(Scottish Haggis - not likely to be cooked in my kitchen...ever!)Linda at RemoteTreeChanger has a fun food fact activity to do. I will list 100 foods and type in bold type the ones I have tried. Here goes:
1. Natto (never heard of it) - fermented soy beans (Japan)
2. Green smoothies
3. Tofu
4. Haggis
5. Langoustine (lobster)
6. Creme Brulee
7. Fondue
8. Marmite/Vegemite
9. Borscht
10. Baba Ghanoush - Eggplant/spice dish - Arabic
11. Nachos
12. Authentic Soba Noodles - buckwheat flour noodles (Japan)
13. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - vegetarian dish of potatoes/cauliflower - (India)
15. Taco from street cart
16. Boba Tea (aka bubble tea) - tapioca (Taiwan)
17. Black truffle - Fungus Tuber Melanosporum (France)
18. Fruit wine (Elderberry etc)
19. Gyoza - dumplings (China/Japan)
20. Vanilla Icecream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild strawberries - tell me where to get them!
23. Ceviche - citrus marinated seafood dish (Latin America)
24. Rice and beans
25. Knish - dumpling covered with dough shell (Jewish/Yiddish snack food)
26. Raw scotch bonnett pepper
27. Dulce de leche - Caramel milk/candy (pronounced dool-say deh lay-chay) - (Argentina)
28. Caviar
29. Baklava
30. Pate
31. Wasabi peas
32. Chowder in sourdough bowl
33. Mango lassi - mango, yoghurt, sugar, ice drink (India)
34. Saurkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Mulled cider
37. Scones with buttery spread and jam
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo - stew or soup from Louisiana, US
40. Fast food french fries
41. Lasagna
42. Fresh Garbanzo beans
43. Dahl - in Delhi, India
44. Caviar (oops again)
45. Wine from bottle worth $120 or more
46. Stroop Waffle - pressed waffle sandwich with caramel filling (Holland)
47. Samosas
48. Sushi - Tokyo, Japan
49. Glazed donut
50. Seaweed/wakame
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - pickled plum (Japan)
53. Crepes
54. Squid or Octopus
55. Cotton candy (fairy floss)
56. Gnocchi
57. Pina colada
58. Birch Beer
59. Scrapple and Spam - pork mush (Pennsylvania Dutch)
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores - made our own OMG!
62. Lo Mein - noodle dish (China)
63. Bangers & Mash
64. Curry - India
65. Sea Urchin
66. Homemade sausages
67. Churros, elephants ears or funnell cakes - deep fried batter then dipped in chocolate/syrup (Spain)
68. Adzuki beans - (Japan)
69. Fried plantain - banana like, need cooking (Southern US/Central America/Colombia)
70. Mochi - glutenous rice cake (Japan)
71. Gazpacho - tomato based cold soup (Spain)
72. Warm chocolate chip cookies - excuse me, who hasn't???
73. Absinthe - highly alcoholic beverage (45-75% Alc)
74. Corn on the cob
75. Whipped cream, straight from the can - not me but Brianna did last night!
76. Pomegranate
77. Potato Knishes - see 25
78. Mashed potato with gravy
79. Jerky
80. Croissants
81. French onion soup
82. Something made with squid ink - linguini
83. Tings (another name for ting-a-lings) - choc coated fried noodles with peanut butter/butterscotch chips
84. Frogs Legs - France
85. Moussaka
86. Sprouted grains or seeds
87. Macaroni and Cheese
88. Flowers - nasturtiums, lavender
89. Matzoh ball soup
90. White chocolate
91. Seitan - gluten wheat meat
92. Kimchi - pickled vegetable dish (Korea)
93. Butterscotch chips
94. Yellow watermelon - where can you get it?
95. Chili with chocolate
96. Bagel and Tofutti - soy based icecream substitute
97. Wild Game such as Ostrich, Venison, Elk
98. Polenta - blech!
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Raw cookie dough
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An interesting excercise - now I am going to google some of the names to see what they are.
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Cheers - Joolz
Thanks Joolz I have a better understanding of the foods now. Such a great post.
ReplyDeleteI love wasabi peas, wish they weren't so hard though.
You reminded me of reading about bubble tea, so I guess yes, I have eaten tapioca if that counts. Maybe I need to check it out again.
It was interesting reading your eaten foods.
Thank you for the picture of haggis. It has strengthened my resolve to never try it!! C
ReplyDeleteGee. Friday night. It's raining. I'll run through some bookmarked blogs. Gee. Haggis. Gee. Thanks.
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