One Bite Won't Kill You!

In March 2004 the BBC asked its Web site visitors to vote for the top 50 things everyone should try a bite of in their lifetime. The results follow, according to this legend:

plain black text: tried, liked
bold black text: tried, hated
plain red text: never tried, might try
bold red text: never tried, never will

1. Fresh fish
2. Lobster
3. Steak
4. Thai food
5. Chinese food
6. Ice cream
7. Pizza
8. Crab
9. Curry
10. Prawns (same as shrimp, right?)
11. Moreton Bay Bugs (Australian lobster-like crustacean)
12. Clam chowder
13. Barbecues
14. Pancakes
15. Pasta
16. Mussels
17. Cheesecake
18. Lamb
19. Cream tea
20. Alligator
21. Oysters
22. Kangaroo
23. Chocolate
24. Sandwiches
25. Greek food
26. Burgers
27. Mexican food
28. Squid
29. American diner breakfast
30. Salmon
31. Venison
32. Guinea pig
33. Shark
34. Sushi
35. Paella
36. Barramundi
37. Reindeer
38. Kebab
39. Scallops
40. Australian meat pie (similar to Cornish pasty?)
41. Mango
42. Durian fruit (stenchiest fruit imaginable)
43. Octopus
44. Ribs
45. Roast beef
46. Tapas
47. Jerk chicken/pork
48. Haggis
49. Caviar
50. Cornish pasty (meat chunks, onion, potato and herbs wrapped up in a baked crust)

     

Comments

[Daniel Barkowitz]

Gotta say, caviar and sushi are two of life's great pleasures in my book.

I could never get enough of either.

I do agree with you that I have no interest in trying guinea pig.

[Karine]

Crossover cuisine we encountered (but never actually ATE) when we were in Scotland: Curried haggis!

Am curious about one thing though -- why didn't you like mangoes?

[votermom]

You don't like crab either? What's going on?

[devon]

I always thought cream tea was cream in the tea, but it's not. It's tea (with milk in it, if you choose -- I don't -- I horrify the Brits by insisting on drinking black tea), but the scones have a dollop of thick, not whipped --darn, I can't remember it's proper name -- on them. It's not bad.

Because of all the time I spent in Scotland, I tried Haggis once -- mostly so I could speak in an INFORMED way when I say I've done it once and I NEVER have to do it again.

I don't like cavier, but I do love sushi when it's fresh. Cornish pasties are only good if you're actually in Cornwall -- otherwise they taste like sawdust.

I ate crocodile in Australia -- it was actually very tasty, and I had no sense of guilt, because if the tables were turned, he would have eaten ME, and without even bothering to season.

I also had kangaroo, which was too sweet,dense and rich for me, plus I felt guilty eating it.

Every time I go to New Orleans, I think I should try oysters again, but so far, I haven't brought myself to do it.

Interesting list!

[pam]

Reindeer? You mean like Comet and Cupid? Oh, I just couldn't. But I've always meant to try haggis. Great list!

[Mark]

I hope you don't mind, but I posted my take on this list at my blog.

No mango?