# What flavors don't belong with the others? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820 "2006-01-13T15:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ty\_Cobb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ty\_Cobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ty_Cobb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/1 "2006-01-13T15:08:50Z")
Seems in many collection of flavors, one is wrong for the set. It’s not just candy, but I’ll start there: In Juicy Fruit, there are a bunch of fruit flavors, and licorice. In salt water taffy, there are a bunch of fruit flavors, and mint. In a mix of Jelly Belly jelly beans, there will be a bunch of fruit flavors, and coconut. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/2 "2006-01-13T15:13:43Z")
> [@Ty Cobb](#): > > In a mix of Jelly Belly jelly beans, there will be a bunch of fruit flavors, and coconut. Coconut is far from being the worst Jelly Belly flavor. Have you met my friend (by which I mean my most hated enemy) buttered popcorn flavor? Blech! ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/3 "2006-01-13T15:14:51Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Coconut is far from being the worst Jelly Belly flavor. Have you met my friend (by which I mean my most hated enemy) buttered popcorn flavor? Blech! Jalepeno definitely does not belong. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/4 "2006-01-13T15:18:06Z")
What the hell is the blue one? Anti-Freeze? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/5 "2006-01-13T15:26:54Z")
My grandmother used to make jelly. Grape. Strawberry. Blueberry. Tomato. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/6 "2006-01-13T16:05:53Z")
From the works of [James “Kibo” Parry](http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Fringe/Weird/kibology.faq): "WHAT FLAVORS DO NEW CRUNCHY KibOs COME IN? “Regular, ham’n’egg, honey-lutefisk, cheez’n’whiz, nearly-kosher tofu, and dog.” This may be the only case on record where “regular” is the one that doesn’t belong. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/7 "2006-01-13T16:06:57Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > What the hell is the blue one? Anti-Freeze? If memory serves, he was Louie Blue Rasberry. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/8 "2006-01-13T16:34:22Z")
> [@Ty Cobb](#): > > Seems in many collection of flavors, one is wrong for the set. > > It’s not just candy, but I’ll start there: > … > In a mix of Jelly Belly jelly beans, there will be a bunch of fruit flavors, and coconut. Isn’t coconut considered a fruit or is it a nut? Well, anyway it goes well with fruit, especially pineapple. The buttered popcorn one is good when eaten with a chocolate one. But the Jelly Bellys aren’t really a good example of odd flavor combinations because they are all about unusual flavors, and if you get the Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans they really have a lot of unusual flavors, like dirt, earthworms and vomit. THose really don’t belong in any flavor combination. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/9 "2006-01-13T17:27:32Z")
Coffee and mint. Coffee and chocolate, yes. Coffee and cinnamon, sure. Coffee and vanilla, hazelnut, amaretto, nutmeg, carmel or even a hint of orange, maybe. But mint? Yeeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/10 "2006-01-13T17:47:49Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > What the hell is the blue one? Anti-Freeze? The Blue Tufted Otter. Currently on the engendered species list. How about pizza toppings? Sausage, pepperoni, cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, pineapple… Yes, I understand, the bacon & pineapple pizza is nice, and the bacon/pineapple/mandarin orange pizza with extra cheese is a thing of wonder, but wtf? ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/11 "2006-01-13T18:26:22Z")
I used to work at an ice cream shop. One guy came in and ordered a pistaccio, orange sherbet, with pineapple and caramel topping sundae. That’s just nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/12 "2006-01-13T18:30:00Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > I used to work at an ice cream shop. One guy came in and ordered a pistaccio, orange sherbet, with pineapple and caramel topping sundae. That’s just nasty. I can beat that. At Thanksgiving, I saw an episode of the American version of _Iron Chef_. One of the dishes offered by the competition was Turkey Ice Cream. I shit you not-- purreed turkey meat and used it to make ice cream. Not surprisingly, it didn’t go over all that well. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/13 "2006-01-13T21:28:20Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Coconut is far from being the worst Jelly Belly flavor. Have you met my friend (by which I mean my most hated enemy) buttered popcorn flavor? Blech! Dat ain’t nuttin’. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie\_Bott’s\_Every\_Flavour\_Beans#Bertie\_Bott.27s\_Every\_Flavour\_Beans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_Bott%27s_Every_Flavour_Beans#Bertie_Bott.27s_Every_Flavour_Beans) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/14 "2006-01-13T21:57:18Z")
Thinking of Pizza, I don’t really see anchovies as having a rightful place on pizza. Yes anchovies are very Italian, yes they have there uses and can be nice, but really there is no reason to put them onto a pizza. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/15 "2006-01-13T22:59:44Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > At Thanksgiving, I saw an episode of the American version of _Iron Chef_. One of the dishes offered by the competition was Turkey Ice Cream. I shit you not-- purreed turkey meat and used it to make ice cream. Yeah, like, pumpkin ice cream is\* so\* over. :rolleyes: My friends and I used to laugh when we saw [Turkey Hill](http://www.turkeyhill.com/default.asp) ice cream in the case. We’d go, “Made with _real turkey!_” Never did we imagine anyone would actually do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/16 "2006-01-13T23:05:36Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > I can beat that. > > At Thanksgiving, I saw an episode of the American version of _Iron Chef_. One of the dishes offered by the competition was Turkey Ice Cream. I shit you not-- purreed turkey meat and used it to make ice cream. > > Not surprisingly, it didn’t go over all that well. Reminds me of the Jones Soda Holiday Flavors: a box set of glass bottles of soda flavored with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, and what is undoubtably the best one, brussels sprout. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/17 "2006-01-13T23:18:45Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Reminds me of the Jones Soda Holiday Flavors: a box set of glass bottles of soda flavored with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, and what is undoubtably the best one, brussels sprout. IIRC, it was Green Bean Casserole, not Brussels Sprout. And Buttered Popcorn is one of (if not the) Jelly Belly’s best selling flavors. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/18 "2006-01-14T00:54:47Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > And Buttered Popcorn is one of (if not the) Jelly Belly’s best selling flavors. Write this one down in the history books, people. This is it. THE moment. I have now officially lost all faith in mankind. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/19 "2006-01-14T01:42:37Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > I used to work at an ice cream shop. One guy came in and ordered a pistaccio, orange sherbet, with pineapple and caramel topping sundae. That’s just nasty. Third-generation ice cream professional here. I was once forced to make a daiquiri ice MALT for a customer. With caramel sauce. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820/20 "2006-01-14T02:25:33Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Thinking of Pizza, I don’t really see anchovies as having a rightful place on pizza. Yes anchovies are very Italian, yes they have there uses and can be nice, but really there is no reason to put them onto a pizza. One of my two favorite pizzas is anchovy pizza. Just anchovies and cheese, a classic one-topping affair. But just the usual amount a place puts on is enough. I once worked at a Pizza Hut, when a call came for a pizza with triple anchovies. That’s too much of a good thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavors-dont-belong-with-the-others/339820.md?page=2)