# Foods that you serendipitously found to go very well together **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068 "2014-09-10T14:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/21 "2014-09-10T17:31:57Z")
Spicy Chinese food and diet Pepsi. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/22 "2014-09-10T17:42:12Z")
I mentioned in an old cookie thread how I made ginger snaps with honey rather than molasses. They turned out great. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/23 "2014-09-10T17:59:01Z")
Pickled okra and squeeze cheese … yes, I was drinking at the time but I found I liked the combo even when not drinking. We were originally putting the squeeze cheese on triscuits but someone suggested trying it on the okra that someone had brought along to snack on. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/24 "2014-09-10T18:35:37Z")
Pico de gallo on cottage cheese. The pico I get is a little tangy and mixed with the relatively creamy and salty cottage cheese it’s absolutely wonderful, my last mini-meal before bed most evenings. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/25 "2014-09-10T18:40:28Z")
Home-made tartare sauce instead of butter in mashed potato. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/26 "2014-09-10T18:47:01Z")
Green pimento olives in scrambled eggs. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/27 "2014-09-10T18:48:12Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Home-made tartare sauce instead of butter in mashed potato. Tartar sauce is also great on french fries. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/28 "2014-09-10T18:50:09Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Sloe gin and Mountain Dew, 50/50 ratio. Cherry-flavored brandy and Coca-cola. But make sure it’s cherry-flavored brandy. I tried it with cherry brandy one time and that was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/29 "2014-09-10T18:56:47Z")
Tuna Salad and Relish. Also most of the foods I use pepper on now I learned I liked it because I accidentally put pepper on them the first time. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/30 "2014-09-10T20:17:00Z")
Nobody believes me - I didn’t believe it myself until stuck with these as the only snacking options available to me - but coffee and salt and vinegar crisps (chips to you Americans). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/31 "2014-09-10T20:43:44Z")
Wensleydale cheese and salted roasted cashews. Other crumbly white cheeses such as Caerphilly, Cheshire, Lancashire and maybe Feta would probably work, but Wensleydale is really good, because it’s quite sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/32 "2014-09-10T20:50:52Z")
Snickers and Picante sauce Only 2 food items we had at the end of a party… but they still tasted good together the next time we tried them sober. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/33 "2014-09-10T22:32:23Z")
I ‘discovered’ Spinach Salad with Kimchi and then I discovered it has probably bee around for a thousand years. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/34 "2014-09-10T23:36:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Near where I used to work is a restaurant that served a really good, really messy BBQ beef sandwich. No idea as to the sauce but it washed down with Diet Dr Pepper tasted remarkably like [Red Hots](https://www.google.com/search?q=redhots&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cHQQVMzmLaPbsASszYG4Bg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1305&bih=933). > > Now I want one of those sandwiches. Unfortunately, the quality of the beef had dropped last time I was there. This reminded me… There used to be a BBQ place in Seattle that had the most amazing sauce… the secret was that the sauce was actually made using Red Hots. My family does Campbells tomato soup mixed in with leftover mac and cheese… it’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/35 "2014-09-10T23:38:36Z")
Sushi and stout. Something about all the salty umami unctuousness of salmon and tuna sashimi really makes a nice dark stout sing. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/36 "2014-09-10T23:45:07Z")
Chipotle Cheese flavored Cheezits with crunchy peanut butter. Like those addictive little orange peanut butter crackers but better. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/37 "2014-09-11T00:09:28Z")
Marmite and Sriracha sauce on hot buttered toast ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/38 "2014-09-11T00:17:11Z")
Probably done forever, but new to me: Cooked chopped spinach in a ramekin, with a bit of shredded cheese, and an egg broken over it. Pierce the egg, cook 2 minutes. Heavenly! Can’t get enough. I may try kale. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/39 "2014-09-11T00:21:18Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Wensleydale is really good, because it’s quite sweet. Thank you! Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were talking to me. That’s my name, Mr. Wensleydale. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068/40 "2014-09-11T00:53:28Z")
A fig and brie burger. Amazingly good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-serendipitously-found-to-go-very-well-together/698068.md?page=3)