Food meme

From http://unapologetic.wordpress.com

I have eaten…

* Venison: yes
* Nettle tea: no
* Huevos rancheros: no
* Steak tartare: no
* Crocodile: no
* Black pudding: yes
* Cheese fondue: mmmmmmmm, yes
* Carp: yes
* Borscht: yes
* Baba ghanoush: yes, but I don't like eggplant...
* Calamari: yes
* Pho: I think so, yes...
* PB&J sandwich: yes
* Aloo gobi: probably not
* Hot dog from a street cart: yes
* Epoisses: no - but it sure looks good
* Black truffle: no
* Fruit wine made from something other than grapes: yes
* Steamed pork buns: yes
* Pistachio ice cream: yes
* Heirloom tomatoes: no
* Fresh wild berries: yes
* Foie gras: no
* Rice and beans: yes
* Brawn, or head cheese: no
* Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper: yes
* Dulce de leche: yes
* Oysters: no
* Baklava: yes
* Bagna cauda: no
* Wasabi peas: yes
* Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl: no, but gulasch in a sourdough bowl, and wild mushroom soup in a wheat bread bowl
* Salted lassi: no
* Sauerkraut: yes, yuk
* Root beer float: no
* Cognac with a fat cigar: no - never touched cigars
* Clotted cream tea: yes
* Vodka jelly/Jell-O: yes
* Gumbo: yes
* Oxtail: yes
* Curried goat: no
* Whole insects: no
* Phaal: no
* Goat’s milk: no
* Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$130 or more: yes
* Fugu: no
* Chicken tikka masala: yes
* Eel: yes
* Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut: yes
* Sea urchin: no
* Prickly pear: no
* Umeboshi: no
* Abalone: no
* Paneer: yes
* McDonald’s Big Mac Meal: yes
* Spaetzle: yes
* Dirty gin martini: yes
* Beer above 8% ABV: yes
* Poutine: no
* Carob chips: no
* S’mores: yes
* Sweetbreads: no
* Kaolin: whu? Google seems to think this to be a mineral.
* Currywurst: yes - and I know where to get the best Currywurst+fries in Berlin
* Durian: no
* Frogs’ legs: yes
* Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake: no, yes, no, yes - funnel cakes are an integral part of my wife's family's christmas celebration
* Haggis: yes
* Fried plantain: yes
* Chitterlings, or andouillette: no
* Gazpacho: yes
* Caviar and blini: yes - standard fare in my family, I have our recipe memorized
* Louche absinthe: yes
* Gjetost, or brunost: yes
* Roadkill: probably no
* Baijiu: no
* Hostess Fruit Pie: no
* Snail: yes
* Lapsang souchong: yes
* Bellini: no
* Tom yum: yes
* Eggs Benedict: yes
* Pocky: yes
* Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant: no
* Kobe beef: no
* Hare: yes
* Goulash: yes - in Budapest, as well as our family recipe
* Flowers: yes
* Horse: yes
* Criollo chocolate: no
* Spam: yes
* Soft shell crab: yes
* Rose harissa: yes
* Catfish: no
* Mole poblano: yes
* Bagel and lox: yes
* Lobster Thermidor: no
* Polenta: yes
* Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee: no
* Snake: no
* Elk: yes
* Ostrich: yes
* Moose: yes - is this really different from elk???
* Whole hog BBQ.: yes
* Wine @ >$400/bottle.: no
* Home made bacon/sausage: yes
* Chocolate and chilis: yes
* Moonshine: no
* Quail eggs: yes
* Monkfish liver: no
* Live scallop: no
* Fried chicken giblets: yes
* Duck cracklings: no
* Grappa: no
* Amarguinha: no
* Applejack: no
* Cavy: no
* Lambic: no
* Sauternes or Tokay: yes
* Skate (or ray): yes
* Szechuan peppercorns: no
* Tiết canh: no

And some of my own to add to the mix:

* Surströmming - fermented hering
* Kloß - German boiled potato dumplings
* Hefeklösse
* Crayfish
* Lussekatter - saffron sweet bread eaten to the feast of Lucia
* Nürnberg Bratwurst
* Thüringer Bratwurst
* Steak-in-a-bun from a street vendor
* Khinkali - Georgian dumplings

Random Bullets of Leaving

* I'm currently a tourist in Jena, instead of a citizen. I terminated my registration today, not wanting to deal with it later on.
* My visum has arrived. The piece of paper stating my and the University's agreement to terminate my contract still hasn't.
* Oh gods! how am I -EVER- going to fit everything I want to bring into the bags I'm planning on bringing???
* Real work? Yeah right. I'll have my hands more than full dealing with moving stuff: no time left for mathematics.
* It seems it'll be one of the lonelier birthdays I've ever had. A week'll be too little time to build the kind of circles of friends I'm used to having around for a birthday celebration.
* S arrived in one piece and seems very happy with her reception at Ypsilanti.
* Money problems suck.
* My application for grant money now has come out of evaluation. It will be decided upon pretty much simultaneously with my move.
* How to cancel the cellphone plan:
1) Convert it to an essentially prepaid plan.
2) Cancel that plan effective September 30.
* I'll be able to give away a lot of my kitchen stuff to the guest house I'm living in. Also, I'll be throwing away / giving away at least 2 IKEA bags stuffed to the bursting point with clothes. Gotta figure out if there's some charity in Jena I can dump them with.

Can't think of more rbol right now. There will be more, later, however.