# Food combos that seem gross but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658 "2011-11-12T01:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/61 "2011-11-12T23:56:00Z")
Just thought of another odd combo I love… and it’s vegitarian Opal. 😉 Those big, hard sourdough pretzels… take a bite, then take a drink of orange juice and hold both in my mouth till the pretzel softens… OMG so good! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/62 "2011-11-13T00:40:52Z")
BBQ Ruffles dipped in soft serve vanilla ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/63 "2011-11-13T00:57:49Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > My friend recommended grilled cheese with jelly on it. I tried it. It was very weird, but not bad enough for me to stop eating the sandwich I had. Then by the time I was done I wanted another one. I still sometimes get cravings for and eat one. It has to be the right combination of jelly and cheese though. I know it’s not quite the same thing, but ever since I was introduced to red pepper jelly, a grilled cheese sandwich just isn’t the same without it. It never occurred to me that it would be a gross combo, though. My Mom eats marmalade and cheese on toast. That’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/64 "2011-11-13T01:00:28Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Cottage cheese and peaches? This is one common thing that totally squicks me out. I cannot stand anything sweet mixed into cottage cheese. Hence the dill pickles and mustard. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/65 "2011-11-13T01:10:25Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > This is one common thing that totally squicks me out. I cannot stand anything sweet mixed into cottage cheese. Hence the dill pickles and mustard. I like shredded carrots, sunflower seeds and a drizzle of Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing on my cottage cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/66 "2011-11-13T03:10:07Z")
My cousin likes to mix who-knows-what (some kind of Mexican-food kind of sauce) with peanut butter. The result is a rather loose and somewhat lumpy-looking dirty-brown creamy glop. I thought it looked like diarrhea. My other cousin said it looked like cat puke. ETA: (Whether it actually is gross or not, I never found out, and never will.) ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/67 "2011-11-13T03:56:51Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I’ve seen malt vinegar on fries and seafood like you described, but I’ve only seen white vinegar popular near the Canadian border. As always, YMMV. Malt vinegar with a healthy dousing of Old Bay is the correct way to eat fries if you’re from Maryland, or at the very least Old Bay and ketchup. WRT the OP’s salt on watermelon, my dad puts pepper on watermelon. I don’t get it but I’ve made PB+B+B sandwiches before with the last two B’s being bacon and banana. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/68 "2011-11-13T04:24:15Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Apples and pb > Fries and vinegar > Cottage cheese and peaches? I don’t like apples, vinegar gives me heartburn, and I only like cottage cheese with salt and pepper–it grosses me out as a sweet food. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/69 "2011-11-13T06:26:55Z")
A1 on French Fries. This one’s a little esoteric, but try it: Make some Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. Pour the soup into a bowl, like usual. Using your spoon, spoon some noodles onto a [Muncho](http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/munchos-regular-potato.html). Eat and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/70 "2011-11-13T06:35:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Better than that: tartar sauce and french fires. I \<3 this too. I also like jam and Camembert on rye. Brie, Nutella on coriander rye, mmmm. Tabasco on eggs has changed eggs for life for me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/71 "2011-11-13T07:18:34Z")
I like to fry up a sausage patty and put a scoop of cottage cheese on top. Or cottage cheese with swedish meatballs. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/72 "2011-11-13T12:59:26Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I don’t like apples, vinegar gives me heartburn, and I only like cottage cheese with salt and pepper–it grosses me out as a sweet food. Yes, but all these things were vegetarian. You don’t have to like them, I don’t care either way, but it was odd to swoop in and say “all these are gross, thank god I’m vegetarian”, when many of the items listed had nothing to do with meat. If you don’t like them, being vegetarian is irrelevant. [It struck me odd and brought to mind your post in the “Do you wash your pot handles” thread (you said, to paraphrase, “I run a vegetarian kitchen, so I don’t have to wash my pot handles.” huh?). I’m not stalking you- I promise! That post seemed odd at the time and jumped back at me when I saw this one. I don’t want to hijack this thread- so I’ll stop here.] Whatever it is, it’s no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/73 "2011-11-13T18:10:16Z")
Most of the grosser things in this thread weren’t vegetarian. They were more what I was referring to. And the pot-washing thread, I said I sometimes wash pot handles. I wash them if they’re at all dirty or if they’ve touched anything dirty. But by having a vegetarian kitchen there isn’t much chance that anything dirty on them will be actively _dangerous._ ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/74 "2011-11-13T18:34:16Z")
Um, Opal? That’s just… not true. E-coli, anyone? Salmonella? Botulism? Listeria (even if you’re a vegan, not a vegetarian, it can still pass to vegetables)? [http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbsam.htm](http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbsam.htm) [http://www.vibrantlife.com/?p=185](http://www.vibrantlife.com/?p=185) Unless you are shopping exclusively from vegan stores, there is a strong chance that your food has touched meat somewhere along the line, if in no other way than at least through organic fertilizer (read: poop). Talk about a false sense of security. The past several e-coli outbreaks have all been from vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/75 "2011-11-13T18:37:56Z")
> [@YourAdHere](#): > > ``` > Also, when I first heard of salt on watermelon I was skeptical, but I tried it and actually like it. > > ``` One of the first threads I posted on was in favor of salt on watermelon. I love coffee and butterscotch together. The bitter coffee is tempered by the sweetness of the butterscotch. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/76 "2011-11-13T18:42:47Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Most of the grosser things in this thread weren’t vegetarian. They were more what I was referring to. > > And the pot-washing thread, I said I sometimes wash pot handles. I wash them if they’re at all dirty or if they’ve touched anything dirty. But by having a vegetarian kitchen there isn’t much chance that anything dirty on them will be actively _dangerous._ Like I said- it just struck me odd. No big deal. And just speaking as a microbiologist… there are a lot of bacteria on vegetables that are very dangerous. A common source of bacterial food poisoning are vegetables, including bean sprouts and some grains. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/77 "2011-11-13T18:46:31Z")
Im funny bout’ my taters… 🙂 ## hash browns = mustard home fries = vinegar fast food fries = plain n salty, occasionally w/ketchup steak fries = mayo mashed = gravy baked = butter, sour cream n chives scalloped = bacon n cheese cottage cheese w/ Pepper and dill cream cheese and olive sandwich on pumpernickel peanut butter n banana sandwich on wonder bread ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/78 "2011-11-13T18:48:07Z")
I always add a little milk to a bowl of Jello. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/79 "2011-11-13T19:33:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Like I said- it just struck me odd. No big deal. And just speaking as a microbiologist… there are a lot of bacteria on vegetables that are very dangerous. A common source of bacterial food poisoning are vegetables, including bean sprouts and some grains. Good to know, and something I didn’t know before. I still think there is less chance of danger in a kitchen with no raw meat in it, though. When I cook I wash my hands after touching just about anything, and I don’t soak pots/pans in a sink full of water, so it’s really unlikely that anything is going to get on the handles. If what I’m cooking spatters at all I’ll wash the handle, and if the handle gets wet while I’m washing the pot, I’ll go ahead and wash it, but I don’t wash it all the time and I’ve never had a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658/80 "2011-11-13T19:57:26Z")
I like cheese and marmalade - I get a craving for it every once in a while. I grew up eating ketchup on my french toast (we make it as a savoury food, not a sweet one); I was fairly old before I learned that other people eat it with syrup. Now, that’s just weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combos-that-seem-gross-but-arent/602658.md?page=5)