I am erecting a Mr. Rushmore of food combos (location TBD). Help me select the honorees.
Please limit your choices to 4 selections only.
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what is a Mt Rushmore of food combos? 
Too late to edit…
I’ve re-thought my OP.
What the heck, SELECT AS MANY AS YOU LIKE.
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See this thread.
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By voting, you owe us a promise that you’ll be buying a mountain and carving sculptures of food into the face of it.
I do happen to be a professional bacon sculptor, but I would require airfare, 5-star lodging, and three meals a day (from your list!) for as long as the project takes.
My criteria were combos whose constituents I rarely eat any other way. Thus, though I like bacon and eggs, I also like sausage and eggs equally well. But I rarely eat peanut butter without jelly, even though I like bacon and eggs better. It is about combos that are exclusive for me.
So I chose:
Burger and fries
Corned beef & cabbage
Grilled cheese & tomato soup
Peanut butter & jelly
Nah, not a mountain. He should create the scupture out of mashed potatoes ala Close Encounters.
Mashed potatoes and gravy.
I voted before seeing the “select as many as you like” post, but In keeping with the Mt. Rushmore spirit, I would have limited my selections to four regardless. I picked one which I eat almost every day (soup & crackers), one I order frequently (fish & chips), one I eat only rarely (bacon & eggs, although I like bacon both as a breakfast meat and a BLT ingredient), and one I never eat (burger & fries). I like fries well enough, but can’t stand ground beef in any form.
Had I gone with personal favorites, I’d have replaced the final two with cake & ice cream and turkey & stuffing.
Nominations were closed pretty fast, not that it matters I suppose.
Burgers & fries
Spaghetti & meatball (though I prefer meat sauce)
Fish & chips
Turkey & stuffing (and gravy)
Grilled Cheese and tomato soup. I wish Progresso hadn’t stopped making gluten-free tomato soup, it was so good I’d have continued eating it even if I didn’t have to.
I like wings and fries, which isn’t on the list. When I get the bbq or butter/garlic or cajun wings, the sauce is good for dipping.
I do applaud your intentions, so please don’t take this post the wrong way. But, I find it impossible to vote, because nearly ALL of the nominees sound delicious and delightful to me! But good luck, I hope it works out.
I picked a lot, but had to choose an “other”:mmm, good smoked brisket and just about anything. I had it with hatch chile mac+cheese this week, but I can’t think of any food it wouldn’t pair well with. It even goes well with breakfast cereal.
Yeah, sorry about that. It was already getting unwieldy at 60+ entries.
(I wanted to keep it wieldy)
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Cake and ice cream? Really?
I know a guy who worked at a Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwich cafe. Stressed out execs would flock there on their lunch hour for comfort food.
So, all you need to make your first million is pick a pair from this list (that isn’t already done to death), find a storefront, and open up shop!
Watch for mine… GivingThanks: the ‘Nothing But Turkey & Stuffing’ restaurant…
“If you don’t want Thanksgiving dinner, go away.”
I have one “other”, which is pastrami & rye.
Oh, I picked four. Now, these are my personal faves, though not necessarily how I would vote if I were voting for what I thought the iconic four combos would be:
Corned beef hash & over easy eggs
Shrimp & grits
Chicken paprikash & galuska
Burger & fries
I’m actually a bit hesitant about the last one, as I almost never order fries with my burgers (or at least haven’t regularly in about 15-20 years–too much food for me), but it’s classic enough that it has to be on there.
I’m the only one who loves liver & onions? More for me I guess.
I picked “Watermelon and feta” four times.
Um, REALLY? Who eats watermelon with feta?
I knew there was one I was forgetting; pierogies and fried fish sandwich. Traditional Lent fare.