# Surprisingly good, but unusual food combinations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088 "2007-10-26T11:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/41 "2007-10-26T19:04:24Z")
A good spicy chili sprinkled with semi sweet chocolate chips. yummmmm šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/42 "2007-10-26T19:16:08Z")
Teriyaki burgers with sharp cheddar cheese. Most places either donā€™t put cheese on them, or put white cheese (like Swiss) on it. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/43 "2007-10-26T21:45:59Z")
I grew up eating a dish that was German-style comfort food. Itā€™s called Himmel und Erte (or something close, meaning Heaven and Earth). Fry up some chopped bacon and drain most of the fat. SautĆ© chopped onions in the remaining bacon fat. Serve the onions and bacon in the middle of a ring of mashed potatoes. Surround the ring of mashed potatoes with a ring of applesauce. To eat, you slide your fork through the applesauce, into the potatoes, and finally into the onions and bacon. Itā€™s unbelievably tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/44 "2007-10-27T02:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Vodka and diet root beer. Oh, _yeah_. Iā€™m glad Iā€™m not the only one to partake of that particular combination. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/45 "2007-10-27T03:01:14Z")
Not exactly unusual, but not something that most people would make: Ingredients: 1 slice of soft bread (e.g., not rye/sourdough, it has to bend) 2 slices of Jalapeno jack cheese 1 slice of lunchmeat 1 hotdog Some shredded mozzarella Bread-Cheese-Meat-Cheese-Hot Dog with slice down the middle-Mozzarella sprinkled in slice. Nuke for ~30 seconds. Sooooo good. ---
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/46 "2007-10-27T03:18:09Z")
Kit Kat bar on a tuna salad sandwich. The Kit Kat has to be chopped up a bit or else itā€™s overwhelming. Also good is tuna salad on cinnamon raisin bread. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/47 "2007-10-27T03:24:18Z")
One oā€™ these days, maybe when my weight breaks 175 again, Iā€™m making me a [donutburger](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/03/broadcasts/main1680067.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/48 "2007-10-27T04:14:57Z")
Cream cheese and onion on a hamburgerā€¦with mustard, ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/49 "2007-10-27T04:52:58Z")
Cream cheese and onion on a hamburgerā€¦with mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/50 "2007-10-27T04:59:37Z")
I hear thatā€™s twice as good! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/51 "2007-10-27T05:19:34Z")
Chocolate and peanut butter. I found that out by accident. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/52 "2007-10-27T13:34:11Z")
Peanut butter on York Peppermint Patties. Potato chips on sloppy Joes. I got both of these from summer camp, and will still do both as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/53 "2007-10-27T14:08:43Z")
For lunch: a big bowl of steamed, white rice with two cans of tuna (in water) mixed in. Then add hot sauce. Yum. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/54 "2007-10-27T16:33:56Z")
[QUOTE=Crafter\_Man] For lunch: a big bowl of steamed, white rice with two cans of tuna (in water) mixed in. Then add hot sauce. Yum. šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] My dadā€™s cooking skills were limited to white rice, with a tuna can, ketchup and fried ripe plantains. All mixed up. Oh wait, I thought this was the ā€œUnsurprisingly bad, but unusual food combinationsā€ thread. ---
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/55 "2007-10-27T23:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=Crafter\_Man] For lunch: a big bowl of steamed, white rice with two cans of tuna (in water) mixed in. Then add hot sauce. Yum. šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] My lunch yesterday was a packet of Zataranā€™s Dirty Rice mixed with a packet of Garlic & Herb tuna. Not quite spicy enough, but still delicious. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/56 "2007-10-28T01:10:13Z")
I am a fan of dark beer and home made chocolate chip cookies. Guinness especially. Add in a side of extra sharp cheddar cubes and itā€™s even better. Iā€™ll second the strawberries and balsamic vinegar as well as the pears and gorgonzola, both amazingly good. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/57 "2007-10-28T01:25:31Z")
I like to snack on thisā€¦ Take a sharp cheddar cheese chunk, dip a little corner of it in some spicy mustard, then dip the mustardy/cheesy goodness into a pile of dried, minced onions. Very tasty! ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/58 "2007-10-28T01:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=Crafter\_Man] For lunch: a big bowl of steamed, white rice with two cans of tuna (in water) mixed in. Then add hot sauce. Yum. šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] I like my tuna with spinach couscous, with melted cheddar on top. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/59 "2007-10-28T06:36:16Z")
Peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches Grilled peanut butter and SPAM sandwiches (introduced by my SIL one very late night) Peanuts and red hot candies Peanuts and candy corn Anybody see a theme here yet? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088/60 "2007-10-28T06:51:38Z")
[QUOTE=krisolov] I am a fan of dark beer and home made chocolate chip cookies. Guinness especially. Add in a side of extra sharp cheddar cubes and itā€™s even better. [/QUOTE] This only qualifies as a Food Combination if youā€™re putting it all in a blender and making a sort of Chips-n-Cheez Irish Blizzardā„¢. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-good-but-unusual-food-combinations/424088.md?page=4)