I hate sweet and meat.

[SobaAddict70]

Filipino food is famous for pairing fruit with meat, much less sweet stuff with meat.

To wit:

menudo -- ground beef, vegetables (typically carrots, onions, potatoes, tomatoes and chickpeas) ... and RAISINS. I've seen a version with turnips and golden sultanas. My mom uses Sunkist regular.

embutido -- think of your basic meatloaf, in a rolled up version, stuffed with hard boiled eggs and veggies, and you guessed, it, raisins.

lumpia -- the fresh version is usually paired with a sweet plum sauce.

talong omelette -- this is an omelette made with a Japanese eggplant, with or without the addition of ground pork or beef and minced garlic, usually paired with banana ketchup (substitute regular ketchup)

there's more, but these are just examples.

don't get me started on the use of SPAM and fruit. that's a whole other subtopic.

Soba

[elyse]

Mint jelly should be banned, period.

I can't even sit near the mint jelly at my uncle's house. It gives me a migraine.

[Chef/Writer Spencer]

Mint jelly should be banned, period.

I can't even sit near the mint jelly at my uncle's house. It gives me a migraine.

Platinum Amex Card Holder=Mint Jelly Abuser=8.65% tipper...Go ahead, test my hypothesis.

[elyse]

G'head.

[howard88]

Suzanne and EEElyse.

You are both great. I had a good laugh. You two might want to get together and take your routine on the road.

[elyse]

Glad to be of some amusement to you.

Sorry, I can't leave it like that!

Edited May 19, 2003 by elyse (log)

[KNorthrup]

I think I have an entire cookbook of meat with fruit. Middle eastern versions are a favourite. Pomegranates - mmmm. But one thing to have with duck that's fruity but not super sweet is that balsalmic vinegar with fig in the yellow bottle. Lucy's?

[Suzanne F]

Suzanne and EEElyse.

You are both great.  I had a good laugh.  You two might want to get together and take your routine  on the road.

Howard88: aw, thanks. Whaddya say, E???