# What Weird Things do You do to Make Food Good. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328 "2000-11-15T17:25:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/41 "2000-11-17T00:09:22Z")
One must always drink milk while eating dill pickles. Makes the milk ultrasweet and the pickles ultrasour. But no matter how much I love butter (I lick the wrapper after putting the stick in the butter dish) I never, EVER, put butter on sandwiches. It makes them all slimy and gross. **hypergirl:** IIRC, bangers and mash are sausages baked in mashed potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/42 "2000-11-17T00:11:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > **Hot pepper goes on everything from soup to sandwiches.** In my best Texas drawl: “If it don’t bite back, it ain’t worth eatin’!” I put either cayenne pepper or Tabasco on almost everything. As I type this post, I am eating a McChicken sandwich with no sauce that has a healthy dose of cayenne pepper. I even put Tabasco in my beer (unless I am drinking a premium beer like Fat Tire, Red Oak, or the like it would be a sacrilege to demean a good beer in such a manner). No sauce on my sandwich, unless it is a small amout of mustard. The aforementioned McChicken was ordered with Mustard, lettuce, and cheese only. Any more or less would be wrong. “I’m too cool, I tell ya!” I do not use ice. I prefer to drink most beverages at room temperature. This includes tea (servers at many restaurants refer to it as iced-tea with no ice–how bizarre!), and any soft drink. Beer is an exception, but I still prefer it warmer than most people. “If God had intended us to use salad dressing, a walk through the garden would be a very messy affair.” I use very little, if any dressing. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/43 "2000-11-17T00:20:00Z")
I enjoy a tasty concoction of mustard and fried shrimp, mixed with chopped pickles and jalapenos, with nacho cheese, a light chocolate sauce and a spritz of Windex. …okay, _not really_, but I gotta admit, some of you people are _messed up._ I almost got _sick_ reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/44 "2000-11-17T00:40:28Z")
Burnt popcorn. Not burnt all the way through, but just so the bottom layer is black. If you’re using microwave popcorn, there must be a golf- to tennis-ball sized black lump in the center. Also French’s mustard sandwiches on any whole-grain bread. ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/45 "2000-11-17T02:36:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > \*\*How about eating the whole pumpkin seed and sunflower seed? There must be a lot of that going on. > \*\* I do that a lot too and everyone thinks it’s weird or gross. I don’t get it… ---
**Author:** ![pr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@pr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/46 "2000-11-17T02:59:14Z")
Grilled ham and cheese,dipped in thosand island dressing,Kraft brand only.Not so wierd for this board, but the reaction I get from friends. Then they are addicted. ---
**Author:** ![Grendel69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Grendel69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grendel69)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/47 "2000-11-17T03:05:42Z")
It’s all about the Spaghetii Sandwich! ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/48 "2000-11-17T03:37:56Z")
Mine comes from my childhood. Ever since that day, oh so many years ago, that my real maple syrup mixed in with my scrambled eggs and bacon, I’ve been hooked. I didn’t think this was strange until my college roommate looked at me odd when I made scrambled eggs, dry dammit!, burnt bacon, and drizzled some _pure_ maple syrup over the top. MMmm. Ouh!!Ouh!! I can’t forget about smashed danishes. Cut a danish much like you’d cut a bagle, square down the middle. Flip the outter sides inwards and place on a hot buttered skillet. Place a heavy object on top of the danish. Smash that danish into oblivian. Flip after a minute and repeat the butter and smashing on the other side. Enjoy your breakfast and prepare to bounce off the walls! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/49 "2000-11-17T06:19:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ReservoirDog \* > \*\*I’ve been told that by habit of putting regular butter on the bread before I make my PB&J sandwiches is rather strange. I do believe I have even heard the word “gross” bandied about. \*\* I always get the kind of peanut butter that settles to the bottom, with the oil on top. I pour out the oil and replace it with butter (salt, not sweet). I stir it up, until there are little globs of butter throughout the peanut butter. Mmmmmmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![LCP2972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@LCP2972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LCP2972)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328/50 "2000-11-17T09:06:08Z")
longhorn cheddar and grape jelly mmmmmmmmmmmm…good or applesauce with chunks of cheddar dropped in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weird-things-do-you-do-to-make-food-good/41328.md?page=2)