Interesting food combinations
I apologize if this has been asked before........
I'm sitting at my desk this morning, trying to fight off hunger, even though I did eat my Cheerios this morning. I'm a receptionist, so I can easily leave my desk to raid the vending machines...I'm stuck with whatever I have floating around my desk drawer. After rummaging I find half a bag of Fritos, but as I begin to eat them I realize I need something to dip them in. Low & behold...a small jar of Hellman's mayonnaise that a coworker gave me from a food show they attended.
Who knew that fritos dipped into Hellman's mayo could be so yummy! Needless to say, both the fritos & the little jar of mayo are gone.
Any odd combinations that you like? I've got a new favorite!
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61 Comments:
Hmmmmmm..... I can't imagine fritos and mayo tasting good together but everyone has their own taste.
My two favorite food combinations that my friends think i am weird for loving are
1. mac and cheese with green peas
2. apples with american cheese.
Sarah P. at 11:33AM on 04/20/07
my dad used to have chedder cheese on his vanilla ice cream...he loved it, i thought it was odd.
Lilartist at 11:58AM on 04/20/07
vanilla ice cream with small hunks of cheddar
OMG, I just read the comment above! Could we be related?
femmebot at 12:11PM on 04/20/07
Good Scotch Whiske and dark chocolate!
1stmakearoux at 12:18PM on 04/20/07
I meant "whiskey."
1stmakearoux at 12:18PM on 04/20/07
Fritos scoops with a couple of M&M's inside
ThatGirl153 at 12:36PM on 04/20/07
There's a Filipino breakfast dish that I love called champorado, it's a a sweet chocolate rice porridge made from sticky (glutinous) rice and cocoa powder, served with condensed milk to taste... and salty dried fish on top. It's that last bit that usually gives people pause, but if you think about it for half a second, sweet and savoury together = delicious.
Lilartist, femmebot: in the Philippines, queso ice cream is really popular—it's vanilla ice cream with small chunks of cheddar mixed in. I'm totally going to make some with my ice cream maker this summer!
Lia Bulaong at 1:11PM on 04/20/07
Mint ice cream, peanut butter, and chocolate covered salt and pepper potato chips
pbisNOTmyname at 1:14PM on 04/20/07
cheddar cheese and peanut butter.
NSW at 1:32PM on 04/20/07
Oh jeez...I should have proofed my own writing....I meant I can't easily get away from my desk. Sorry!
btw Lia...salty & sweet is so good....I'm not sure about the fish though...is it an acquired taste?
mepolo at 1:33PM on 04/20/07
...french fries dipped in chocolate ice cream...
...peanut butter & celery leaves...
sheldel at 1:49PM on 04/20/07
I do love sweet and salty. Ever had a chocolate covered potatoe chip(really crispy ones like miss vickies are perfect)...oh my so good. Kind of like a chocolate covered pretzel, but kicked up a few knotches!
the cheese and ice cream thing I can't get over though...
Lilartist at 1:57PM on 04/20/07
The fish thing chocolate porridge doesn't sound so good...kinda like those fish ice creams they have on iron chef every now and then. I have had chocolate covered potato chips from the terminal market in Philly (can't remember the store name) and they were good! I've also had a Japanese snack of little fish (anchovies?) in a sweet-salty-spicy glaze and I liked them too!
Little hunks of cream cheese or farmer's cheese in vanilla ice cream also works. It just tastes like gobs of slightly salty cream in ice cream that seems to work well for me.
femmebot at 2:20PM on 04/20/07
Maldon sea salt on an English muffin with butter and grape jelly.
Barbara Hanson at 2:32PM on 04/20/07
French Fries and Honey. Another combo is half a toasted bagel piled high with cottage cheese eaten with fork and knife - while the combo might not be the strangest, people still find it odd.
ceforrester at 2:50PM on 04/20/07
Hey Sarah P-I like my mac and cheese with green peas too... Maybe there's something to do with our name...
psychsarah at 4:11PM on 04/20/07
I like ketchup on "blue box" mac n' cheese. I think it's a childhood thing. Not a lot of it - just a squirt followed by lots and lots of fresh ground black pepper. That way some bites have it and some don't.
Amandarama at 4:30PM on 04/20/07
to both sarahs -- i love mac and cheese with peas, too! maybe it is not such an odd combination after all. growing up my mom always made those amy's mac and cheeses when she didn't feel like cooking. and then she'd throw some peas on top. heaven in a bowl.
numnums at 5:42PM on 04/20/07
Bacon and Peanut Butter on white bread.
ohnofullmoon at 8:34PM on 04/20/07
you might be interested in looking at
http://khymos.org/pairings.php
John Reed at 10:03PM on 04/20/07
pickles dipped in ketchup - it's one of those salty sweet things.
laura dot at 9:25AM on 04/21/07
Bananas and sour cream. We ate this regularly when I was growing up, but I don't know anyone else who did, so everyone I know thinks it's weird and/or gross. But I like it.
amyscoop at 6:22PM on 04/21/07
No, bananas and sour cream is DELICIOUS. I don't think it's weird or gross, I think it's in the realm of "normal" food combinations! Score!
Ellie P. at 8:36PM on 04/21/07
My ex sister in law had chilli sauce on EVERYTHING. Even sponge cake.
turkiyaki at 11:05PM on 04/22/07
Your Fritos story reminds me of an experience I had at the end of working a very long event out of town. My buddy and I finished the agonizing job and went to a local bar to unwind. We succeeded. We were so blitzed at the end of the night that we started looking for something...anything...to eat. Nothing was open in the neighborhood and we couldn't drive anywhere at that point. The bartender slid some packs of Cheetos across the bar to us and we doused them with Cholula hot sauce. They were great! I tried it sober too and enjoyed it just as much.
Acme Instant Food at 2:42PM on 04/23/07
Ketchup on scrambled eggs.
Sliced cheddar cheese on bbq potato chips.
McDonalds fries dipped into chocolate shake.
Cottage cheese and honey.
ptrap at 2:56PM on 04/23/07
Braunsweiger on Raisin Bread is really good!
Cat at 4:41PM on 04/23/07
sour dough pretzels and sliced avocado
kqrbob at 6:01PM on 04/23/07
Fresh, hot french fries heavily salted and dipped in thousand island dressing. way better than catsup or hot sauce!
hatlady at 6:59PM on 04/23/07
salt on bananas, one of my grandad's favorites.
DaveFaris at 7:06PM on 04/23/07
tahini and sriracha sauce on crackers.
Littlebluesiren at 11:10PM on 04/23/07
i think ketchup is the common denominator in a lot of these answers... a universal condiment...
speaking of which, mine is tomatoes dipped in ketchup... the combination of the real thing with it's imposter is so tasty
emro at 1:00AM on 04/24/07
I always mix my Mac 'n Cheese (Annie's) with spinach or broccoli and ground beef or sausage. It's pretty tasty.
Doritos and hot sauce (preferably Frank's) is good, too.
MoxieJ at 8:08AM on 04/24/07
My sisiter used to eat steamed rice with peanut butter and dill pickles rolled into salted seaweed wraps. Vile!
I have to admit I am partial to Kool-Aid (Tropical Punch) and Vlasic Zesty Dill Spears. Sweet and Salty!
A lot of dips are sour cream/mayo based so the Frito's-Hellman's combo makes sense.
South Philly Kat at 9:38AM on 04/24/07
I LOVE mac n cheese with peas! Yum!
The weirdest combo I like but haven't had in a loooong time is a peanut butter with miracle whip and lettuce sandwich- again the whole sweet n salty thing comes into play.
A co-worker's family enjoys bananas with mayo and I think chopped peanuts sprinkled on top. I can't even imagine.
My sister in law's ex-boyfriend ate ranch dressing on EVERYTHING, including the grass fed, hormone/antibiotic free beef her dad raises. Needless to say, dad didn't like him very much.
AuntJone at 10:24AM on 04/24/07
Canned tuna with brown rice and ranch dressing -- smells nasty but tastes delicious
oyster at 12:25PM on 04/24/07
sauteed french green beans with Chili Nutterz, wierd but wonderful
Dallas at 12:46PM on 04/24/07
kraft macaroni and cheese with tuna fish from the can stirred in =) mmmm . . I was raised on that
lashes457 at 1:27PM on 04/24/07
chili cheese fritos & cottage cheese
egg noodles, butter & ketchup - yum!
breakfast sausage & syrup
french fries & ranch dressing
thefrugalfoodie at 12:14AM on 04/25/07
half sours dipped in mayo,or any dressing for that matter.
hersheys symphony bar dipped in pb and j co. hot peanut butter("the heat is on")
sharky at 3:20PM on 11/14/07
Pickles and cheese. The snack that we always ate before dinner if we were hungry was Mt. Olive baby dills, sliced in half, with a slice of extra sharp Kraft cheddar cheese on top. Perfection.
sawyerriley at 3:35PM on 11/14/07
My favourite has got to be Walkers ready salted( plain) crisps(chips, to you Americans/Aussies/whatever) and chocolate, preferably Kit-Kat or Yorkie bars...and yes...together!
Another is boil up some basmati rice. Once it's cooked stir in some curry powder, and cold beans! Great for when you're really hungry but dont want to do much cooking. It's also reeeeeaally filling, so beware!( Does anyone else do this?)
Something my friend from school once suggested to me is cold turkey dipped in melted dark chocolate...havn't gotten around to trying it yet though.
geekstinkbreath80 at 12:14PM on 03/08/08
@ sheldel: "...peanut butter & celery leaves..."
Growing up, I always thought peanut butter on celery (w/leaves) was universal. Later on I discovered it was only common in Republican households.
srhcb at 12:38PM on 03/08/08
Banana and mayo on Wonder bread. My family were Democrats, but also liked peanut butter on celery. Cream cheese is good on celery, too. Wait! Now that I think about it, my grandmother was Republican, and she's the one who fed me, so, srhcb, you may be right. She used to put milk, sugar and a little coffee on biscuits, when I would beg for the forbidden coffee. She called it 'coffee soup', and I loved it. Sweet gherkins and any kind of cheese, especially sharp cheddar. Peanut butter and bacon on Wonder, sometimes with apple butter. Bacon and apple butter are yummy together. So is bacon, eggs and corn. Cucumbers on hot buttered biscuits. Pretzels and milk, especially Rold Gold mini's. Potato chips or FF dipped in chocolate ice cream. Sweet pickle relish and hot peppers on a sub. I could go on and on, but it can get boring. I always thought these things were normal, till I learned most people found them revolting. Especially bananas and mayo, but some fruit dressings are mayo based, so it still seems normal to me. Gotta try the bananas and sour cream, which sounds better.
JudyV
JudyV at 1:59PM on 03/08/08
I've never eaten ketchup, so as a child, I dipped my French fries in syrup. This was the days before burger joints served breakfast, so the response to a kid asking "Can I have some syrup?" was never positive.
Also, I didn't like PB&J, so I would mix PB & syrup, then spread it on crackers...cause I didn't like sliced bread. (I know...I was a weird kid.)
cajunnan at 3:06PM on 03/08/08
Leftover rice -- particularly if it was cooked with chicken stock, saffron, or both -- reheated and topped with a dollop of cottage cheese.
Or, that same leftover rice, reheated, with some frozen peas mixed in.
Or, a tomato and mayo sandwich on white bread.
dbcurrie at 4:10PM on 03/08/08
@amyscoop - my dad introduced me to bananas and sour cream when I was a kid. I think it was actually pretty big in ethnically eastern European households. Oh, it's even better with a drizzle of maple syrup.
And I too love mac and cheese with peas or broccolli, which I also grew up with.
The thing my friends here think I'm really weird for is a hometown favorite - mayo mixed with shoyu and used as a tip for broccoli, though I've expanded to include grape tomatoes. It's SO good, but I think something one kinda has to grow up with.
chisai at 4:29PM on 03/08/08
my sisters and I loved to get a piping hot egg roll. cut it in half and fill each "cup" with Texas Pete hot sauce and eat it over the sink. Hot, greasy, crunchy, making my mouth water in memory.
I like to eat fried chicken with hot sauce, but one day I was out of hot sauce, so I ate it with some kimchi. Now it's something I crave...a lot.
Husband likes Saltines with a thin layer of peanut butter, topped with a thin layer of mayo, topped with a thin layer of grated horseradish. gross.
X-bf used to melt a slice of american cheese in the broth of his Sapporo Ichiban beef flavored ramen. He made it for me when we were both a little hungover in college and I thought I was going to barf.
wookie at 5:46PM on 03/08/08
Bagel and cream cheese with yellow mustard and obscene amounts of black pepper. Seriously.
thegirliscrafty at 7:10PM on 03/08/08
1- mac and cheese with ketchup
2- peanut butter and mayo sandwiches
3- handful of m&m's with a handful of goldfish crackers
4- french fries dipped in a frosty from wendy's
5- slices of green apple with dill cheese
if you cant tell: i LOVE sweet and tangy things together!
dancingsprinkles at 7:13PM on 03/08/08
Cottage cheese with syrup, we also ate our rice with syrup.
Popcorn and milk
windjunkie at 9:13PM on 03/08/08
@ohnofullmoon- Bacon and Peanut Butter ROCKS!!
@thefrugalfoodie - I love breakfast sausage and maple syrup.
I like peanut butter, Marshmallow Fluff (not creme, FLUFF) with potato chips in between the pb and fluff layers.
SayWhat at 9:27PM on 03/08/08
Pepperjack cheese and fresh pineapple.
wookie at 9:37PM on 03/08/08
goat cheese, strawberries and brownies or dark chocolate
hummus and salsa
rice with tomato sauce and melted american cheese all mixed together
sustarz at 10:43PM on 03/08/08
Best snack - candy corn and salted peanuts
Toasted bagels with cottage cheese and applesauce on top.
Speaking of applesauce, one of my friends just loves to dip potato chips in applesauce!
Back in the day, used to love blue box mac & cheese w/ tuna and peas, Haven't had that in years.
frederika at 11:08PM on 03/08/08
i have a lot of weird food combinations, but i just remembered some more
avocados and raisins
goat cheese and salsa (instead of cream cheese and salsa)
speaking of which bacon cream cheese bagels are delicious
waffles honey maple turkey, sharp cheddar and little bit of maple syrup and butter
carrots and dijon
pretzels and applesauce
wow i eat alot of strange things
sustarz at 12:28AM on 03/09/08
LOL I thought I was the only one that dipped french fries in my Frostys -- milkshakes and sundaes too. Yay!!!
When I went to McDonald's as a kid, I used to throw 4-5 french fries in my saimin* and fish them out later. They were soggy, but for whatever reason, I loved it.
* Hawaiian version of ramen except in a fish-based broth, with fishcake, green onions, and char siu on top.
@Chisai - I introduced the mayo+soy sauce as asparagus dip to my husband years ago and he LOVES it. He uses it with fish sticks, french fries, anything you can think of.
I always...always...dip my french fries in mayo-ketchup-mustard (1/2 mayo, 1/3 ketchup, 1/6 mustard), unless I'm at a Greek place, then I dip them in the tzatziki. Replace "mayo" with Kewpie mayo when I am at home.
Growing up, I used to dip my fries in honey, mainly because it was leftover from the fried chicken. I would also dab brine from pickled jalapenos on my fried chicken and eat it with whole jalapenos. I was also one of those kids who loved digging for and eating marrow. What a mess!
French onion dip lightly spread on fresh sour dough bread and sour cream and onion potato chips in the middle.
Cassaendra at 8:48AM on 03/09/08
When I was younger, there were some candy shops that sold chocolate-covered potato chips. They were absolutely yummy!
NativeRose at 9:36PM on 08/30/08
First, it's a good thing I don't have to use proper grammatical rules here, because I'm not going to. I love mac and cheese with tuna and peas. Rice, tuna and frozen peas works well...of course it needs a sprinkling of cheese. French fries with honey...yum! Bananas with sour cream?...that is something I might enjoy. I can see the whole M&M and goldfish cracker thing working...too bad I can't eat goldfish anymore! Before I found gluten-free crackers and bread I liked, I would put the following on plain rice cakes...not all mixed together!...nutella, brown sugar and cinnamon swirl cream cheese, any flavor jelly or jam, peanut butter, a slice of cheese... Applesauce goes with everything. Sausage with maple syrup is a combination found everywhere. Frozen sausage with maple syrup is out there, the McGriddle, etc. Oh man, I used to love the McGriddle! Banana pudding with chocolate sprinkles...I never got into the peanut butter and mayo sandwich, but mayo and cheese work great between two slices of bread. This thread is quite interesting, and I look forward to reading more.
NativeRose at 9:57PM on 08/30/08
in n' out onion slices dipped in ketchup with black pepper sprinkled on top. oh and mcdonalds (!) french fries dipped in the ice cream cone.
fatphish at 10:13PM on 08/30/08
My favorite is pickles and cinnamon applesauce. It works best if you have whole dill pickles. Bite the end off, then spoon some cinnamon applesauce onto the top of the pickle and eat. I add more applesauce after each bite.
vegasgal at 5:23PM on 09/21/08