# Contrasting flavors you love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523 "2007-01-18T23:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/21 "2007-01-19T02:00:07Z")
I absolutely love the salty/sweet combo of french fries dipped in ice cream! My mom loves cream cheese and olive sandwiches, which only grosses me out because I hate olives. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/22 "2007-01-19T02:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sunshine and Smiles] Pretzels and ice cream. It’s very much the sweet/salty at work, and I give one thousand thanks to Ben & Jerry’s for creating Chubby Hubby (which is vanilla ice cream, with chocolate covered pretzels and peanut butter.) I’d wager to say that a lot of the posters in this topic would really like it, too. [/QUOTE] I always think that sounds good, until I see that the ice cream is malt. Ack. I hate malt. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/23 "2007-01-19T02:07:32Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] Chocolate and salt. Something about the salt just makes the chocolate _that_ much better. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sunshine and Smiles] Pretzels and ice cream. It’s very much the sweet/salty at work, and I give one thousand thanks to Ben & Jerry’s for creating Chubby Hubby (which is vanilla ice cream, with chocolate covered pretzels and peanut butter.) I’d wager to say that a lot of the posters in this topic would really like it, too. [/QUOTE] I’m with you on the sweet/salty thing, especially as mentioned above. You know those little crunchy pretzels, the ones that look like street vendor pretzels, only about the size of a quarter and crunchy? Put those on top of chocolate ice cream, you won’t regret it. 😃 OTOH, the hot/sweet thing can be excellent, too, although I have found that in dishes that combine these two flavors, there is often too much sweet and not enough hot. Hey, I like candy, too, but not for dinner. Chinese food in particular has gotten much sweeter over the last 30 years (the sweet and sour pork that I used to love in the 70’s is all but gone now…). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/24 "2007-01-19T03:00:55Z")
If you can get to a Trader Joe’s, try their multigrain pretzel nuggets made with sesame. I’d bet they’d go well in the Coke too. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/25 "2007-01-19T03:39:32Z")
I salt my vanilla ice cream. It’s quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/26 "2007-01-19T03:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] Chocolate and salt. Something about the salt just makes the chocolate _that_ much better. [/QUOTE] The best version of this I’ve found…and it’s so indulgently just plain AWFUL that even _I_ don’t do it very often. (And by that, I’d say in several years..but oooooh, how I think about it.) Back in the day, I had some friends in college reccommend it and I thought they were crazy until I tried it. Go to a movie, any movie, it really doesn’t matter. Get a hot buttered (yes, buttered in that fake artery clogging nassy movie theater fauxbutter) and pour in plain m&m’s. Consume. It’s like what it must’ve been like for the older posters around here…who went to see Yellow Submarine or The Wall totally stoned. I’ve never remembered a movie I saw while eating that, but the experience was great. (Actually did see The Wall in a movie theater, but at that point I think I had had One. Whole. Wine. Cooler. in my whole life…so I don’t think it counts.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/27 "2007-01-19T03:52:14Z")
Pineapple and Anchovies on a Pizza. Sweet and Salty. Plus, if you order mushrooms, you can call it ‘Fish, Fruit, and Fungus’. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/28 "2007-01-19T03:54:33Z")
Peanut butter and honey on Sao biscuits ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/29 "2007-01-19T04:14:45Z")
Peanut butter sandwich with a bowl of hot chili. I think this is a legacy of my public school lunch upbringing, but it’s quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/30 "2007-01-19T04:20:28Z")
American cheese wrapped around a banana. As a child I saw Mr. Rogers do it on one of his shows and I was hooked. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/31 "2007-01-19T04:23:16Z")
> [@Common Tater](#): > > Peanut butter sandwich with a bowl of hot chili. I think this is a legacy of my public school lunch upbringing, but it’s quite tasty. My wife does this anytime we have chili; which she also credits public schools. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/32 "2007-01-19T04:28:43Z")
Another vote for sweet and spicy. A local burger joint serves a “Fluff Burger”. It’s a burger (with or without cheese) covered in their famous hot sauce, and topped with marshmallow fluff. _drool_ Also chedder cheese and apples make a tasty snack. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/33 "2007-01-19T04:39:11Z")
[QUOTE=Common Tater] Peanut butter sandwich with a bowl of hot chili. [/QUOTE] My husband does this, too. Another favorite of mine is a grilled ham and cream cheese sandwich. Excellent stuff. For Christmas, my husband got me a bucket of maple popcorn. It was salty like movie popcorn, but it had a touch of maple sweetness. It was like a bucket o’ crack. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/34 "2007-01-19T04:47:55Z")
I received a jar of Vermont Country Store Dirty Martini spread for Christmas. Cream cheese and spices and olives…Oh my! It didn’t last long. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/35 "2007-01-19T04:54:34Z")
I like’em all. Sweet/salty, sweet/spicy, crunchy/creamy (ok, that’s not a flavor combo, it’s a texture one, but whatever.) I used to LOVE salty proscuitto wrapped around canteloupe or honeydew chunks and sprinkled with fresh cracked black pepper. I’d probably still love it, but I stopped eating meat awhile back. For this, though, I might cheat if the chance presented itself. [These folks](http://www.mckenziesown.com/) have a booth at my local ren faire and they make the most AWESOME spicy-sweet jams and jellies. I’m addicted to the Hot Raspberry Jezebel spread. I’ll eat it on its own on dinner rolls or combined with cream cheese on bagels. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/36 "2007-01-19T05:29:24Z")
I’ll second the Chubby Hubby, the salted watermelon, and the cheddar and apples. But am I the only one that loves sour cream on french toast with syrup?? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/37 "2007-01-19T06:11:15Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Oh, I like salt licorice, too. I used to buy it at the imported food shop, from Holland. I was down here in the South for about six years before I found some salt licorice, at a specialty sandwich shop in Jacksonville. I was so happy, I bought a whole bag of rolls. I told my wife they were an acquired taste, and she tried one. Well, part of one…she had to spit it out. She said it tasted like old tires. [/QUOTE] I love this stuff. Especially the dubbel zout. But then my dad’s from Holland, so I grew up eating it. “Acquired taste” is putting it mildly. I’ve known only one person who has acquired the taste who didn’t have some Dutch background. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/38 "2007-01-19T07:11:44Z")
I love bacon dipped in maple syrup (health food!), a cinnamon raisin bagel or toast with a slice of sharp cheddar melted on top, savoury scones made with orange juice and smoked ham with sugar sprinkled on top, soft pretzels that are slightly sweet with that chunky salt on top, and almost everything listed here. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/39 "2007-01-19T07:26:06Z")
Cherry pie filling from a can goes great with polish sausage. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523/40 "2007-01-19T08:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=Yookeroo] I love this stuff. Especially the dubbel zout. But then my dad’s from Holland, so I grew up eating it. “Acquired taste” is putting it mildly. I’ve known only one person who has acquired the taste who didn’t have some Dutch background. [/QUOTE] Now you know two non-Dutch people who like it! And that’s fine, hey, more for us! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrasting-flavors-you-love/388523.md?page=3)