I tried 67 of these foods. How about you?

[swamp]

www.listchallenges.com/100-must-eat-american-foods

[genericname]

I've tried 69. Some of them I will never try, no matter what!

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

32

The Smithfields ham package has Paula Deen's face on it.

[Deleted]

71 give or take.  Some I was not 100% sure if I had had them or not.

[hoops902]

Jul 10, 2013 15:49:39 GMT -5 genericname said:

I've tried 69.

Niiiiiiiiiiice!

[Wisconsin Beth]

I got a 61. 

Does it count if you've had both shrimp and hushpuppies but not together?    "cause that would make me a 62.

[justme]

32

Yay! Someone else had 32 too.   I don't feel as picky of an eater now.

[sheilaincali]

81   Benefits of being married to a Southerner and living in a few different states/parts of the country over the years. 

[Pants]

62. The fact that I have hated seafood my entire life really holds me back here.

[movingforward]

I've tried 74

[imawino]

80, give or take.  I counted a couple I couldn't be 100% certain of (like frito pie - I've had fritos with taco type stuff but was it technically a "frito pie"??)

And I've never had a fried peanut butter and banana sammich, but that picture kinda made me want one!

[sheilaincali]

I should say I've tried 81 of the dishes but haven't enjoyed several of them.  I hate fish but when you live in Alaska they'll kick you out of the state for refusing to try Salmon (which I hate btw).  Plus DH is all "you should try at least one bite it might surprise you".    ok- mind out of the gutter people.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I'm sheltered apparently.  Living in the midwest if they'd put a ton of foods involving sour cream, mayo or cream of crap soup on that list my score would have been thru the roof.

[swamp]

Jul 10, 2013 16:01:59 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I'm sheltered apparently.  Living in the midwest if they'd put a ton of foods involving sour cream, mayo or cream of crap soup on that list my score would have been thru the roof.

<<sends drama some chicken wings>>

[milee]

91, but two of them on the list I tried while in Canada, so not sure of those count.  (Of the ones I ate in Canada, one was the cheese curds - BTW, that pic looked like fried cheese curds, and the ones I ate were fresh - and the other was fresh picked blueberries.)  So if the Canadian foods don't count, 89.

There were also a couple more that I didn't count because I hadn't had them in that combo, but I've eaten the foods individually or in a different combo.  I've had shad roe in other dishes, but not on toast and I've had fried spam with rice in Hawaii, but it wasn't in that sushi stack tied with nori, they were just stacked on each other.  So if those count, my count goes up to 93.

[Deleted]

By the way, what is the thing that looks like a giant schlong.

[swamp]

some of the things are weird.  I've had grapes, but I don't know what muscadine grapes are.  I've had honey, but I don't know what sourwood honey is.  I've had some taco dips that are like frito pie, but it's not frito pie, per se.

And some of the stuff I have no freakin' idea what it is.  Bourgoo? 

[Deleted]

your score 69

travelling all over the states definitely gives you higher scores on this....

[swamp]

Jul 10, 2013 16:03:29 GMT -5 milee said:

91, but two of them on the list I tried while in Canada, so not sure of those count.  (Of the ones I ate in Canada, one was the cheese curds - BTW, that pic looked like fried cheese curds, and the ones I ate were fresh - and the other was fresh picked blueberries.)  So if the Canadian foods don't count, 89.

There were also a couple more that I didn't count because I hadn't had them in that combo, but I've eaten the foods individually or in a different combo.  I've had shad roe in other dishes, but not on toast and I've had fried spam with rice in Hawaii, but it wasn't in that sushi stack tied with nori, they were just stacked on each other.  So if those count, my count goes up to 93.

yeah, the cheese curds were weird.  I've never have them fried.   They're so good just plain.  I love me some squeaky cheese.

[milee]

Jul 10, 2013 16:05:47 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

By the way, what is the thing that looks like a giant schlong.

Geoduck.  Pronounced Gooey-duck.

They're a type of shellfish, like a clam or mussel.  I haven't tried one. 

[imawino]

Jul 10, 2013 16:05:47 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

By the way, what is the thing that looks like a giant schlong.

Oh dear.  How to break this news...


It looks like a normal sized schlong, you poor fella.

[genericname]

Muscadine grapes grow wild in the swamps of Louisiana. I prefer them in jam, but they are good fresh off the vine, too. I'm sure they grown in Alabama, Mississippi, and Northern Florida since they have similar climates to Louisiana. They are round and very dark, so they kind of look like deer turds. If you ever catch duck dynasty, there's one episode where one of the dudes (Si, I think) eats a deer turd because he thinks it's a grape.  

[Peace Of Mind]

74 if Hoppin' John means black eyed peas.  I've had fresh blueberries but they were from Publix or at a restaurant so it that counts my score is 75.  I'm not sure what some of that stuff shown was to even know if I had it or not. 

[milee]

Jul 10, 2013 16:06:28 GMT -5 swamp said:

some of the things are weird.  I've had grapes, but I don't know what muscadine grapes are.  I've had honey, but I don't know what sourwood honey is.  I've had some taco dips that are like frito pie, but it's not frito pie, per se.

And some of the stuff I have no freakin' idea what it is.  Bourgoo? 

Yep, sourwood honey was one of the ones I hadn't tried either.  Just never seen it. 

Another I haven't seen was the hot water cornbread.  I love pretty much every kind of cornbread there is, so hot water cornbread is probably no exception, I've just never seen it to try.

[Regie]

76 and the giant schlong was a geoduck.  Some sort of clam thing I think.

[sheilaincali]

Cheese curds are a staple in the Midwest.  I could drive to Culver's and get some cheese curds instead of French fries right now.  Big at the state fair too. 

I only know what a Geoduck is because Mike Rowe had to "harvest" them on an episode of Dirty Jobs years ago.

Plus the spam factory and museum is like an hour from me. 

Drama- don't feel bad- most of my family would probably score like a 12 on that list.  They hadn't even heard of Nutella until like 6 months ago when they saw it sitting on my kitchen counter. 

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30

[imawino]

Jul 10, 2013 16:11:08 GMT -5 genericname said:

Muscadine grapes grow wild in the swamps of Louisiana. I prefer them in jam, but they are good fresh off the vine, too. I'm sure they grown in Alabama, Mississippi, and Northern Florida since they have similar climates to Louisiana. They are round and very dark, so they kind of look like deer turds. If you ever catch duck dynasty, there's one episode where one of the dudes (Si, I think) eats a deer turd because he thinks it's a grape.  

My grandfather used to make wine from them. 

[Peace Of Mind]

Jul 10, 2013 16:11:08 GMT -5 genericname said:

Muscadine grapes grow wild in the swamps of Louisiana. I prefer them in jam, but they are good fresh off the vine, too. I'm sure they grown in Alabama, Mississippi, and Northern Florida since they have similar climates to Louisiana. They are round and very dark, so they kind of look like deer turds. If you ever catch duck dynasty, there's one episode where one of the dudes (Si, I think) eats a deer turd because he thinks it's a grape.  

[swamp]

Jul 10, 2013 16:12:56 GMT -5 imawino said:

Jul 10, 2013 16:11:08 GMT -5 genericname said:

Muscadine grapes grow wild in the swamps of Louisiana. I prefer them in jam, but they are good fresh off the vine, too. I'm sure they grown in Alabama, Mississippi, and Northern Florida since they have similar climates to Louisiana. They are round and very dark, so they kind of look like deer turds. If you ever catch duck dynasty, there's one episode where one of the dudes (Si, I think) eats a deer turd because he thinks it's a grape.  

My grandfather used to make wine from them. 

deer turd wine?  sounds interesting.............