kengr

I've been listening to a lot of my MP3 files lately (mostly making sure they still play thru the BluRay player, not all of them do).

Anyway, I just finished listening to the complete play "Man of La Mancha" as permored in London many years back. And I'm now listening to the soundtrack album (just the music) from the original Brodaway cast.

It occurs to me that Cervantes must be spinning in his grave.

By all accounts, Don Quixote was intended to poke fun at the whole *concept* of knight errantry. And Quixote was not supposed to be any sort of heroic figure. Just a deluded man.

Compare that with Man of La Macha. It it Quixote is a noble figure, maybe a bit deluded, still with a noble purpose.

In other words, pretty much the opposite of Cervantes book.

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Here's the deal:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
   
2. Nettle Tea
   
3. Huevos rancheros
   
4. Steak tartare
   
5. Crocodile
   
6. Black pudding
   
7. Cheese fondue
   
8. Carp (I think...)
   
9. Borscht
   
10. Baba ghanoush
    
11. Calamari
    
12. Pho (I think)
    
13. PB&J sandwich
    
14. Aloo gobi
    
15. Hot dog from a street cart
    
16. Epoisses
    
17. Black truffle (I think I had something with truffle in it)
    
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
    
19. Steamed pork buns ( o_O? )
    
20. Pistachio ice cream (and so has anybody who has had Spumoni ice cream, it's the green. Th pink is tutti fruiti)
    
21. Heirloom tomatoes
    
22. Fresh wild berries Thimble berries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries
    
23. Foie gras
    
24. Rice and beans (far too often)
    
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
    
33. Salted lassi
    
34. Sauerkraut
    
35. Root beer float
    
36. Cognac
    
37. Clotted cream
    
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 (candied rose petals)
    
89. Horse (was the only meat I could afford back in the late 70s)
    
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