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I’d eat that.

Posted by nikki on September 5th

Read More: Ask EightAndFive

As seen on my favorite blog for physics + everything, Cosmic Variance, check out this foodie-oriented list from Very Good Taste. Here’s my list and the instructions. For the record, I’m counting Brenna’s Jello shots for #38, and I’m pretty sure I’ve had Pocky (#83) or something very similar. Edit: Justin informs me that black pudding is another term for blood sausage, in which case I have eaten it, and it tasted like Christmas.

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
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
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
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float

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
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
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

59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail

79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers

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

Grand slam!!!

Posted by nikki on August 26th
Read More: Politics

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Read More: Music

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Read More: Funny, Arbitrary conclusions, Breaking News

Best headline ever.

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Posted by nikki on April 24th
Read More: Politics, Funny, The Internets, Blogs

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South Park does Grapes of Wrath

Posted by nikki on April 24th
Read More: Funny, The Internets

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Threat level: Banana

Posted by nikki on April 9th
Read More: Funny, Ask EightAndFive, Fast Food

This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.
Banana Mascot Scares People To Death

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“Vertical thinking” and other rhetorical code

Posted by nikki on January 8th
Read More: Politics, Religion, Rhetoric

Check out this post on “vertical thinking” and other rhetorical code. And when you sit down to watch the next debate, don’t forget to break out your super-secret decoder rings!

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Kucinich on Colbert tonight

Posted by nikki on October 15th
Read More: Politics, Funny, Television

A couple of weeks ago Stephen Colbert issued a challenge to Dennis Kucinich to come on his show and empty his pockets. Tonight’s the night!

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Flocking behavior

Posted by nikki on October 11th
Read More: Science, Animals

Check out this post on Cosmic Variance about a group of physicists who study flocking behavior. The video is amazing.

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