# Do you have any weird food combinations that actually taste good to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879 "2020-02-13T16:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/101 "2020-02-19T11:13:29Z")
> [@Hickory\_Joe](#): > > Dill pickle and pepper jack cheese. The tanginess of the pickle brings out the spiciness of the pepper. > > Ever heard of Waldorf Salad? It’s chicken salad but has grapes, walnuts, celery, mayo, black pepper…and chunks of chicken. Instead of being chopped up and blended, its left chunky - at least my version is. Probably not that weird but no one I know has heard of it. Of course I’ve heard of Waldorf salad. I’ve even made it. But it’s apples, grapes, celery, walnuts in a mayonnaise sauce. I’ve never herd of it with chicken. It’s famously mentioned in an episode of Fawlty Towers. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/102 "2020-02-19T11:47:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Creamy, sweet Malta.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_(soft_drink)) Thanks very much! How is it I never noticed this? It’s on my grocery list now. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/103 "2020-02-19T12:14:47Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Mayo is _integral_ to a Brooklyn bacon/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich. It must be regional. I grew up in the 'burbs north of NYC, and the standard BEC came with SPK (salt pepper ketchup). Out here in Jersey it’s basically the same, as far as I can tell. Maybe I shoulda moved to Park Slope instead of Jersey… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/104 "2020-02-19T16:31:09Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Mayo is _integral_ to a Brooklyn bacon/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich. > > If you don’t care for mayo, ask for an extra slathering of butter. > > The heart-stopping cholesterol buzz is the whole point. If I got mayo on my sausage egg and cheese (or bacon. I just prefer sausage), there’d be a freakin’ riot. Nothing or butter. Usually it comes with nothing standard. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/105 "2020-02-19T17:08:01Z")
I like mustard on my sausage egg & cheese. Any other egg & cheese sandwich is plain, unless I’m making my own, in which case it gets BBQ sauce. I grew up on my dad’s egg sandwiches; he put ketchup on 'em. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/106 "2020-02-19T17:39:34Z")
I like mustard on a steak biscuit. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/107 "2020-02-19T19:06:11Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > A good, sturdy cheddar cheese makes a fine sandwich with quite a range of jams/jellos/preserves. Some you might like to try: strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, cranberry, apricot, apple. > > Cottage cheese works well with Indian pickles like lime or brinjal. > > j I used to make grilled cheese with a mild baby Swiss and Indian pickles. It’s really good! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/108 "2020-02-19T19:09:10Z")
Grilled hot dogs with peanut butter and sriracha. You can also add pickles. Not bad at all! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/109 "2020-02-19T19:36:51Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Grilled hot dogs with peanut butter and sriracha. You can also add pickles. Not bad at all! I put a line of Sriracha down one side of the dog and brown mustard down the other. Pretty good combo - the heat of the hot sauce is mellowed by the fat in the dog. I need to try the PB option tho - not done that yet. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/110 "2020-02-20T01:00:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Mayo is _integral_ to a Brooklyn bacon/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich. > > If you don’t care for mayo, ask for an extra slathering of butter. > > The heart-stopping cholesterol buzz is the whole point. We always called the fried egg, cheese, and meat sandwich a cholesterol bomb. Yummy. Cool Whip makes a decent dip for pretzels. I recently mixed no-sugar-added applesauce with cottage cheese. I used to eat peanut butter, mayo, and dill pickle sandwiches often as a kid. I haven’t had one in decades, so I have no idea if I would still like it. Daggonit! I’m hungry! I should know better to get on CS when I’m dieting. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/111 "2020-02-20T02:51:38Z")
Fresh, hot, buttered popcorn, with Cheez-Its mixed in. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/112 "2020-02-20T02:56:07Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > Fresh, hot, buttered popcorn, with Cheez-Its mixed in. Somehow that doesn’t seem weird at all in any way except in the sense of why is this the first time I’m hearing about it? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/113 "2020-02-20T03:16:50Z")
What do you think of coconut+cheddar? I saw something like that for sale at the supermarket. I have always appreciated fresh coconuts without any additions, and tasty fruit on its own in general. ---
**Author:** ![manav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@manav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manav)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/114 "2020-02-20T16:58:47Z")
I once tried papaya + garlic salad at [koh noi](https://www.favouritetable.com/Hampshire/Koh-Noi-Winchester). It actually tasted good. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/115 "2020-02-21T08:01:40Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > Fresh, hot, buttered popcorn, with Cheez-Its mixed in. Sounds good. Not too weird, though. And with grated parmesan, garlic powder and oregano it’d go from not too weird to… well, something extraordinary! ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/116 "2020-02-21T11:41:12Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Gee, my weirdest was going to be potato chips dipped in chocolate. Y’all have me beat. Considering you can buy chocolate covered Lays at my local grocery stores, that can’t be that weird. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/117 "2020-02-21T13:10:19Z")
> [@manav](#): > > I once tried papaya + garlic salad at [koh noi](https://www.favouritetable.com/Hampshire/Koh-Noi-Winchester). It actually tasted good. Yum, yum! You’re probably talking about _som tum_ (or some variant), which is a very popular Thai salad. It’s usually also fairly spicy and has a bit of a briny kick to it from fish sauce and dried shrimp. [Here’s a sample recipe](https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/thai-green-papaya-salad-358495). It’s one of my favorite Thai dishes. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/118 "2020-02-21T19:27:01Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > Sounds good. Not too weird, though. And with grated parmesan, garlic powder and oregano it’d go from not too weird to… well, something extraordinary! Oooo, that _would_ be tasty! Must try! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/119 "2021-05-24T20:05:20Z")
I recently made Italian sausage subs with pesto on 'em then got to wondering what to do with the rest of the pesto – nearly an entire jar. A bit of pesto and a slice of provolone in canned corned beef hash is pretty good. Not as good as those subs were, though. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879/120 "2021-05-24T20:43:15Z")
One of these days I want to try a sandwich I saw detective Gannon make on ‘Dragnet’: A garlic nut butter sandwich. Peanut butter and cream cheese on pumpernickel with crushed garlic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-weird-food-combinations-that-actually-taste-good-to-you/847879.md?page=7)