The Foodie's List of 100 Things to Eat Before You Die

“You may have tried only 20 or so” of the items on the “100 things to eat before you die” list that’s been making the rounds on Facebook, wrote The Sun earlier this week.

And while that may be true for a majority of typical eaters, I found that I’d eaten 92 out of the 100 items on the list — many of which I didn’t consider all that exotic or bizarre.

Indeed, the modern “foodie” — as much as we may hate that description — tends to have the kind of adventurous palate that comes from eating for sport, a joy of traveling, a compulsion to connect with other cultures and the sheer novelty of finding something new and interesting in this over-explored world.

In that vein, we here at EOW have developed a new list: The Foodie’s List of 100 Things to Eat Before You Die. Consider it Doom played at the Ultra-Violence level (the regular list is clearly “Don’t Hurt Me” while the “Nightmare!” level is reserved for the likes of the Anthonys Bourdain and Zimmern).

The Foodie’s List of 100 Things to Eat Before You Die

…and yes, some of these are beverages. But what beverages they are…

1. Python
2. Avocado smoothie
3. Doro wat 4. Bean pie
5. Foul 6. Bone marrow
7. Fufu 8. Amaebi nigirizushi
9. Squash blossoms
10. Durian

11. Stinky tofu
12. Boudin noir 13. Bath chaps
14. Pig ears
15. Duck tongues
16. Venison tai chanh 17. Pickle-flavored sno-ball
18. Balut 19. Fish head curry
20. Jackfruit

21. Congee 22. Uni 23. Menudo 24. Barbacoa 25. Squirrel
26. Nutria
27. Chicharrones 28. Oysters on the half shell
29. Boiled crawfish
30. Chicken hearts

31. Lengua 32. Mollejas 33. Kangaroo
34. Sea anemone
35. Huitlacoche 36. Escargot
37. Beef tendon
38. Beef hearts (anticuchos)
39. Calf’s liver
40. Veal

41. Foie gras
42. Suckling pig
43. Tocilog 44. Dinuguan 45. Kare-kare 46. Latkes
47. Borscht
48. Lutefisk 49. Hakerl 50. Geoduck

51. Sannakji 52. Corn tea
53. Pulque 54. Yerba mate 55. Morcilla 56. Biltong 57. Oxtails and gravy
58. Scrapple
59. Rocky Mountain oysters
60. Spam

61. Sesos and scrambled eggs
62. Haggis
63. Cuttlefish
64. Poke
65. Ceviche
66. Surströmming 67. Takoyaki 68. Turducken
69. Chicken feet
70. Whole-fried turkey

71. Fried frog legs
72. Fried green tomatoes
73. Grits
74. Natto 75. Marmite
76. Fiddlehead ferns
77. Ramps
78. Campari 79. Kvass 80. Retsina

81. Iguana
82. Halo-halo 83. Bubble tea
84. Tiết canh 85. Scorpion
86. Witchety grub
87. Grasshoppers
88. Pot brownies
89. Bird’s nest soup
90. Kopi luwak

91. Meat sundae
92. Pizza cone
93. Chicken-fried bacon
94. Fried butter
95. Garbage plate
96. Kobe beef
97. Beluga caviar
98. Château Pétrus
99. Black truffles
100. Kale

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