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1. Abalone - 1. Pulled out of the water at the Mendocino coast by a friend same day
2. Absinthe
3. Alligator - Not yet but my cousin wants to make it for me this summer
4. Baba Ghanoush - 2. Didn't care for it, not an eggplant fan
5. Bagel and lox - 3. Oh yes please!
6. Baklava - 4. Most recently last night at a party at Parducci Winery
7. Barbecue ribs - 5. Yep
8. Bellini - 6. Peach is a favorite flavor, and I like champagne-based cocktails
9. Birds Nest Soup
10. Biscuits and gravy - 7. Yeah. Eh.
11. Black Pudding
12. Black Truffle - 8. LOVE 'em, researching how to cultivate them.
13. Borscht - 9. MIL is Russian, makes the best borscht you'll ever taste.
14. Calamari - 10. My standby appetizer order at restaurants.
15. Carp
16. Caviar - 11. Tasted traditional eastern european caviar, regularly eat the stuff on sushi
17. Cheese fondue - 12. Yes but I don't remember well
18. Chicken and waffles
19. Chicken Tikka Masala - 13. Still perfecting my recipe
20. Chile Relleno
21. Chitterlings/Chitlins
22. Churros - 14. Eh.
23. Clam Chowder - 15. Delicious, but we usually make a mixed seafood chowder now
24. Cognac - 16. Germain Robin is local, some of the best cognac in the world.
25. Crabcake - 17. Yep.
26. Crickets - 18. Yes! Youth group, we added dried crickets to top off our sundaes. They taste like bark, very bland.
27. Currywurst
28. Dandelion wine
29. Dulce de leche - 19. Yep. I prefer the goat milk version.
30. Durian
31. Eel - 20. A favorite!
32. Eggs benedict
33. Fish Tacos - 21. I don't like Mexican so this is usually my standby order.
34. Foie Gras - 22. Eh. I prefer pate.
35. Fresh Spring Rolls - 23. YES! There is no better quick lunch.
36. Fried Catfish - 24. At a work event, cooked up by a genuine southern belle
37. Fried Green Tomatoes
38. Fried Plaintain
39. Frito Pie
40. Frogs Legs - Not yet but I know where to buy them and intending to cook them soon.
41. Fugu
42. Funnel Cake - 25. At the fair every once in a while.
43. Gazpacho
44. Goat - 26. Born, raised, slaughtered and cooked at home. 🙂
45. Goats milk - 27. And yogurt and cheese and...
46. Goulash
47. Gumbo - 28. Again made by a genuine southerner.
48. Haggis
49. Head Cheese
50. Heirloom Tomatoes - 29. Of course! Great summer dinner with mozzerella and basil.
51. Honeycomb - 30. Yep, still perfecting the art of not getting bits of wax everywhere.
52. Hostess Fruit Pie
53. Huevos Rancheros
54. Jerk Chicken
55. Kangaroo
56. Key Lime Pie - 31. Yeah, I'm ambivalent.
57. Kobe Beef - 32. The Met in Seattle for a work lunch.
58. Lassi
59. Lobster - 33. And the caviar inside it, yummy!
60. Mimosa - 34. Of course.
61. MoonPie
62. Morel Mushrooms - 35. Most recently at The Stone House in Redmond, in a nice fritatta.
63. Nettle Tea - Not tea but in pasta, does that count?
64. Octopus - 36. Tako!!
65. Oxtail Soup - Cooked pho broth two weeks ago with oxtail, does that count?
66. Paella
67. Paneer - 38. Husband makes his own. 🙂
68. Pastrami on Rye
69. Pavlova
70. Phaal
71. Philly Cheesesteak
72. Pho - 38. I guess not on 65. Pho makes a great lunch!
73. Pineapple and cottage cheese
74. Pistachio Ice Cream - 39. Yep! Gelato too, in Italy, mmmm.
75. Po boy - 40. Crawdad po' boy.
76. Pocky - 41. Though I still wonder why, yes.
77. Polenta - 42. Yep.
78. Prickly Pear - 43. Yes, did not like.
79. Rabbit Stew - 44. Cooked rabbit au vin about three weeks ago.
80. Raw Oysters - 45. With Orsorum at Rock Salt in Seattle. I prefer them bbqed
81. Root Beer Float - 46. My standby party food when I'm told to bring something
82. Smores - 47. Not a huge fan but good with fine dark chocolate (flavored, like with orange, mint, etc) and cinnamon graham crackers
83. Sauerkraut - 48. Yep, hot dogs and corned beef, nom.
84. Sea Urchin
85. Shark - 49. 6 foot blue shark fresh out of the ocean on a deep sea fishing trip with friends. Very good!
86. Snail - 50. Yes, and NorCal has the edible kind as pests so I want to start raising my own
87. Snake
88. Soft Shell Crab - 51. Yeah, underwhelmed.
89. Som Tam
90. Spaetzle
91. Spam - 52. Not if I can avoid it.
92. Squirrel
93. Steak Tartare
94. Sweet Potato Fries - 53. A northwest staple at "upscale bars"
95. Sweetbreads
96. Tom Yum
97. Umeboshi
98. Venison - 54. Stew at a friend's house recently. Their dog was chasing a deer and the deer ran into a fence and broke it's neck.
99. Wasabi Peas - 55. Snack snack snack.
100.Zucchini Flowers - 56. Most recently in Italy
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