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Thursday, September 11, 2008

AV Club's Old Cult Canon

The Old Cult Canon: 16 cult films that paved the way for the new cult canon

(bolded are the ones I've seen)

1. Freaks
2. Pink Flamingos
3. Rocky Horror Picture Show
4. Eraserhead
5. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. Two Lane Blacktop

8. The Harder They Come
9. El Topo
10. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
11. Enter the Dragon
12. Performance
13. Suspiria
14. Wizards
15. Plan Nine from Outer Space
16. Repo Man

(again, not awesome)

Amurrican Pride

I'll do much better on this one!

1. Twinkies
2. NY Style Pizza
3. Sushi
4. Shrimp and Grits

5. Muffuletta
6. Banana Bread
7. Chocolate Chip Cookies

8. Fish tacos
9. Root Beer Float
10. In and Out Burger
11. Garbage Plate
12. Fried Chicken
13. Half Smoke

14. Lobster Boil
15. Apple Pie
16. French Dip/Italian Beef
17. Funyuns
18. Coca Cola
19. Eggs Benedict
20. Blueberry Muffins
21. Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy

22. Shrimp Po’ Boy
23. Ambrosia Salad
24. Ovaltine
25. Lasagna

26. Western Omelet
27. Sweet Potato Pie
28. Tuna Casserole
29. Tater Tots
30. M&Ms
31. Cheerios

32. Wine IN Napa
33. Jambalaya
34. Cuban Sandwich
35. Crab Cakes
36. Cheeseburger
37. Pork Rinds
38. Baked Alaska
39. Egg Nog
40. Pigs in a Blanket
41. Tennessee BBQ
42. Apple Cider
43. Thin Mints
44. Monkey Bread
45. Chicken and Dumplings
46. Mashed Potatoes

47. Matzo Ball Soup
48. Jim Beam
49. NY Bagel
50. Cornbread
51. Frosty
52. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
53. Cranberry Sauce
54. Kettle Corn

55. Downtown Mahattan
56. Rocky Road Ice Cream
57. Fluffernutter Sandwich
58. Cool Whip
59. Black and White Cookies
60. Pierogis
61. Rotisserie Chicken
62. French Toast
63. Chocolate Milk

64. Fried Green Tomatoes
65. Cobb Salad
66. Baby back ribs
67. Cup of Coffee
68. Cotton Candy
69. Bologna
70. Corn Dogs
71. Cheesecake
72. Pecan Pie
73. Scrapple
74. Philly Cheesesteak
75. Old Bay
76. Chicken Fried Steak

77. Rocky Mountain Oysters
78. Black Eyed Peas
79. Potato salad
80. Chili
81. BLT Sandwich
82. Egg Salad
83. Macaroni and Cheese
84. Red beans and rice

85. Mongolian BBQ
86. Hot fudge sundae
87. Red Velvet Cake
88. Sour Cream and Onion Chips
89. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich
90. Chicken Fingers
91. Mrs. Butterworth Syrup
92. Shirley Temple
93. Meatloaf
94. Grape Kool-Aid
95. Black Licorice
96. Buffalo Wings
97. Pulled Pork Sandwich
98. Budweiser
99. Peeps
100. Pop Tarts

101. Green bean casserole

(via here)

New Meme

Omnivore's 100

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich

14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
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 in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
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
89. Horse
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

(I don't think I did very well)