I was thinking of doing this, but when I got down to #15 and was already up to 7 items I would never eat, I figured there wasn't much point.

For Criollo chocolate you are in California, home of Etienne Guittard. They have a few bars you can buy and I'v always had wonderful service from them.

Just a warning, a good number of proclaimed 'chocolate lovers' will think it is a total piece of crap and spit it out with resounding ewwwwwws. If you can handle unsweetened Mexican stuff like a Carlov V bar or a spoonful of straight cocoa powder and enjoy it then criollo will be wonderful. It has a very unique aromatic quality you really won't find elsewhere and lasts quite a long time for a small piece. =^.^=

However for fun you can give 'chocolate lovers' some without telling them for evil giggles.

Hmm, interesting. I do like semi-dark chocolate straight and dark chocolate as an ingredient... I've tasted straight cacao and didn't really like it. It was an intense flavor but too bitter to really enjoy much of it. So criollo may not be for me, though I'd certainly try it.

Uh, you would eat roadkill???

I've eaten quite a bit of roadkill. As long as its freshly dead and prepared properly, its no different than eating something thats been hunted.

Hello. Rat.

In reality, it depends entirely on context. If it were a large animal freshly killed in a wild area (e.g. deer hit by a car on a forest road), I wouldn't have objections. But the likelihood of me being in a situation where this applies is slim, granted.

The Pac NW is delicious roadkill central. Don't be shy!

54. Paneer -- I could swear I've fed you sag paneer somewhere amid my curry de-aversion campaign on you. If I'm lazy I'll just use store-bought farmers cheese, which is practically identical, but the cheese cloth I had at the old place was in some part there specifically to make paneer the couple of times I did.

I'm also surprised to see you've never had polenta. Is it a particular preparation you consider un-had, or just somehow gone this long without ever encountering it?

Hmmm... Possibly. I didn't recall it so I didn't want to claim it. But Kit also thought that I'd had it, so perhaps that is the case and I have a poor memory. Wouldn't be the first time.

I've had various corn preparations that are similar to polenta but I don't think I've had something that would officially qualify as "polenta".