courtesy of frankenboob

[pat]

Fifty foods you should eat before you die.... If you notice a anglophilic slant to this, it may be because it was put together by the BBC. (Things I've eaten are in bold.)

1. Fresh fish -- my dad fished a lot as a way to help feed seven mouths. One of the results of this is now I don't eat fish -- I got spoiled by being fed very fresh fish.
2. Lobster
3. Steak
4. Thai food
5. Chinese food
6. Ice cream
7. Pizza
8. Crab
9. Curry
10. Prawns
11. Moreton Bay Bugs -- I had these at the Sydney Opera House in 1991 with brian1789
12. Clam chowder
13. Barbecues
14. Pancakes
15. Pasta
16. Mussels
17. Cheesecake
18. Lamb
19. Cream tea
20. Alligator
21. Oysters
22. Kangaroo
23. Chocolate
24. Sandwiches
25. Greek food
26. Burgers
27. Mexican food
28. Squid -- calamari, blech.
29. American diner breakfast -- Just a shout out here to Skyway Jack's in St. Petersburg, Florida
30. Salmon
31. Venison
32. Guinea pig -- just what I've always wanted, fried cavy. Or maybe cavy in mole sauce.
33. Shark
34. Sushi
35. Paella - I actually did not get around to eating paella while in Spain.
36. Barramundi
37. Reindeer
38. Kebab
39. Scallops
40. Australian meat pie
41. Mango
42. Durian fruit
43. Octopus --baby octopus, to be exact. I ate one, and then couldn't get past the tentacles.
44. Ribs
45. Roast beef
46. Tapas -- in Madrid, with sangria.
47. Jerk chicken/pork
48. Haggis - what exactly is in haggis? is it actually a food product?
49. Caviar
50. Cornish pasty

What interests me is what didn't make the list -- how could one go through life never having had strawberries? Or bacon? Or maple syrup? [Edit: Okay, so lots of people go through life having never eaten bacon (or ham, another favorite of mine) for religious reasons. But I stand by strawberries and maple syrup. And maybe tomatoes, too.]

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It's some sort of crustacean -- they look something like trilobytes, if I recall correctly.