Apr 1, 2005
50 Things To Eat Before You Die
From the BBC show with the same title, hosted by Ainsley Harriott. Here’s the top 50 things to eat before you die according to the Brits. Oh, “*” means I haven’t tried it. Hoping I will have no items with “*” by the end of this year. Fingers crossed.Haha, I just read my own writing again and it sounded as if I wanted to die happy after eating everything on this list.
- Fresh fish
- Lobster
- Steak
- Thai food
- Chinese food
- Ice cream
- Pizza
- Crab
- Curry
- Prawns
- Moreton Bay Bugs*
- Clam chowder
- Barbecues
- Pancakes
- Pasta
- Mussels
- Cheesecake
- Lamb
- Cream tea
- Alligator*
- Oysters
- Kangaroo*
- Chocolate
- Sandwiches
- Greek food
- Burgers
- Mexican food
- Squid
- American diner breakfast
- Salmon
- Venison*
- Guinea pig*
- Shark (Well, I’ve tried shark fin)
- Sushi
- Paella*
- Barramundi
- Reindeer* (I’ve tried “regular” deer, though)
- Kebab
- Scallops
- Australian meat pie
- Mango
- Durian fruit
- Octopus
- Ribs
- Roast beef
- Tapas*
- Jerk chicken/pork* (I’ve never tried the Jamaican version)
- Haggis*
- Caviar* (I’ve tried salmon and flying fish roe, but not sturgeon fish roe i.e. caviar)
- Cornish Pastry*
Inspired by the above, I came up with my own list below. The list is subject to change at anytime without notice.
- Durian
- Nasi Campur Buk Matirah (Malang)
- Crabs
- Lobster
- Prawns
- Fresh fish
- Salmon
- Sushi / Sashimi
- Nasi Padang
- Sambal Terasi
- Chinese food
- East Javanese food: Soto, Rawon, Ote-ote, Rujak Cingur, Tahu Campur, Tahu Tek
- Ribs
- Mussels / Clams / Pippies / Cockles
- My Mom’s “Picnic” Pastry
- Ice Cream / Gelati
- Vietnamese Pho
- Korean food
- Thai food
- Curry
- Satay
- Clam chowder
- Steak
- Huzarensla
- Avocado
- “Corica” Apple Strudel (Perth)
- Tiramisu
- Honey Dew / Rock Melon (Canteloupe)
- Tropical fruits: mango, rambutan, longan, jackfruit, pineapple, banana, etc.
- Oysters
- Scallops
- Salted Fish
- Australian meat pie
- Chocolate
- Sandwiches
- Burgers
- Celery
- Tofu
- Vietnamese Banh Mi (Pork Roll)
- Mexican food
- American diner breakfast
- Pancakes
- Panettone
- Roast beef
- Pizza
- Barbecues
- Pasta
- Kebab
- Potato: french fries, baked, mashed
- Indonesian Siomay
Man, I watch TV way too bloody much…
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Man, I’m drooling =p~ just re-reading the list…
what !………
i better pray to the god if i know when i should die……
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!! Guinea Pig! You’ve tried it!! I imagine guinea pig meat are just like rat meat. Not that I’ve tried rat meat… at least not that I’ve known of… rumour says that the meat on mie ayam and cheap meatballs are mixed with rat meat… yummy.
And YAY for durian.
\#4: Whoops. Corrected. Guinea pig is probably one thing from that list I don’t want to try.
Although I’m not proud of it, among the uncommon ones (not on the list) I have tried are snakes (not too bad actually), tiger, turtle, deer, wild boar, rabbit, meal worm, a mosquito (by accident), and, like you said, probably unknowingly, rat. I know rabbit, deer and boar are common in some parts of the world. I hesitated trying turtle soup, and I didn’t like it. Other uncommon animals that I have heard people have tried that I will not eat include dogs (common in some parts of Indonesia), cats, monkeys (this one is very cruel and sick I don’t even want to tell you), squirrels, rodents, reptiles, insects, and bats. I like my fish, seafood, chicken, duck, turkey, beef, pork and lamb, thank you very much.
Did you know that pigeon is commonly eaten in Indonesia?
enak tuh burung merpati
sehabis disembelih bulunya dicabut tanpa air panas, tidak seperti ayam yang harus pake air panas untuk mencabuti bulunya.
Gua pernah mau masak burung dara tapi bokap ngajarinnya suruh pencet paruhnya utk matiinnya, bukan disembelih. Gua kira lebih cepet, ternyata.. kasian banget :-s, lama lagi matinya :(. Laen kali beli yang udah siap masak aja deh, hehehe.
Yang kasian banget itu liat pembunuhan turtle. Turtle gede dibalikin di punggungnya jadi dia ga bisa ngapa-ngapain, keplek-keplek kaki2nya aja, dah gitu HIDUP-HIDUP perutnya dibelah, dikeluarin isi badannya, all the while si turtle masih goyang2. Gue liat ini di TV, a long time ago, but I still remember it vividly, and I remember I cried wathing that.
And yes I’ve eaten turtle, in the form of piyo soup. It tasted like bakut teh and I was sorry eating it, but that time my uncle brought me to taste this ‘special food’ and I couldn’t say no.
Bakut Teh, this pork stew eaten with rice, was the daily Breakfast, lunch and dinner for improvished chinese dock workers who worked at Port Swettenham as it was then known (now Port Klang in Malaysia).
These gangs of steverdore workers used to be paid by the tonnage they cleared on a daily basis, they normally toiled for sixteen straignt hours a day and withtheir meagre earnings and families to feed (average of 5 children per family then in the fifties)all they could afford was the the discards at the pork stalls of the markets in Klang.
It was the ears, the hoofs, the intestines, and every other discard, thsi they cooked with a mixture of chinese herbs, thick soy sauce and some fungus and mushroom. The raw rice grains were roasted in Pork Lard, then cooked with deep fried onions and garlic, and together with this rice they had this herbal stew which today is called Bakut Teh.
When the effluent ones got a taste of this fabulous recepie there was no stopping the masses form Bakut teh. It is even better after beer or any drinking session, but when eating bakut teh its strictly chinese tea with Bakut teh.
Yes this is a dish to be eaten before you die, you just can’t die before eating it.