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Last week my coworker got a bit of tapenade on the watermelon she'd been eating. She insists it was delicious, but I'll just have to take her word for it.

Ok, well, I was just in Sweden for a weekend (Gøteborg on the west coast), and I went to a dinner party in the suburbs and was given a classic Swedish 70's dish called 'Flygande Jacob' - Flying Jacob. I never would have eaten it except to be polite. Here's what it was: a casserole with shredded chicken meat and sliced bananas, slathered with whipped cream mixed with Heinz chili sauce, the top scattered with bacon and salted peanuts, and then the whole thing baked in the oven for 30 minutes. Result: delicious. Ok, now that I've told you I'm going to hang my head in shame.

@caley: LOL!!!!

@sfgoo i love cream cheese on anything! in madrid it was pretty common to see cream cheese and bacon sandwiches (grilled or heated) and i am sure my cholesterol shot through the roof during those two years!

My mom eats peanut butter and mustard sandwiches, which is beyond gross. Also, if we're eating chicken of any kind; grilled, fried, roasted (doesn't matter), she'll put a huge dab of mayonnaise and a big squirt of ketchup on her plate and then smear the chicken through both condiments. She says it's delicious, I have to look away in disgust.

Though it's not a happy accident, I ate figs for the first time the other day. The lovely people of Serious Eats recommended eating my figs with goat cheese. The idea of the two together repulsed me and I literally had to force myself to take the first bite. It is now my favorite food of all time.

I always go crazy with a sweet - savory, salt - sweet combination. Always blow our minds that the combination is so good.
there are so many combos - but you all know what we mean.

My guilty pleasure sandwich has always been bologna with Doritos. Never failed to gross out the lunch table during my school days.

My friend puts ketchup on her pizza. As a result, no one will go out for pizza with her anymore.

@ hmlicata:
Word! Potato chip sandwiches for the win. (What's wrong with ketchup on pizza, it's like a concentrated tomato sauce!)

Also, try pizza/focaccia dipped in ranch dressing, it's absolutely guiltily delicious.

jerzee, you have got to be kidding. that sounds amazing. a pb and raspberry jam fluff sandwich!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't think that sounds delicious compared to pizza with ketchup, or mayo over chili (let alone, an average pbj) then you are a moron.

Growing up, my dad worked for Polly-O Dairies (now a minion of Kraft). We had lots of ricotta in the house and it frequently stood in for other cheeses. Can't count the number of times I had Ricotta and Jelly on Toast. It was delicious - so much better than cream cheese or cottage cheese.

hmmm... pizza with mayo and jalapeno tabasco...

i love trying odd combinations nowadays... but i cant bring myself to eat banana with mayo like my old man.

it was no accident -- my vegan roommate introduced me to this sandwich when we were in college, and it's now my favorite thing to eat on earth (although i was totally grossed out at first): peanut butter, hummus, and jam. the hummus adds a wonderful tang to the salty/sweet combo of pb&j. she'll also pile on avocado, lettuce, and sometimes tomato, but i consider myself a pbh&j purist. oh, and it must be consumed in an open-faced construction. and crunchy pb is even better.

My favourite embarrassing sandwich (open-faced) goes like this: a slice of rye bread, a thin layer of butter (at times followed by some sea salt), a slice or two of bologna (not-so-thinly sliced), a thin layer of Colman's mustard, topped with a thin layer of raspberry or strawberry preserves. I never make this in public, I swear:-).

My mom swears that pb and j omelettes are a good thing. I can't quite bring myself to try it though.

My BF likes pb and cheese sandwhiches. I like ketchup on my blue box mac and cheese.

Habanero spiked simple syrup over vanilla-raspberry frozen yogurt is a good thing.

The Triple XXX diner at Purdue University serves the "Duane Purvis All-American" - a burger with peanut butter. Sounds like it's possibly the grossest thing ever, but I had many of those at 3 am back in my college days. I still grab one every time I'm back in town for a football game.

I eat cut up apples with zesty italian dressing.

I also like salt and vinegar potato chips with vanilla ice cream: sort of a minty things.

fruit relish on fried eggs is one of my mom's favorite breakfast foods. my best friend eats ketchup by the spoonful and covers chinese fried rice in the stuff. my dad is obsessed with eating wafer ice cream cones all by themselves. me? i love pouring the juice from a jar of olives on my potato salad, sneaking slices of raw bacon, and cinnamon on my spaghetti sauce.

When I was a kid, I like to eat cut-up hot dogs smeared with peanut butter. It was great at the time. Though the thought of it now it kinda makes me want to retch.

Why is it the weirdest combos seem to involve peanut butter.

Peanut butter mixed with Herdez salsa Mexican is incredible as a dip on corn chips.

Peanut butter, chipotle tabasco, and blackberry jam on whole wheat bread - yum. Or just peanut butter and chipotle tabasco on saltine crackers.

Or a friend's twist on the blt. Instead of bacon, lettuce, & tomato she puts peanut butter on one piece of bread, piles on bacon, basil leaves, and tomato slices - tops it off with mayo on the top piece of bread.

We have a "chili grill" for grilling japapenos either on the grill or in the oven - a new favorite treat was stuffing the hollowed out jalapeno with peanut butter and raspberry jam, topping it with a 1/3 bacon slice and grilling. OMG heaven with a hot flash!!!

Okay, mine is jam and cheese sandwiches. Smear a little of your fave jam or jelly on some horrible ol' Wonderbread (both pieces need a smearing), and then slice up some sharp, old cheddar and line one side of the bread. Place other slice on top and enjoy. It's a sweet/savoury thing.

I've also been known (at certain times of the month) to toss a handful of plain potato chips into the mix for that extra crunch and saltiness.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Oh here is one more gross thing that I forgot about, I haven't eaten in a long time. A grilled cheese and Vegemite (sp) sandwich.

This isn't that weird, but I like to use too-crispy bacon as a spoon to eat my grits.

This is really weird. Those spicy nacho Doritos, dipped in chocolate frosting. The contrast was good.

Agreed on the Nutella. There's a crepe place I frequent that has raspberries that have been smashed and steeped in their juices with a simple syrup. I know this is off topic cause it's not a weird food, but I love their raspberries and nutella crepe.

Hmm, I wonder how a medium rare steak would taste with a worstershire-nutella dipping sauce!

4th Period: Clothes Off!! by Gym Class Heroes from the album As Cruel As School Children. What the hell!

BBQ sauce on mac and cheese. accidental but now common at my house.
while camping one weekend, we discovered PB & J with pringles in between..... delicious!!

and i find ranch dressing on pizza to be disgusting, but i know many who enjoy it

Oh, I didn't think of this. Back when I didn't like cabbage (my family boiled the heck out of it) I would put soy sauce on it. Now soy sauce is one of my favorite condiments. I like it on mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, baked potatoes, ramen (cooked in plain water, then drained), even eggs!