When one sets out to create a list, it is important to set standards. What criteria will be used to rule
out inappropriate items? Why is this item on the list in the first place? The BBC's list of the top 50 things to eat before you die seems to
be lacking some of these standards. Apparently, viewers and readers voted on food items, which were narrowed to a field
of 50 based on the number of votes received. The top 10 were:
- Fresh fish
- Lobster
- Steak
- Thai food
- Chinese food
- Ice cream
- Pizza
- Crab
- Curry
- Prawns
Aussie meat pies (40) and pancakes (14) were good choices, as was the unusual durian fruit (42), but "Chinese food" and "Thai food" seem overly broad. Also on the list were fairly common items, like ice cream and chocolate (23), were not excluded from the list simply because everyone has already eaten them. Guinea pig (32) and squid (28) seem like questionable choices, in general. And how on earth did sandwiches - which came in at number 24 - make the list? Not even a specific sandwich was recommended!
If you only had to choose one food to eat before you died, would it really be a sandwich? For that matter, would it be haggis (48)? I would guess that mac and cheese might be a more popular choice. What would you put on the list?
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