A fun blog game courtesy of my virtual BFF (in my dreams) Clotilde, over at Chocolate and Zucchini. It's a culinary trip around the world/down memory lane, as the case may be. Here are the rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (we're gonna go with italics instead of crossing out--I'm not so skilled at this blogging thing)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
P.S. I don't necessarily assume that anyone cares what wacky or pedestrian foods I have or have not tried, but I enjoyed the exercise and I thought you might too.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Summer In The City
We're now city-dwellers, part of that whole trendy urban renewal thing. As per the request of a certain family member living overseas (who was mentioned in my previous post--you were right on, Izumi!), we'll post pictures soon. Just to whet your appetite, I promise you this: our house is older than your house, no matter who you are.
It's been a crazy summer! I was at the National Migration Conference in Washington D.C. last month while Mark graciously started moving our stuff in to our home. We both worked hard, though Mark probably wouldn't agree with that because his work involved way more sweat (unless you count the day my co-workers and I raced around Capitol Hill in our suits on a humid Wednesday morning...that did actually involve a lot of sweat, too).
The conference gave me a glimpse into the other side of refugee resettlement, everything that goes into processing refugees before they even set foot on U.S. soil. Apparently, all kinds of departments and documents and acronyms are involved--a short list I began jotting on my notepad by day #4 of the conference: UNHCR, USCCB, P1, P2, P#, OPE, USCIS, DOS, PRM, MG, LIRS, R&P, SIV, WRAPS, SAO, AOR, CLASS, USRC, IOM, ORR, URM, UAC, DHS, DOJ, I-94, SSI, I-730, CAL, BRYCS, JRS, DHHS, MRS, RPC, VolAg, ABN, PNR, POE. And that's just what I could think of off the top of my head. I honestly couldn't tell you what some of them stand for. Good thing there was no post-test!
One of the highlights (besides learning how to speak in Washington code, of course) was getting to hear Immaculee Ilibagiza tell her story of being locked in a bathroom with 7 other women for 91 days during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. During her time spent hiding from those who were seeking to kill her, she journeyed from hatred and fear to forgiveness and love for her enemies. Talk about seeing the Christian life truly, truly lived out. I'm really looking forward to reading her book.
I'll leave you with this: "Lost Boy's True Olympic Moment: Carrying U.S. Flag." You didn't think I'd let that one go without mention, did you?
It's been a crazy summer! I was at the National Migration Conference in Washington D.C. last month while Mark graciously started moving our stuff in to our home. We both worked hard, though Mark probably wouldn't agree with that because his work involved way more sweat (unless you count the day my co-workers and I raced around Capitol Hill in our suits on a humid Wednesday morning...that did actually involve a lot of sweat, too).
The conference gave me a glimpse into the other side of refugee resettlement, everything that goes into processing refugees before they even set foot on U.S. soil. Apparently, all kinds of departments and documents and acronyms are involved--a short list I began jotting on my notepad by day #4 of the conference: UNHCR, USCCB, P1, P2, P#, OPE, USCIS, DOS, PRM, MG, LIRS, R&P, SIV, WRAPS, SAO, AOR, CLASS, USRC, IOM, ORR, URM, UAC, DHS, DOJ, I-94, SSI, I-730, CAL, BRYCS, JRS, DHHS, MRS, RPC, VolAg, ABN, PNR, POE. And that's just what I could think of off the top of my head. I honestly couldn't tell you what some of them stand for. Good thing there was no post-test!
One of the highlights (besides learning how to speak in Washington code, of course) was getting to hear Immaculee Ilibagiza tell her story of being locked in a bathroom with 7 other women for 91 days during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. During her time spent hiding from those who were seeking to kill her, she journeyed from hatred and fear to forgiveness and love for her enemies. Talk about seeing the Christian life truly, truly lived out. I'm really looking forward to reading her book.
I'll leave you with this: "Lost Boy's True Olympic Moment: Carrying U.S. Flag." You didn't think I'd let that one go without mention, did you?
Thursday, August 07, 2008
A Worthy Cause
You know when you're sitting at your desk on a boring day at work and you dream about living an adventurous life overseas, one that is rife with Significance and Meaning and all that Good stuff? Well, if you can't make that happen for yourself right now, how about helping someone else make it happen? And, even better, how about if that someone else isn't living this life for her sake? How about if she's living it so that she can "share Jesus and share herself" with the people of Natal, Brazil?
Do I have the gal for you! If you'd like to read more about her life and the people who have been touched by the message she's sharing, go here:
crisinbrazil.blogspot.com
If you feel called to share your financial resources with her so that she can continue sharing Jesus and sharing herself, go here:
www.lst.org/2008projects/cris
Don't let this opportunity pass you by! You can be an important part of what God is doing among the people of Natal.
Do I have the gal for you! If you'd like to read more about her life and the people who have been touched by the message she's sharing, go here:
crisinbrazil.blogspot.com
If you feel called to share your financial resources with her so that she can continue sharing Jesus and sharing herself, go here:
www.lst.org/2008projects/cris
Don't let this opportunity pass you by! You can be an important part of what God is doing among the people of Natal.
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