A Contest: Send Us Your "Ten Things to Eat Before You Die" List
But the Omnivore thing was too vague for us. (One of Sarah’s 20 was “smoked brisket in Texas”-- like they all taste the same?) So we started thinking of single category lists, like Ten Texas Briskets to Eat Before You Die, or Ten New York Pizzas to Eat Before You Die.
Here’s an example:
Ten Texas Sausages to Eat Before You Die
1. Pittsburg Hot Links
2. Elgin Hot Guts
3. Vencil’s Turkey Sausage
4. Slovacek's Garlic Smoked Sausage
5. Poffenberger’s Cheddar Jalapeño Summer Sausage
6. Kielbasa sandwich at Krolczyk Meats
7. Burton’s dried “jerky sausage”
8. “Wet sausage” at City Market in Luling
9. Rings at Kreuz Market in Lockhart
10. Deer sausage from Vincek’s
And then we decided to make it a contest.
Here’s the deal: Come up with your own “10 Things to Eat Before You Die” list and put it in the comments section of this post. You can pick any theme or category that appeals to you. We’ll pick the winners. The prizes will be selected from our pile of recently published weird cookbooks.
Ready, set, go!
-- Robb Walsh
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Ten Things To Order From A New Orleans Snowball Stand Before You Die:
1: Half Cherry, half Pineapple.
2: Silver Fox.
3: Tigers Blood.
4: Wedding Cake.
5: Ice Cream cream (not a typo).
6: Cherry shake, malted.
7: Chocolate, ice cream on bottom.
8: Strawberry cream.
9: Pink Lemonade, condensed milk on top.
10: "Surprise me."
Don't really have the capacity to form a list of ten, but my life will not be complete if I don't have the Chicken Fried Bacon from Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 10 2008 @ 8:33PMMy top 10 casual Houston dining things to order before you die:
1. Romano’s Pizza’s pepperoni and garlic sautéed mushroom pizza
2. El Tiempo Cantina’s combo fajitas with garlic butter sauce
3. Carrabba’s fettuccini alfredo with delicious mushrooms, peas and chicken
4. PF Chang’s spiced lamb with garlic noodles
5. Prego’s roasted red pepper and poblano cream soup
6. Niko Niko’s chicken philly with oven baked potatoes
7. Bombay Sweets’ giant potato samosas
8. Fish City Grill’s cream of roasted jalapeño soup
9. Mi Luna’s fried potato croquettes
10.Thai Village’s spicy fried rice with basil
Hmmm. THE RAINBOW of List
1. Shrimp fried rice at Mickey in Okinawa
2. Fresh Hot sausage at Caspers in Weimer with some Buttercrust bread
3. Fresh Hot Kolaches at that place just outside of La Grange on 71 - NO BETTER PLACE
4. OTTO's double meat double cheese
5. Kolache Shoppe - in the tunnels below the Park Shops. Everything is good.
6. Breakfast at La Mexicana - make sure you hide your valuables in your car though.
7. Sausage Sandwich and Big Red at Doziers
8. Charlies Hamburger Joint in Brookshire, circa 1987 - the best there was. build me a time machine.
9. Oysters Po-boy at that place that is now closed - was just out side of DOWNTOWN - you wrote about them once or twice. Mmmmmmm.
10. Cotton Candy at the Waller County Fair.
10 Pizzas to Eat Before You Die
(in no particular order)
01.) Una Pizza Napoletana, NYC
02.) Pizzeria Bianco, Pheonix
03.) Di Fara Pizza, Brooklyn
04.) Da Michele, Naples
05.) Mozza, L.A.
06.) Lou Malnati's, Chicago
07.) Sally's Apizza, New Haven CT
08.) Apizza Scholls, Portland OR
09.) Al Forno grilled pizza, Providence RI
10.) Your own homemade pizza
10 Things in Central Texas to Eat Before You Die
1) Chicken Fried Steak at Threadgills
2)Barbecue (brisket especially)at Rudy's or the Salt Lick
3) Kolaches in at the Czech Stop in West, Texas
4) Chocolate Pie at the Monument Cafe in Georgetown
5) Breakfast tacos (try any little Mexican place in town. It's a Texas tradition)
6) Steak and or a patty melt at the Heitmiller Steak House in Elm Mott (Just north of Waco. You still circle your order on a menu with little stubs of pencil)
7)Tex Mex (try the Hatch green chile days at Chuy's)
8) Round Rock donuts. Traditional doughnuts made by hand
9) Whataburger (try the honey chicken biscuit or the Whataburger with cheese)
10) Amy's ice cream. Make sure you get the mix ins
Stuff to eat in Houston before you die.
(No particular order)
1. Bahn Mi from Cali Deli
2. Pancetta,leek and robiola pizza w/ egg from Dolce Vita
3. Frenchies chicken (on Scott)
4. Thelmas Catfish and 'Cue
5. Lankford Burger
6. Eggchiladas from Chapultepec
7. Pan fried buns from QQ on Bellaire
8. Anything from Kanomwan Thai on Telephone
9. Barbacoa tacos at Tierra Caliente on Montrose
10. Any dessert by pastry chef Rebecca Masson (17, Catalan)
1. The canned seafood that Anthony Bourdain was eating on his Spain trip.
2. Crispy Rice and sour sausage from Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas.
3. Iberico Ham in Spain
4. A pizza in Italy
5. Oyster and Pearls at French Laundry
6. Mother In Laws Fried chicken(best ever)
7. The best slice of brisket ever made
8. Fresh Oysters with a great sauterne
9. Mr B's gumbo
10. Dona Terra Tamale
1. The canned seafood that Anthony Bourdain was eating on his Spain trip.
2. Crispy Rice and sour sausage from Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas.
3. Iberico Ham in Spain
4. A pizza in Italy
5. Oyster and Pearls at French Laundry
6. Mother In Laws Fried chicken(best ever)
7. The best slice of brisket ever made
8. Fresh Oysters with a great sauterne
9. Mr B's gumbo
10. Dona Terrr Tamale
Hi Robb--
What a great idea. Fun stuff!
Just to defend myself for a moment, I am aware that not all brisket all over Texas tastes the same!
My point wasn't to pick out the best particular restaurant/shack/stand/etc at which to eat those foods (I haven't eaten them all for one thing, making that impossible) but simply to make a wish list of iconic foods associated with certain regions that I would like to try, and hoping to get a conversation about food and travel started...
Sarah DiGregorio
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 11 2008 @ 7:23PMsorry but turkey should never be used in sausage. pork or beef nothing else
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 12 2008 @ 8:40PMsorry but turkey should never be used in sausage. pork or beef nothing else
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 12 2008 @ 8:41PMTop 10 Things That an Idiot that Moved to Oregon Wants to Eat From Houston Every Day:
1. Cuban Tacos from El Rey
2. Baked Chicken lunch at Zydeco
3. Tortillas from Spanish Flower
4. Smoked Turkey sandwich from Goode Co.
5. Anything on the menu from Whataburger, after 2 AM
6. Pancakes at Buffalo Grille with a massive hangover
7. Cake from Empire Cafe
8. Tex-Mex from Teotihuacan up on Airline
9. Margaritas from El Tiempo
10. Late night Mexican food from any of the places on Richmond between Shepherd and Main. Preferably served with a VAT OF QUESO...
8 Mexican Dishes/2 Burgers before you die.
(No particular order).
1 BEEF CHILI RELLINOS - VERACRUZ ON IRVINGTON
2.STEAK ALA MEXICANA - VERACRUZ ON IRVINGTON
3.DELUX CRISPY TACOS - TIO CHUCHO ON WEST RD
4.SOFT TACOS - TACOREA LAREDO - WASHINGTON AV
5.CHICKEN BREAST WITH PICO & QUESO + BEANS/ RICE/GUAC./CHEESE PUFF ( I CANNOT BELIEVE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT IT IS LIKELY THE MOST EXPENSIVE - BUT VERY REASONABLE, ITEM OFFERED AT EL GALLO) EL GALLO - ON GESSNER
6.ENCAHLADAS - AT THE CAFE/EXXON STATION COMBO - RACHAL, TEXAS
7. CRISPY TACOS - MATTS - S. LAMAR, AUSTIN
8. LARGEST COMBO PLATE - MATTS, AUSTIN
9. CHEESEBURGER - 105 GROCERY/DELI - WASHINGTON, TX
10. CHEESEBURGER - HOG BARN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT - NEWCASTLE, TX
10 Texas sausages to eat before the next hurricane:
1. Louie Mueller’s in Taylor
2. Wet sausage at City Market in Luling
3. Sausage ring at Black’s in Lockhart
4. Sausage from Austin’s in Eagle Lake
5. Hot pepper cheese summer sausage from Vincek’s in East Bernard
6. Jalapeno Cheddar cheese summer sausage from Maeker’s in Shiner
7. Crawfish/Pork sausage link from Veron’s in Atascocita
8. Boudin from Burt’s on Lyon’s
9. Green onion sausage from Poffenberger’s Belleville Meat Market
10. Pork sausage with Garlic at Guy’s on OST
Posted On: Sunday, Sep. 21 2008 @ 9:15AMTop 10 authentic Cajun dishes to eat before you die.
1. Boudin
2. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
3. Jambalaya
4. Crawfish Etouffe'
5. Sauce Piquant
6. Boiled Crawfish
7. Catfish Couvillion
8. Fried Shrimp
9. Cracklins'
10. Ponce
10 essential pre-dirtnap food experiences
1) Streetfood in Vietnam
2) Cream cakes & coffee in Germany
3) Fries in Holland
4) Seafood in Hong Kong
5) Harrod's food hall
6) Stonecrab in Miami
7) Coffee in Italy
8) Cabrito at 'El Rey' in Monterrey
9) Morning bakery run in France
10) Full English brekkers @ Smithfield
