Ellyn
Veteran
Have you ever wondered how a kind of ingredient combination became standard?
I've done this recently for Ants on a Log (that's celery, peanut butter, and raisins). If it were a banana or even a roasted sweet potato instead of celery, I would have understood it. The celery strikes me as waaay out of place, though.
Celery, cream cheese, and cranberries in a variety called Red Ants On A Log, though...I can understand. It's very American Thanksgiving, that combination. Then again, it took me a while to understand why the raisins or cranberries at a Thanksgiving dinner in the first place, because I was a picky eater who couldn't abide strange combinations like sweet and salty.
Chocolate and some sharp cheeses at least have the same sort of warm texture.
I've done this recently for Ants on a Log (that's celery, peanut butter, and raisins). If it were a banana or even a roasted sweet potato instead of celery, I would have understood it. The celery strikes me as waaay out of place, though.
Celery, cream cheese, and cranberries in a variety called Red Ants On A Log, though...I can understand. It's very American Thanksgiving, that combination. Then again, it took me a while to understand why the raisins or cranberries at a Thanksgiving dinner in the first place, because I was a picky eater who couldn't abide strange combinations like sweet and salty.
Chocolate and some sharp cheeses at least have the same sort of warm texture.
