The Vegan’s Hundred
In the spirit of starting with something meat-filled and icky and making it suitable for civilized consumption, the BitterSweet blog took the idea of an “Omnivore’s Hundred” and veganized it, into a list of 100 foods that every vegan should try at least once in his or her lifetime—The Vegan’s Hundred.
I love lists like this, so here it is, complete with the instructions and my results. Several of the items, like fondue and baklava, I’ve had in vegetarian versions but not vegan, so I didn’t “bold” those. Next I’m going to start daydreaming about foods that ought to be on the list but aren’t - for example, I’ve always wanted to try fermented tofu, but the opportunity just hasn’t come up….
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
1) Copy this list into your own blog, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Post a comment here once you’ve finished and link your post back to this one.
5) Pass it on!
1. Natto
2. Green Smoothie
3. Tofu Scramble
4. Haggis (two kinds so far—one from a can, last Sunday – Burns Night – it was homemade.)
5. Mangosteen
6. Creme brulee
7. Fondue
8. Marmite/Vegemite
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Nachos
12. Authentic soba noodles
13. PB&J sandwich (jelly, bleh - too sweet. But I recommend PB & Pickles, and PB & veggie bacon, PB & grated carrots, PB & apples, etc….)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Taco from a street cart
16. Boba Tea
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Gyoza
20. Vanilla ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Ceviche
24. Rice and beans
25. Knish
26. Raw scotch bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Caviar (ah, Cavi*art! It’s available by mail, along with the canned haggis mentioned earlier, and the Scheese mentioned later, from Food Fight Grocery.)
29. Baklava
30. Pate
31. Wasabi peas
32. Chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Mango lassi
34. Sauerkraut (can I give myself extra points for making it from scratch, with fresh cabbage and salt?)
35. Root beer float (Roots are for trees, not for beer.)
36. Mulled cider
37. Scones with buttery spread and jam
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Fast food french fries
41. Raw Brownies
42. Fresh Garbanzo Beans
43. Dahl
44. Homemade Soymilk
45. Wine from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Stroopwafle
47. Samosas
48. Vegetable Sushi
49. Glazed doughnut (if only Krispy Kreme’s were vegan, what a wonderful world it would be.)
50. Seaweed
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Tofurkey
54. Sheese
55. Cotton candy
56. Gnocchi
57. Piña colada
58. Birch beer
59. Scrapple
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Soy curls
63. Chickpea cutlets
64. Curry
65. Durian (I’m obsessed with durian, but haven’t eaten it!)
66. Homemade Sausages
67. Churros, elephant ears, or funnel cake
68. Smoked tofu
69. Fried plantain
70. Mochi
71. Gazpacho
72. Warm chocolate chip cookies
73. Absinthe (except there was no wormwood in it, alas)
74. Corn on the cob
75. Whipped cream, straight from the can (whipped cream, yes; from the can, no)
76. Pomegranate
77. Fauxstess Cupcake
78. Mashed potatoes with gravy
79. Jerky
80. Croissants
81. French onion soup
82. Savory crepes
83. Tings
84. A meal at Candle 79
85. Moussaka
86. Sprouted grains or seeds
87. Macaroni and “cheese”
88. Flowers
89. Matzoh ball soup
90. White chocolate
91. Seitan
92. Kimchi
93. Butterscotch chips
94. Yellow watermelon
95. Chili with chocolate
96. Bagel and Tofutti
97. Potato milk
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Raw cookie dough (so nice not to have to worry about the raw eggs!)
