Weird Food Combinations

[oraklet]

gordon, the limburger sandwich you describe does sound kind of interesting.

i just might say yes.

[Suzanne F]

This one is incredibly tasty andd really surprised me....  I was out at the indie cinema house in Ithaca NY (Cinemapolis) and saw that they had a wide variety of toppings for their popcorn (which is served with real melted butter - no yellow oil available or tolerated!).  They have brewer's yeast available which is sprinkllled on after the butter. try that and some freshly grated parm cheese on the popcorn - incredible!

A food-stylist friend keeps telling me how good brewers yeast is on popcorn. She'll be interested to know that she is not alone in that belief!

[Wilfrid]

It reminds me of a salad they had on at the French house from time to time

Snail, Pig's Head, Oak leaf

Gavin, it's still on the menu at St John's. I ate it this summer, anyway.

[Steebles]

Strawberry Jello with chopped Peyote.

(wasn't *my* idea....)

Hey.. there's no "Cooking with Peyote" threads on here...

[GordonCooks]

gordon, the limburger sandwich you describe does sound kind of interesting.

i just might say yes.

Grandpa was 110% Swedish

[prasantrin]

Yogurt pancakes with maple syrup and canned sardines (packed in oil, the spicy kind).

I liked it.

[Tri2Cook]

Yogurt pancakes with maple syrup and canned sardines (packed in oil, the spicy kind).

I liked it.

So was this a planned pregnancy?

Seriously though... I'll have to take your word for it.

[Panaderia Canadiense]

Charcoal-grilled ripe plantain stuffed with super-salty fresh cheese curd and cilantro. Bliss!

[lame username]

My great aunt used to serve mango with sour cream and crumbled blue cheese. I thought it vile as a child, but I like it now.

I eat strawberries dipped in sweetened sour cream flavored with Fiore de Sicilia (kind of an Orange Julius vanilla-orange flavor) extract.

The worst combo I've heard about is a great uncle who liked navy beans on lemon meringue pie.

[mkayahara]

The worst combo I've heard about is a great uncle who liked navy beans on lemon meringue pie.

In the meal I ate at the now-defunct Tailor in NYC, one of the desserts involved grapefruit and white beans. I really enjoyed it, but my companions did not. Then again, I'm a big fan of Japanese azuki bean desserts, so maybe I'm just predisposed to liking such things!

[lame username]

The worst combo I've heard about is a great uncle who liked navy beans on lemon meringue pie.

In the meal I ate at the now-defunct Tailor in NYC, one of the desserts involved grapefruit and white beans. I really enjoyed it, but my companions did not. Then again, I'm a big fan of Japanese azuki bean desserts, so maybe I'm just predisposed to liking such things!

Cool! Maybe ol' Uncle Rip wasn't loopy, just ahead of his time.

[patti]

Peanut butter, bologna, a slice of American and mayo on white bread. I have no idea how our mother allowed us to eat this, but occasionally we did.

[dividend]

Pretzles and ice cream.

There's an ice cream place here that sells salted pretzel ice cream. It's awesome.

[SylviaLovegren]

My first thought was salt on cantalope but John beat me to it. I've never run into anyone else doing this, John, I've thought perhaps it was a southern thing -- my "daddy" came from Virginia.

The salt with melon thing actually goes back to ancient and medieval medicine. Melon was considered cold and humid and needed "dry hot" salt to balance it. Also why Italians eat prosciutto with melon. Elizabeth David said that her family used to sprinkle ground ginger on melon -- same thing.

[Katie Meadow]

My mother liked salt on watermelon and she also paired saltines with chocolate ice cream. So I grew up salting my watermelon. Seems wrong without. My husband and daughter think I'm nuts. I would salt cantaloupe as well, but don't eat that very often.

Edited August 5, 2011 by Katie Meadow (log)

[Broken English]

Bleu cheese and coke.

For some strange reason the fizzy, sweet acidity cuts through the tangy mouth-coating creaminess in a way I find totally appealing.

I know, it's utterly disgusting.

Try the blue cheese with a good sweet white wine next time. Preferably one with a little acidty and not a flabby sweet wine. Sauternes, Jurnacon Moelleux or Coteaux du Layon would all work without being disgusting.

Blue cheese and beer is fantastic as well. Perfect balance.

[annabelle]

Cottage cheese and salsa.

Velveeta cheese and pretzel rods.

Chocolate graham crackers and coolwhip. (Yes, I ate this when I was pregnant.)

My mother eats crumbled up cold cornbread in a tall glass full of buttermilk, eaten with an iced tea spoon.

[phatj]

Funny I see this just now. The chef where I work (an Aramark chef, no less) made a watermelon "gazpacho" which he topped with crumbled feta, a combination that never would have occurred to me. Sublime.

[phatj]

I remember once when I was a teenager I got this crazy idea that banana with mustard would be a good combination. I don't like banana particularly but I think it was OK.

[carltinmar]

In some parts of the world salt and cantaloupe is a novelty but in the philippines it's not.

[ElsieD]

I used to put sugar in buttermilk and also used to eat tomatoes with sugar rather than salt. Now I no longer drink buttermilk and normally put salt & pepper on my tomatoes but if there is a bit left after, say, making a sandwich I'll sprinkle a bit of sugar on it and finish it off. Not sure if that was weird or not - half my family did the same, the other half were salt purists.

[ScottyBoy]

My dad grew up on white bread mayonaise sandwiches that he dips in Dr.Pepper. Swears the best part is drinking the mayo-laden soda after...

[Katie Meadow]

Okay, Scotty, being generous and never having met your dad, who otherwise might be quite a sensible person, I'll venture to say that drinking Dr. Pepper that has been thickened by a sludge of white bread and mayo must be an acquired taste.