# Foods/condiments you ONLY like when combined with something else **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183 "2011-02-13T02:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/41 "2011-02-17T10:53:07Z")
I stopped eating mustard when I stopped eating meat. And it’s a shame because I love mustard - I just have nothing to put it on. It doesn’t work with any plant-based foods. :\ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/42 "2011-02-17T15:57:46Z")
Apple sauce was invented for the sole purpose of dipping french fries in it. No, wise guys, \*not \*pork chops - french fries. Of course, I’m speaking of the kind one would make at home, not the ones you’d get from a fast food place. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/43 "2011-02-17T16:47:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Coffee. Only tolerable when added to my cream and sugar. My thoughts on coffee: It looks really lovely, particularly when cream is added. It smells so good. The feel of the warmth of it in a cup is delightful. It makes you feel wonderful. So how come it tastes like _shit_? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/44 "2011-02-17T17:34:57Z")
Arby’s sauce. The stuff is wonderful on _their_ roast beef sandwiches. But I tried putting some of that stuff on a RB sandwich I had made at home and it tasted like crap. Weird. Also, I don’t know if this counts but I love a tall glass of (skim) milk with any tomato based, Italian type dish. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/45 "2011-02-17T19:03:37Z")
All indian dishes must have raita. And plenty of it. On top. Mixed together. Scooped up on naan. Mmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/46 "2011-02-17T19:50:16Z")
I like horseradish right out of the bottle. No need to combine it with anything. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/47 "2011-02-18T10:38:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > My thoughts on coffee: > > It looks really lovely, particularly when cream is added. > > It smells so good. > > The feel of the warmth of it in a cup is delightful. > > It makes you feel wonderful. > > So how come it tastes like _shit_? Exactly. It smells so good and looks so good with cream on top and yet it tastes like dirt. I get tricked into it every now and then by the smell and appearance and then I feel sick the whole day afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183/48 "2011-02-19T22:15:43Z")
> [@phantom\_lamb](#): > > Exactly. It smells so good and looks so good with cream on top and yet it tastes like dirt. I get tricked into it every now and then by the smell and appearance and then I feel sick the whole day afterwards. I think the best representation of what coffee _should_ taste like is coffee ice cream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-condiments-you-only-like-when-combined-with-something-else/571183.md?page=2)