# Great tastes that go great together **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2005, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506 "2005-02-05T08:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/21 "2005-02-06T01:23:25Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > I hate to admit this, but peanut butter and pickles compliment each other very nicely. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve eaten PB&P sandwiches. With toasted wheat or rye bread, creamy peanut butter, and klaussen pickles, it’s DELICIOUS. I used to eat PB and pickle sandwiches as a child. Wanna know why? Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street ate them. Did you watch Sesame Street when you were growing up? /Ms Cyros ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/22 "2005-02-06T01:38:13Z")
Smoked salmon and brie. Or cream cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/23 "2005-02-06T01:48:23Z")
It used to be only I knew about the strawberries and balsamic vinegar, but then every crap-on-the-wall family restaurant in America jumped on the bandwagon. Sigh. But they don’t use the goood balsamic. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/24 "2005-02-06T01:57:10Z")
The order in which you eat these two tastes doesn’t matter, but you **MUST** follow each mouthful instantaneously so that the magic of these combined tastes goes on and on and on and . . . Freshly popped popcorn and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups at the movies. With a chaser of Diet Dr. Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/25 "2005-02-06T02:12:40Z")
Stilton cheese, aged port and almonds. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/26 "2005-02-06T07:01:20Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Applesauce and cottage cheese. My parents love peaches and cottage cheese. I like Lays sour cream & onion potato chips followed very closely by a handful of Reese’s Pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/27 "2005-02-06T11:16:38Z")
Coffee sprinkled on vanilla ice cream. Salted, shelled sunflower seeds sprinkled on Cool Whip and eaten right from the tub. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/28 "2005-02-06T11:18:37Z")
Make that _ground_ coffee sprinkled…etc. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/29 "2005-02-06T11:36:33Z")
HHHHHMMMMM lots of good tasting ideas above. I’ll add a personal favorite is papaya with deli duck strips [I forget the name in French]. When I was a kid: chocolate cake, chicken gravy and banana…uumm,ummm good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/30 "2005-02-06T11:53:22Z")
cheese and milk bananas & peanut butter sammiches mashed potatoes & corn…preferrably making a little dent in your mashed potato pile and filling it up with corn. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/31 "2005-02-06T13:16:42Z")
Alternating tastes of vanilla ice cream and espresso. Tomato, bacon, basil and ground pepper. Popcorn and Junior Mints. Instant coffee powder/crystals added to baked beans. Meatloaf sandwiches.\* \*I really need to stop obsessing. ---
**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 6, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/32 "2005-02-06T13:28:44Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Spicy V-8, lemon juice, and worchestershire sauce. Add a shot of vodka and you’re entering bloody mary territory. Reeses Pieces and popcorn. I’d love to develop a peanut flavored popcorn. yogurt and honey, there’s a greek company that sells strained yogurt and honey together in a special pack, gooood stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/33 "2005-02-06T14:25:58Z")
White chocolate with coffee. Sainsburys in the UK used to make a bar of this and it was beyond delicious. They don’t make it anymore. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/34 "2005-02-06T14:35:20Z")
Thousand Island dressing and fried chicken. Stewed tomatoes and buttered toast. Smashed up croutons on spinach. Chew up a Whopper malted milk ball and wash down with black coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/35 "2005-02-06T16:34:45Z")
Back 20 some years ago when I smoked, I used to love to eat BBQ potato chips while smoking a cigarette. Nah, I don’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/36 "2005-02-06T16:36:40Z")
Years ago, at a family gathering, my mother served sponge cake with strawberries and a choice of two toppings: a soft custard sauce, or whipped cream. Our reaction: why not both? My sister declared it “the only desert not chocolate worth eating”. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/37 "2005-02-06T18:58:52Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I love to scramble eggs with a few tablespoons of grape jam mixed in. Looks horrible, but tastes scrumptious. [hijack]Oh, my God! Another Tulsa Doper![/hijack] Oh, and I like peanut sauce on hamburgers. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/38 "2005-02-06T19:14:39Z")
Fried Mozarellla Sticks and Yellow Mustard Mussels sauteed with Guiness (old style bottled, not draught) and Creole Mustard ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/39 "2005-02-06T19:27:09Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Applesauce and cottage cheese. I don’t get that anyone thinks this is weird. My mom used to make this for me when I was a kid, as a healthful snack. I have applesauce and cottage cheese in the fridge right now for this purpose. It’s great comfort food. And yet, if you mention it to people, they go “whaaaa?” I thought everyone ate applesauce and cottage cheese! I also like cheddar cheese and chocolate. Hot cocoa and a quesadilla…mmmm. Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tastes-that-go-great-together/288506/40 "2005-02-07T02:24:49Z")
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