Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

I'm really curious how far I'll get this time!


A - apricots: Vathek by William Beckford
B - blood sausage: Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille
C - caviar: Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler
D - dumplings: Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
E - eggs: The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
F - figgs: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
G - gingerbread: Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
H - horse meat: Martín Fierro by José Hernández
I - ice cream: Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee
J
K - Kansas fried chicken: Jazz by Toni Morrison
L - lard: Hunger by Knut Hamsun
M - milk: Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare
N
O - okara and ochazuke: Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe
P - pretzels: W, or the Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec
Q
R - rice: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
S
T - trout: L'Abbé C by Georges Bataille
U - Ugali: Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
V - voddissin: Under the Skin by Michel Faber
W - walnuts: The Immoralist by André Gide
X
Y - Yorkshire pudding: Wild Harbour by Ian MacPherson
Z

F - flapjacks: Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee

Also mentions biscuits and ice cream.

I'm making notes of all the foods mentioned in the books I finish. This challenge is hard to plan. I will most likely have to switch around and want to keep track of all the foods so I won't have to look through all the texts again!

Mentioned in The Immoralist: hash, roast meat, lemons, thyme, oats, hay (if animals' foods counts), walnuts, apples, fruit, sweets, cakes, biscuits

Mentioned in Les Misérables (from part 2 onwards; I read part 1 before starting this challenge and don't remember what foods were eaten): bread, cheese, melons, apples, apricots, pears, meat, vegetables, salted fish, currants, mutton chops, meat, grease, bones, eggs, soup, potatoes, duck, truffle, esparagus, roast veal

Mentioned in Absolute Beginners: smoked salmon sandwich, salt beef, swedes

Mentioned in Hunger: sausages, white bread, cheese, lard, groats, corned beef, beefsteak, bacon, rye bread, meat balls, oats, cake, orange, sweets, butter, caraway, cabbage

Ellinor wrote: "F - flapjacks: Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee

Also mentions biscuits and ice cream.

I'm making notes of all the foods mentioned in the books I finish. This challenge is hard ..."

That's exactly what I'm doing.

The Blithedale Romance lists over 20 different foods - many of which start with "b"

That's a lot. In the books I've read so far or am currently reading people only seem to drink or have meals without mentioning what they are eating.

Kimberly wrote: "Ellinor wrote: "F - flapjacks: Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee

Also mentions biscuits and ice cream.

I'm making notes of all the foods mentioned in the books I finish. This ch..."

...and me too! I agree with you all here, it might be hard otherwise. I'll keep checking yours as well, and I have some on mine already for anyone who wants to look. I do think I'll have to re-read 2 books though to get X and U covered.

Mentioned in Martín Fierro: meat roast, stew, maize, pie, grain, soup, bread, popcorn, chille, pancake, pudding, honey, milk, horse meat, white peaches, armadillo, egg, sardines, tomato, crumbs

Mentioned in Crossfire: tofu, okara, roasted meat, cookies, sugar, ice cream, cake, salad, ochazuke, rice, pickles

Mentioned in Ficciones: figgs, rice, fruits, meat, broth, field crops, roast, sardines, bread dough

Mentioned in Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, figgs, rice, fruit, meat, broth, field crops, roast, sardines, bread dough, gingerbread, milk

Mentioned in Wild Harbour: syrup, treacle, lard, grass, heather, meat, pike, oats, Indian corn, salt, flour, sugar, trout, steak, onions, eggs, bread, venison, Yorkshire pudding, rabbit, nettles, nuts, jam

Mentioned in Matigari: figgs, beans, wheat, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, meat, wild berries, maize, greens, roast meat, stew, mashed peas, potatoes, chick peas, soya beans, milk, porridge, chapati, bread, samosas, scones, ugali

Mentioned in Kristin Lavransdatter: cranberries, cowberries, bread, butter, milk, berries, bannocks, cheese, pork, reindeer meat, beef, barley-bread, meat, bilberries, porridge

Mentioned in Jazz: late summer greens, ham bone, baked ham, sweet heavy pie, candy, hard candy, caramel, divinity, sour balls, soup, boiled vegetables, bread, peppermint, melons, green apples, Kansas fried chicken, raisins, chicken, sandwiches, potatoe salad, chicken á la king, butter, biscuits, cake, fish, sugar, black eyed peas, walnuts

Mentioned in L'Abbé C: (breast of) chicken, meat, lamb, filet, steak, trout

Mentioned in Blue of Noon: garbage, (grilled) sausage, bread crumbs, blood sausage, broth, cookies

Mentioned in Vathek: cucumbers, candy, rice with almond milk, saffron soup, sheep á la creme, melons, oranges, pomegranate, mushrooms, lamb filled with pistachios, lemons, grapes, apricots

Mentioned in The Moor's Last Sigh: cardamom, cashew nuts, cinnmon, ginger, pistachio, clove

Mentioned in The Riddle of the Sands: soup, curry, beef, potted meat, tongue, rye loaf, milk, salad, fruit salad, tinned beef, duck, fish, eggs, bacon

Mnetioned in The Tin Flute: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, icecream, cream, marshmallows, fruitsyrup, glacé cherries, sundae, hotdogs, wheat, peanuts, flour, melasse, candies, bubblegum, sandwich, soup, apples, oats, peppermint, garlic, chicken, lamb roast, beef broth, vegetable soup, entrecote, sole, salad, desert, roasted bread, cabbage, carrots, salt, apricot cake, malt loaf, apple pie, banana custard, pie, lemon pie, cruller, doughnut, olives, celery, potatoe salad, meat pie, (green) grapes, buckwheat pancakes, marple syrup, eggs, cured bacon

Mentioned in The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead: sugar, omelett, (fine) herbs

Mentioned in Under the Skin: (fried) potatoes, mussanta paste, voddissin, gushu, serslida sauce, bread, chocolates, turnips, whelks