made Something With Your Hands: last week- Naomi's pencil holder

Counted Someone's Toes: Gus's toes (he has 10 by the way)

Talked on the Phone for One Hour : the other day, to Hannah.

Sat and Did Nothing : Just before I decided to do this blog.

Read Aloud: Last week I read The League of Geniuses to Bes. And I often read the NT News Txts 2 Da Editor aloud.