#278652 - 01/04/2006 02:46
Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
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Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Anyone ever heard of putting cheddar cheese on apple pie? Ketchup on eggs? Raspberry on a Monte Cristo?
What's the oddest food combination you've heard of?
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#278653 - 01/04/2006 03:01
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 30/10/2000
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Ketchup on eggs is extremely common (at least in NY). I would never do such a thing though. This post reminds me of this blog. While it's not about strange combos, there is some pretty gross stuff there. About halfway down there is some crazy Mexican corn with an infection. I actually found and bought that a couple nights ago. One would think it's cheap, but a small 7 oz. can cost me $4! I may try it this weekend if I'm brave enough just to see what it's all about. Fried chicken with waffles and maple syrup seems weird to me, but there are a few places in the city that specialize in it.
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#278654 - 01/04/2006 03:11
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 30/10/2000
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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The trend of putting cream cheese in sushi rolls is something I find odd. I personally think it's gross. I don't think any type of cheese belongs on any Japanese, Chinese or Korean menu.
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#278655 - 01/04/2006 03:14
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
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Quote: Anyone ever heard of putting cheddar cheese on apple pie? Ketchup on eggs?
I have witnessed both of those I say yuck to them both.
The site Rob linked reminds me of this one.
I have seen corn rotting away in the field still on the cob that looks like that canned molding stuff.
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#278656 - 01/04/2006 03:53
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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It's hard to even contemplate eating a fried egg sandwich without ketchup!
Rob
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#278657 - 01/04/2006 05:39
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Here in Yorkshire they put Cheese on their Christmas Fruit Cake !!!!
Sounds weird, but a bit of wensleydale tastes quite nice, but I am still a marzipan and icing man myself
Cheers
Cris.
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#278658 - 01/04/2006 09:12
Re: Weird food
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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Quote: It's hard to even contemplate eating a fried egg sandwich without ketchup!
Yup. A fried egg + ketchup sandwich is great. Don't see what is so weird about it!
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#278659 - 01/04/2006 16:30
Re: Weird food
[Re: tman]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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scrambled egg + ketchup can be good too
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#278660 - 01/04/2006 16:33
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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My aunt used to eat pork sausages, cooked until they were starting to blacken, drizzled with Golden Syrup. Sounds weird, but actually tasted quite good. Eryl's mother has just started eating sugar sandwiches again (a throw back to her childhold), which sounds horrible to me. Golden Syrup sandwiches however are lovely
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#278661 - 01/04/2006 17:35
Re: Weird food
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 02/08/2004
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Loc: Helsinki, Finland
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While living in Finland I saw that many there put ketchup on top of pasta. Uck...
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#278662 - 01/04/2006 18:38
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[Re: petteri]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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I have to admit to having eaten pasta with ketchup as a student a few times, when pasta and ketchup was all I had...
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#278663 - 01/04/2006 20:07
Re: Weird food
[Re: petteri]
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Registered: 27/10/2002
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That's quite common here...
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#278664 - 01/04/2006 20:07
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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old hand
Registered: 14/02/2002
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Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
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I've seen people putting peanut butter on pancakes, then covered in syrup of course, which I would never touch! I occasionally put ketchup on my scrambled eggs, but always do it when making a scrambled egg sandwich.
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#278665 - 01/04/2006 21:30
Re: Weird food
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Quote: My aunt used to eat pork sausages, cooked until they were starting to blacken, drizzled with Golden Syrup. Sounds weird, but actually tasted quite good.
That's not weird at all. The best part about an American pancake breakfast is getting maple syrup on your bacon or pork sausage.
Or, as Agent Dale Cooper put it:
Quote: Nothing beats the taste sensation when maple syrup collides with ham!
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#278666 - 01/04/2006 21:33
Re: Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 25/08/2000
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Loc: NH USA
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A good sharp cheddar next to a warm slice of fresh apple pie, nothing's better. Or as my Grandmother says:
"Apple pie without the cheese is like a hug without the squeeze!"
Grandma's pretty smart.
-Zeke
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#278667 - 01/04/2006 21:41
Re: Weird food
[Re: robricc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Quote: some crazy Mexican corn with an infection
A month or so ago I went to a very upscale Mexican restaurant (entrees ranging from $16.50 to $29) and one of the descriptions included Huitlachoche (Pechuga de Pollo Rellena de Huitlacoche). Fortunately, I'd already read that page and managed to avoid it.
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#278668 - 02/04/2006 03:27
Re: Weird food
[Re: Ezekiel]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Sorry I haven't had time to reply, our election was today and it's been a REALLY long day.
Personally, I like apple pie with sharp cheddar. Adds a little kick to it that I find appealing.
[gross analogy ]
To me, eggs with ketchup just makes me think of a chicken's afterbirth. Admittedly, I've never actually tried it. I can't get past the mental image.
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I, too, like it when my bacon comes in contact with syrup. In fact, I have started eating maple cured bacon. mmmmmmm.
My own personal peculiarity is that I like to eat my scrambled eggs with my grits mixed in. I've never seen anyone else do it, but I love it. What is particularly odd about this is that I don't normally like my different foods to even touch.
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#278669 - 02/04/2006 04:24
Re: Weird food
[Re: andy]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Quote: Eryl's mother has just started eating sugar sandwiches again
Now that's reminded me of a childhood treat I'd forgotten - I'm off to the kitchen!
Before sugar became available with rationing, after WW2, we used to have glucose on our cereal, I wonder whether you can still get it, it was great.
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#278670 - 02/04/2006 05:04
Re: Weird food
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 23/01/2002
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Loc: The Great Pacific NorthWest
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Mayonnaise, pickle, and peanut butter sandwiches come to mind. Weird but good.
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#278671 - 02/04/2006 05:30
Re: Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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I once stayed with some people in Wales who had melted cheese and bacon with their breakfast fry up.
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#278672 - 02/04/2006 05:40
Re: Weird food
[Re: andy]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1913
Loc: London
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Quote: scrambled egg + ketchup can be good too
and a touch of black pepper
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#278673 - 02/04/2006 06:16
Re: Weird food
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Quote: and a touch of black pepper
I think that cereals and fruit are probably the only two things that I don't routinely pepper, despite my mother constantly lecturing us to taste the food first, before reaching for the condiments.
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#278674 - 02/04/2006 07:00
Re: Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1913
Loc: London
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Most fruits are great with a bit of black pepper, try it.
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#278675 - 02/04/2006 07:29
Re: Weird food
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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......all of a sudden I want a date and banana sandwich!
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#278676 - 02/04/2006 09:32
Re: Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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Quote: ......all of a sudden I want a date and banana sandwich!
Toasted? My wife introduced me to toasted banana sandwiches, excellent.
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#278677 - 02/04/2006 16:16
Re: Weird food
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
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Grapes, wallnuts, sharp cheese and whole wheat bread (this is almost common in my father's homeplace, one mountain chain off the Adriatic coast).
Toast, butter, honey and garlic (this in not common at all - I discovered it when I accidentaly speaded my butter using a unwashed knife my mother used to chop garlic). Hmmm, haven't tried this for decades [heads to the kitchen)
BTW, I abhor ketchup, mayo or anything but salt and pepper on eggs or fries; OTOH, half of my pasta dinners use tomato-based sauce; lacking anything better, ketchup will do. Also, fresh tomatoes or, lacking that, tomato juice, ketchup or double concentrate are for me essential ingredient of beef consomme (as is onion, hacked in half and slightly burnt on stovetop before being boiled to death together with other ingredients).
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#278678 - 03/04/2006 00:17
Re: Weird food
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
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I tend to be rather dull with my food (in other people's eyes). I like to think that I appreciate food they way it's been prepared. 99% of the time I don't even put salt on anything that's handed to me.
Ketchup on breakfast foods is very very common, although I also think it's very strange. I think it's also a love it/hate it type of thing.
I also think that mayonaise on french fries is odd.
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#278679 - 03/04/2006 00:21
Re: Weird food
[Re: bonzi]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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As a kid, I used to make saltines with peanut butter and white sugar. Hmmm.... This is an interesting read. Makes one really think about what we're eating.
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#278680 - 03/04/2006 06:27
Re: Weird food
[Re: Dignan]
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veteran
Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Quote: I also think that mayonaise on french fries is odd.
You clearly haven't lived in Belgium or Holland
OK, after almost 10 years here, I still find the excessive mayo on the fries repulsive.
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#278681 - 03/04/2006 06:44
Re: Weird food
[Re: julf]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...
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How about this then: 'friet speciaal'
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