Tom’s little game
August 30th, 2008How to play: Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. Bold all the items you’ve eaten. Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (or eating again)
1. Venison/Wild
2. Nettle tea /Brennnesseltee
3. Huevos rancheros / Mexikanisches Omelette The mix of eggs, salsa, corn and all that, does not sound appealing to me
4. Steak tartare/ Hackepeter
5. Crocodile/ Krokodil
6. Black pudding/ Blutwurst
7. Cheese fondue/ Käse Fondue
8. Carp/ Karpfen the dirtiest fish you will find on a plate, my mom used to say
9. Borscht/ Rote Beete Suppe Not a fan of beetroot
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari/ Tintenfisch Love it.
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich/ Erdnussbutter-Marmeladen-Sandwich that’s what I eat when I am “America-homesick”
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart/ Hot dog von nem kleinen, mobilen Straßenstand I guess Ikea does not count as a street cart
16. Epoisses never heard of it
17. Black truffle/ Trüffel I used to love liverwurst with black truffles
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes I don’t drink wine in general
19. Steamed pork buns ->no clue what exactly this is
20. Pistachio ice cream/ Pistazieneis Probably one of my favs
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries/ Wilde Beeren
23. Foie gras / Gänseleberpastete
24. Rice and beans / Reis und Bohnen
25. Brawn, or head cheese/ Sültze Uuh I hate that slimy stuff
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper /Scotch Bonnet Chillischote
27. Dulce de leche sounds like my kind a food
29. Baklava Oh I would kill for good (greek) Baklava! Seriously!
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas/ Wasabi Erbsen
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl/ sämige Muschelsuppe Definitly my favorite Soup!
33. Salted lassi/ Salzigen Lassi
34. Sauerkraut Krispy? Tom what are you talking about?
35. Root beer float I hate root beer (nasty, nasty stuff). But for some reason I don’t mind it as a float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar Cigars stink
37. Clotted cream tea / Tee und Scones mit einer klumpigen, dicken Creme
38. Vodka jelly/ Vodka-Wackelpudding Thanks to a former classmate I got to try this tricky mix between classes in 10th grade ;)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail/ Ochsenschwanz
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects/ Insekten Nope, sorry.
43. Phaal Not a fan of spicy food
44. Goat’s milk/ Ziegenmilch Quite good actually
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more/ Whisky für mehr als 120$ pro Flasche
46. Fugu/ Kugelfisch I might seem insane and adventurous at times, but…
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel/Aal Oh I loved the trips to Bad Zwischenahn for some freshly smoked eel with ma dad and his motorcycle when I was young. Tom you should try eel. It’s very tasty!
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut I would definitly wait in line for those!
50. Sea urchin/ Seeigel no, no
51. Prickly pear/ Kaktusfeige
52. Umeboshi/ japanische Pflaume
53. Abalone/ Seeohren
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal never had a Big Mac in my life
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine yuck, French fries don’t go with gravy. Soggy fries… bah
60. Carob chips /”Schoko”tropfen ohne Schokolade There is chocolate and there is No chocolate
61. S’mores I would give anything for s’mores right now. Somebody give me my grahams and hershey’s! PLEASE! (btw: the only way I can eat hershey’s. chocolate is supposed to melt not crumble in your mouth)
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst “Tom:It’s to die for!!! Berlin street vendors make this dish amazing!” I would have to agree.
65. Durian/ heißt nicht umsonst im Deutschen “Stinkfrucht” They are supposed to smell so unbelievably disgusting!I saw a documentary on those once ;)
66. Frog’s Legs/ Froschschenkel I really don’t care if they are supposed to taste just like chicken.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake/ Krapfenartige Teiggebilde Uh, I like em all!
68. Haggis/schottisches Gericht aus Schafsinnereien Anything made out of organs is disgusting to me.
69. Fried plantain /Kochbanane Victore made that once. It was good.
70. Chitterlings or andouillette/ Kutteln see 68.
71. Gazpacho I like my soup warm/hot ;)
72. Caviar and blini not a fan of caviar
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost/ Karamellkäse exellent with jam
75. Roadkill/ Straßenkadaver yeah right…
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict nope, definitly not an egg person
83. Pocky/ Mikado-Stäbchen haven’t had those in a while
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef Never heard of that kind a beef before. But as Tom says: “I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford it”.
86. Hare/ Hase
87. Goulash/ Gulasch
88. Flowers/ Blumen
89. Horse/ Pferd
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam/ Frühstücksfleisch Sick!!!!
92. Soft shell crab not a huge fan of seafood
93. Rose harissa not a fan of spicy
94. Catfish I don’t eat ugly fish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox I do enjoy that kind a fish
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee not a coffee-girl
100. Snake















