101 Foods to Eat Before You Die

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The Following is a combination of several lists of food that people should eat before they die. While I have eaten some of these foods, I am starting from scratch from this list. I will be eating, and in some cases, preparing the following foods. I have removed such foods as Peanut Butter and Jelly and BBQ Ribs from the list because it is ridiculous to have not eaten these before.

1.      Abalone- A Sea Snail
2.      Alligator/Crocodile -
3.      Aloo Gobi- Potato & Cauliflower
4.      Andouillette- Tripe Sausage
5.      Armadillo
6.      Baba Ghanoush- Roasted Eggplant, Tahini and Garlic Spread
7.      Bagel & Lox- Bagel and Cured Salmon
8.      Bagna Cauda- Anchovies, Garlic, Olive Oil Spread
9.      Baiju- Chinese Distilled Alcohol
10. Baked Alaska- A Dessert made of Ice Cream Placed In A Pie Dish Lined With Slices of Sponge Cake and Topped With Meringue.
11. Baklava- Layers of Phyllo Dough Filled With Honey, Walnuts and Pistachios.
12. Baracuda
13. Bear
14. Beignet, Churros, Elephant Ears, Funnel Cake- Pastries Commonly Found in Fairs
15. Bellini- Sparkling Wine & Peach Purée
16. Bird's Nest Soup- Created From the Hardened Saliva of a Swift
17. Black Pudding/Sausage- Made of Curdled and Boiled Pig Blood, Mixed with Chunks of Pork Fat
18. Black Truffle- The Fruiting Body of An Underground Mushroom
19. Borscht- Beet Soup Typically Made with Beef Broth and Garnished With Sour Cream.
20. Brawn, or Head Cheese- Meat Jelly Made with Flesh From the Head of a Calf, Pig or Sheep
21. Calamari- Fried Squid
22. Carob Chips- Vegan Substitute For Chocolate Chip
23. Carp
24. Catfish
25. Caviar and Blini- Caviar is Processed, Salted, Non-Fertilized Sturgeon Roe.  Blini are Small, Yeast- Leavened, Buckwheat Pancakes that Originally Come From Russia.
26. Cheese Fondue- A Swiss Dish of Melted Cheese Served in a Communal Pot Over a Spirit Lamp
27. Chicken Tikka Masala-  A Curry Dish of Roasted Chicken Chunks in a Spicy Sauce
28. Chile Relleno- Literally "Stuffed Chile"
29. Chitterlings- Fried Small Intestines of Pig.
30. Chocolate Covered Bacon
31. Clam Chowder in a Sourdough Bowl
32. Clotted Cream Tea- A Tea Taken in Combination With Clotted Cream, Scones and Jam
33. Crawfish
34. Curried Goat
35. Currywurst- A Hot Pork Sausage Served With A Curry Ketchup
36. Deep Fried Twinkie
37. Dolma- Grape Leaves Commonly Stuffed With Onion, Zucchini, Eggplant, Tomato and Pepper.
38. Dulce de Leche- A Thick, Creamy, Caramel-Like Milk-Based Sauce or Spread.
39. Durian- An Asian Fruit Know For Its Spike-Covered Exterior and Its Smell
40. Eel
41. Eggs Benedict- Two Halves of an English Muffin, Topped With Ham or Bacon, a Poached Egg and Hollandaise Sauce
42. Epoisses- A Pungent Unpasteurized Cow's-Milk Cheese
43. Escargot- Cooked Land Snails
44. Fish Tacos
45. Foie Gras- Made of the Liver of a Duck or Goose That Has Been Specially Fattened
46. Fried Green Tomatoes
47. Fried Plantain- Plantains Tends to be Firmer and Lower in Sugar Content Than "Dessert" Bananas.
48. Fugu- Puffer Fish
49. Gazpacho- A Cold Spanish/Portuguese Tomato-Based Raw Vegetable Soup, Originating in the Southern Region of Andalucía
50. Gjetost or Brunost- A Brown Cheese
51. Goat's Milk
52. Goulash- A Soup or Stew of Meat, Noodles and Vegetables Seasoned With Paprika and Other Spices
53. Gumbo- A Stew or Soup That Probably Originated in Southern Louisiana During the 18th Century
54. Haggis- A Savory Pudding Containing Sheep's (heart, liver and lungs), Minced With Onion, Oatmeal, Suet, Spices, and Salt, Mixed with Stock, and Traditionally Encased in the Animal's Stomach and Simmered For Approximately Three Hours.
55. Honeycomb
56.  Horse
57. Huevos Rancheros- Consists of Fried Eggs Served Upon Lightly Fried Corn Tortillas Topped With a Tomato-Chili Sauce
58. Insects
59. Kangaroo
60. Kimchee- A Traditional Fermented Korean Dish Made of Vegetables With Varied Seasonings.
61. Kobe Beef- Cuts of Beef From the Black Tajima-ushi Breed of Wagyū Cattle, Raised According to Strict Tradition in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
62. Lapsang Souchong- Lapsang is Distinct From All Other Types of Tea Because Lapsang Leaves Are Traditionally Smoke-Dried Over Pinewood Fires, Taking On a Distinctive Smoky Flavor.
63. Lobster Thermidor- A French Dish Consisting Of A Creamy Mixture Of Cooked Lobster Meat, Egg Yolks, and Cognac or Brandy, Stuffed Into A Lobster Shell, and Optionally Served With An Oven-Browned Cheese Crust, Typically Gruyère. The Sauce Must Contain Mustard (Typically Powdered).
64. Louche Absinthe- Historically Described As A Distilled, Highly Alcoholic Beverage. It Is An Anise-Flavored Spirit Derived From Botanicals, Including the Flowers and Leaves of Artemisia absinthium (a.k.a. "grande wormwood"), Together With Green Anise, Sweet Fennel, and Other Medicinal and Culinary Herbs.
65. Lutefisk- Made From Aged Stockfish. Literally Means “Lye Fish”
66. Mole Poblano- Contains About Twenty Ingredients, Including Chili Peppers and Chocolate, Which Works To Counteract the Heat of the Chili Peppers.
67. Nikuman- A Japanese Food Made From Flour Dough, and Filled With Cooked Ground Pork or Other Ingredients.
68. Oxtail Soup- Made With Beef Tails. The Use of the Word "Ox" in This Context Is A Nomenclature; No Specialized Stock of Beef Animals Are Used.
69. Oysters
70. Paneer-  A Fresh Cheese Common in South Asian Cuisine
71. Pavlova- A Meringue-Based Dessert Named After the Russian Ballet Dancer Anna Pavlova
72. Phaal- A British Asian Indian Curry Dish, Which Originated in Indian Restaurants in the UK
73. Philly Cheese Steak- A Sandwich Made From Thinly-Sliced Pieces of Steak and Melted Cheese In A Long Roll
74. Pho- Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup
75. Pocky- A Japanese Snack Food
76. Polenta- Made From Boiled Cornmeal
77. Poutine-  A Canadian Dish of French Fries and Fresh Cheese Curds, Covered With Brown Gravy or Sauce
78. Prickly Pear
79. Rabbit Stew
80. Rocky Mountain Oysters- Bull Calf Testicles
81. Rose Harissa- A Tunisian Hot Chili Sauce Commonly Eaten in North Africa, Whose Main Ingredients Are Piri Piri (type of chili pepper), Serrano Peppers and Other Hot Chili Peppers and Spices Such As Garlic Paste, Coriander, Red Chili Powder, Caraway As Well As Some Vegetable or Olive Oil.
82. Salted Lassi- A Popular and Traditional Yogurt-Based Drink of the Indian Subcontinent
83. Samgyetang- A Korean Soup, Which Primarily Consists of A Whole Young Chicken and Korean Ginseng
84. Scotch Bonnet Pepper (Raw)
85. Sea Cucumber
86. Sea Urchin
87. Shark
88. Snail
89. Snake
90. Soft Shell Crab
91. Som Tam- A Spicy Salad of Lao Origin, the Standard Form of Which is Made From Shredded Unripened Papaya.
92. Spaetzle-  A Type Of Egg Noodle of Soft Texture Found In the Cuisine of Germany and of Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Alsace and South Tyrol.
93. SPAM- A Canned Precooked Product First Introduced in 1937.
94. Steak Tartare- A Meat Dish Made From Finely Chopped or Minced Raw Beef or Horse
95. Sweetbreads-  Culinary Names For the Thymus (Throat, Gullet, Or Neck Sweetbread) Or The Pancreas (Heart, Stomach, or Belly Sweetbread) Especially Of the Calf and Lamb
96. Tom Yum- A Spicy Clear Soup Typical in Laos and Thailand
97. Turducken- A Dish Consisting of A Deboned Turkey Stuffed With A Deboned Duck Stuffed With A Deboned Chicken.
98. Umeboshi- Pickled Ume Fruits Common in Japan.
99. Venison- The Meat Of A Game Animal, Especially A Deer But Also Other Animals Such As Antelope, Wild Boar, etc.
101. Wojapi- A Native American Berry Pudding, Often Eaten With Flatbread
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