Bizarre food combos you love!

[mjd]

My friend is making fun of me because I like pickles and peppermint. My paternal grandmother liked strawberry jam with mayo sandwiches.

What is a bizarre food combo you love?

 

[Morning Glory]

I like pickles and peppermint

I'm thinking you are talking about these type of pickled cucumbers? In the UK 'pickles' means all sorts of savoury pickled vegetables and fruit.

I like salad cream and harissa on mashed potato. Yeah - weird, I know. Its the combination of spicy harissa, smooth comforthing potatoes and the cool (slightly sweet) 'from the fridge' salad cream.

I reckon we should attempt to explain why we like odd food combos if possible (not easy).

 

[Windigo]

Chocolate with salmiak filling (salty liqourice). Can't think of much else except peanut butter/sambal/cucumber sandwiches which are a Dutch indonesian thing. Also crackers with cottage cheese and strawberry jam.

Oh and of course mayo on fries, which seems to be controversial in most of the world. I must just mention Dutch mayonaise is different in taste from those from any other country.

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[Backbay]

Five Star (brand) Hot dog on a bun with Hellman's mayo
Scoop of chocolate ice cream with a scoop of orange sherbet
Cottage cheese, ketchup and black pepper and sometimes with diced onions
Breaded and fried yellow perch dipped in soy sauce

 

[epicuric]

Most of these do not seem bizarre to me, apart from:
Pickles & peppermint
Salad cream and (pretty much anything)
These should carry a Government warning.

 

[mjd]

Most of these do not seem bizarre to me, apart from:
Pickles & peppermint
Salad cream and (pretty much anything)
These should carry a Government warning.

Pickles and peppermint is delicious! It's funny because people wondered if I liked it when I was pregnant. I didn't have any weird cravings when I was pregnant. I'm a chocoholic and got sick EVERY single time I tried to eat it while pregnant. That happened with both pregnancies. The funniest part is both my kids like chocolate. I guess they just didn't like in utero. ;-0

 

[TastyReuben]

I like to dip Fritos corn chips in orange sherbet. That's about it for me, I think.

I'll add that it's common here, and I've posted pics before, but when I've done so in other places, I've raised eyebrows, and that's loading up a piece of white supermarket bread with lots of butter, and then putting spaghetti (with red sauce) on it, folding it over, and eating that. Here, spaghetti is always served with lots of bread and butter, just for that purpose.

 

[Morning Glory]

I must just mention Dutch mayonaise is different in taste from those from any other country.

Not so odd in the UK - but how does the mayo differ in taste?

 

[Morning Glory]

Breaded and fried yellow perch dipped in soy sauce

Sounds good to me!

 

[Morning Glory]

Pickles and peppermint is delicious!

So how exactly do you eat this? What type of peppermint?

 

[mjd]

So how exactly do you eat this? What type of peppermint?

I use a spoon handle to poke a hole in the center of the pickle (very large) and put a large peppermint stick in the center. It is sour and sweet. Yummy!

 

[Morning Glory]

I use a spoon handle to poke a hole in the center of the pickle (very large) and put a large peppermint stick in the center. It is sour and sweet. Yummy!

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This was not what I expected!

 

[Windigo]

Not so odd in the UK - but how does the mayo differ in taste?

It's sweeter..not overly sweet but the same sweet/sour effect of a honey mustard dressing. About a spoonful of sugar goes in a regular mayo jar.

 

[mjd]

This was not what I expected!

I'm curious. What did you expect? ;-)

 

[mjd]

I like to dip Fritos corn chips in orange sherbet. That's about it for me, I think.

I'll add that it's common here, and I've posted pics before, but when I've done so in other places, I've raised eyebrows, and that's loading up a piece of white supermarket bread with lots of butter, and then putting spaghetti (with red sauce) on it, folding it over, and eating that. Here, spaghetti is always served with lots of bread and butter, just for that purpose.

Spaghetti sandwiches are yummy.