# Disgusting Food Combinations (that people actually eat) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998 "2010-04-22T16:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/61 "2010-04-23T19:22:56Z")
My Mom made me a sandwich when I was a kid that I instantly loved and still eat to this day: Peanut Butter, Cheese, and Lettuce Sandwiches. You must use white bread and the cheese must be either regular Velveeta or regular American (like Kraft Deli Deluxe) It sounds totally revolting but is really good! Once, at work, I made two sandwiches - one for me for lunch and another cut up into small bite sized pieces. Anyone who made a face or comment about my sandwich was challenged to try a piece. Everyone who tried it found it surprisingly tasty! Every now and then, I’ll just smear some peanut butter on a slice of cheese as a snack. So good… ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/62 "2010-04-23T19:29:49Z")
> [@FalconFinder](#): > > Every now and then, I’ll just smear some peanut butter on a slice of cheese as a snack. So good… At first I thought this sounded really awful, then I realized that I, like many other people, eat nuts and cheese together all the time and it’s a great combination. It probably helps that I eat the non-sugary kind of peanut butter though. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/63 "2010-04-23T19:43:16Z")
A question for the apple-pie-and-cheese folks, that has been bothering me for years. How, exactly? Do you grate the cheddar and sprinkle it over the pie, slice the cheddar thinly and eat it on top of the pie, or what? Do you do anything to melt the cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/64 "2010-04-23T19:51:43Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > A question for the apple-pie-and-cheese folks, that has been bothering me for years. How, exactly? Do you grate the cheddar and sprinkle it over the pie, slice the cheddar thinly and eat it on top of the pie, or what? Do you do anything to melt the cheese? Personally, I prefer to slice the cheese thinly, put in atop the pie, and slide it under the broiler for a bit. (But I like crunchy/slightly overbrowned pastry. You may differ.) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/65 "2010-04-23T19:52:13Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [And Kahlua and vodka and it’s tasty.](http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink2952.html) There’s nothing wrong with a White Russian though. Why fix what aint broke? ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/66 "2010-04-23T19:53:30Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > A question for the apple-pie-and-cheese folks, that has been bothering me for years. How, exactly? Do you grate the cheddar and sprinkle it over the pie, slice the cheddar thinly and eat it on top of the pie, or what? Do you do anything to melt the cheese? A slice, melted. The broiler or oven is best, but the microwave will work in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/67 "2010-04-23T20:41:00Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > How about a slawburger? They eat 'em over in Eastern Kentucky, I’m told. I love slaw on barbecue, myself. The slawburger is a brand new concept to me, I’m afraid, but I grew up in Northern Kentucky and attended college at UK. I never spent much time in the eastern part of the state if I could avoid it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/68 "2010-04-25T00:54:17Z")
Not me but my uncle eats potato latkes with maple syrup. _gag_ ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/69 "2010-04-25T02:12:31Z")
Taking a piece of bread with jam or cheese on it, and dipping it into coffee. Yuck. It always kind of grossed me out seeing relatives (like my grandma for example) do that. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/70 "2010-04-25T03:53:23Z")
I think it’s weird that I would never let a pickle anywhere near a good breakfast, but I love a burger with bacon & pickle (and other stuff), or a pickle alongside a BLT or club sandwich. Bacon is like some sort of super-changing food! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/71 "2010-04-25T05:31:25Z")
This thread is giving me ideas more than it’s grossing me out. Not disgusting so much as baffling: When I was in New Zealand I learned that many locals enjoy burger toppings I’d generally avoid. I ordered a deluxe burger from a little snack shack. There were the typical lettuce and pickles and so forth, but the other ingredients thew me for a loop. Fried egg? Good; I’ve had that before. Slice of ham? Good. Pineapple ring? A little out of place. Canned beet? _Why would you wreck all that good stuff with a slice of beet?_ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/72 "2010-04-25T13:11:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Not me but my uncle eats potato latkes with maple syrup. _gag_ It’s not too far afield from applesauce, in terms of sweet + salty/savory, and applesauce is a traditional latke topping. I’d put it in the same penumbra as people who eat bacon or sausage with pancakes/waffles and dip the meat into the syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/73 "2010-04-25T13:23:58Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Slice of ham? Good. Pineapple ring? A little out of place. Canned beet? _Why would you wreck all that good stuff with a slice of beet?_ Mmmm…because beetroot is delicious, of course! Beetroot goes on everything! Those Kiwis were clearly slacking on the job if they didn’t convert you when they had the chance. So I’m guessing my deluxe fish-finger sandwich containing fish fingers, mayonnaise, ketchup,lettuce and beetroot would be considered a little wierd by some? > [@Miss Woodhouse](#): > > He’s so weird he won’t even eat butter on banana bread. It’s bread! of course it tastes good with butter. Yeah, yeah, just let the banana-bread lobby keep on fooling you. Cake, that’s what banana bread is. All Cake All The Time! (but it does taste nice with butter) ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/74 "2010-04-27T01:58:58Z")
I like a can of fruit cocktail or apple pie with chocolate ice cream. Yumm. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/75 "2010-04-27T04:05:54Z")
My mom used to mix Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Beefaroni with canned fruit cocktail. I couldn’t stand to be anywhere near with that going on. She is also fond of cottage cheese mixed with Catalina or french dressing. And she thinks I’M weird because I like mayo or mustard with fries and won’t eat ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/76 "2010-04-27T15:10:25Z")
I bought some chocolate goat cheese a while back. Amazingly it was exactly neither unpleasant nor actively good. “Yeah, that tastes like goat cheese and chocolate. Hmm. What else do we have to eat?” If I say fish custard is that too much of a BBC in-joke? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/77 "2010-04-27T16:23:17Z")
> [@tygre](#): > > My mom used to mix Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Beefaroni with canned fruit cocktail. I couldn’t stand to be anywhere near with that going on. > > She is also fond of cottage cheese mixed with Catalina or french dressing. The first one sounds foul and the second one sounds pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/78 "2010-04-27T16:35:06Z")
Back when I was into Scotch, I would order a Scotch on the rocks and dip pretzels in it. After a few pretzels, I’d be thirsty, so I’d down the Scotch. Rinse, repeat. ---
**Author:** ![LittleGreenRosetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@LittleGreenRosetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleGreenRosetta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/79 "2010-04-27T20:27:19Z")
> [@Arglefraster](#): > > Some of these actually sound pretty good. I for one plan on trying bacon and peanut butter at the next possible opportunity. Use chunky peanut butter, and put it on toast. 🙂 I thought it sounded gross until a friend made it for me. Ditto for the meatballs in a combo of barbecue sauce and grape jelly. When we were kids, my brother and I used to put ketchup on turkey. Given that kids will put ketchup on pretty much anything, I guess it wasn’t really all that bad, but I can’t imagine eating that now. ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998/80 "2010-04-27T20:52:37Z")
Tomato Juice and Coke is absolutely favorite delicious but unconventional mixture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-food-combinations-that-people-actually-eat/536998.md?page=5)