Things I've Eaten

I love this idea. If you like, make it yours and post your results. What have you eaten?

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Strike out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

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. Peanut butter and jelly 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
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

My Niece

I have a gorgeous new niece: her name is Alex. Will & I went to see her in June and I haven't been able to stop thinking about her munchable self since. Nom nom. Smooshy cheeks. I made her a birth announcement; one of my favorite projects to do. So much cuteness! So much positivity! Here it is:

Hurricane Will

My son is a force of nature. Just like my husband.

Today, while at goodnight story hour on the grassy hill in front of the library, not one, but two sets of childless adults stopped to say hi to my 3 year old son in the middle of town. These are people he has made friends with, because that is what he does. He hurtles headlong into life, smiling and making loud joyful noise. He charms and is charmed. He annoys sometimes, but does not notice (this should be a superpower). He is powerful with his questions and that “hey! I want to know you!" gaze.

The first set of greeters he met last week at the Art House Café: an ample curly headed woman in her thirties there to study, and her hip, boyish friend. They commented on how open and friendly he is, and that charmed them. We saw them again today in the same cafe, and the curly haired woman remembered us (him). He said hi and couldn’t wait to show her his new robot. They had a discussion about whether it was a cat or dog or ostrich. Then, when he left it on a table outside (she was in) she kept it until we came back for it and said “Oh, good! I was hoping you’d come back.” She and her friend walked down the library steps at 7:15 and cried “Hey, Will!” He replied “What are you doing?” She responded: “I got some books from the library. See you later!” “Bye!” Then, 10 minutes later, I looked up to see Levue, who works with my husband and his girlfriend on their bikes in the street. They had stopped and were looking at us. I called Will’s attention to them and he beamed and waved. Levue looked a while longer and said, “He remembers me!", with a big smile. Then rode off.

I am in awe of my son today.