Omnivore’s 100
A friend recently forwarded me the list of the 100 foods that every omnivore should eat in his or lifetime. The list, compiled by a British food blogger at Very Good Taste, runs from the ridiculous (road kill) to the standard (a Big Mac meal) to the pricey (Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant).
Scanning down the document, I knew it was my chance to join the herds of bloggers who decide to take on a task and blog it to completion. Yes, I’m sure you’ve seen the blogs or read the books or seen the movies of those trying to, say, cook all of Julie Child’s recipes, have sex every day for a year or live a waste-free life. So, for the next year – or however longs it takes – we will eat from one to 100. I will try to go in order, but I’m making no promises.
Venison
First up, is something I’ve long wanted to try: venison.
It took me two weeks to track down venison. At Yelpers’ recommendation, I tried Whole Foods and then the expansive gourmet grocery Wegman’s (there’s one in Fairfax and off 95 in Woodbridge). Whole Foods told me that they stopped carrying venison because they “we’re sure where our vendor was getting it from.” Wegman’s did have it. But at about $30 a pound, I decided to save my funds for food I knew tasted good.
Fortunately, we went to West Virginia last weekend – a state where everyone apparently keeps a steak (or side) of venison in the freezer. In hunting season – the height of which is next week – school kids have vacation so they can join their parents in the woods with a rifle.
Considering this, I’m not too surprised I was served venison not once – but twice – in one weekend.
The first was the tenderloin cooked with honey and truffle oil. It was a bit like pork, dry and dense, but not unpleasant. The second time, we had a leg – or at least that’s what I think it was judging from the bone. It was stringy like jerky. After a few bites, when the hostess wasn’t looking, it went under the table for the dog. She enjoyed it.
Next up: Nettle tea.
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Ah, wish you would have told me you were looking for venison. I’m pretty sure we have some in the freezer. Patrick makes a delicious venison chili too. If Bambi dies over Thanksgiving, we’ll bring her back and have you and Greg over for a taste test.
Let me know when you get to the $200 bottle of scotch, I’ll try and make it down
I’ll be interested to see where this takes you. I don’t think I could ever manage to get down a bite of steak tartare though other things on the list I’d be up for trying/eating. Let me know when you get to pho;-)
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