It’s probably not a huge surprise to people that Taco Bell had a hit on its hand when it combined its sorta-tacos with Doritos. But not all food combinations sound as delicious when you try to describe them to folks.
Over at Reddit, someone suggests putting one drop of Tabasco sauce– no more, no less — in a glass of ginger ale.
“It greatly diminishes the syrupy flavor and makes it seem much drier,” explains the writer. “Add any more than one drop and you’re going to have a bad time.”
This has led to a discussion of other bizarre-but-awesome food combinations that no one believes until they try them.
For instance, there is the pinch of salt in chocolate milk, strawberry jam and cheddar cheese, and this one that Consumerist’s own Meg Marco decided to sample after reading: “Take a bite out of a strawberry, dip the strawberry in ground pepper, then bite again. The strawberry is much more juicy and the flavor comes out much more.”
Meg’s verdict:
It wasn’t as disgusting as it could have been. It actually made the strawberry taste like fake strawberry flavoring. Like super intense and odd. I did taste the pepper though. Maybe because the pepper was very coarsely ground… I would try it with a finer grind next time, but it was definitely not gross.
Speaking of black pepper, one of the most delicious things I ever ate was at a Quebec restaurant where they served slices of duck breast partially dipped in extremely dark chocolate and then dotted with three whole peppercorns.
So let us know about the food concoctions and combinations that you love but have trouble getting people to try. Maybe there’s a cookbook in this…
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I had an unnatural taste for peanut butter and mustard sandwiches during my earlier years.
I have two-
Mayonnaise and potato chip sandwiches. Better tasting than you would think.
Ramen noodles- when you cook them up, add some cooked chopped leftover chicken and/or chopped up vegetables. Then take one dill pickle slice, dice it up into the smallest pieces you can get and cook that in there for a minute. Really makes the difference!
Since I was about 4 years old and saw it on an episode of Mr. Rogers (this would have been in like 1983 or 1984), I’ve been eating bananas with a slice of American cheese wrapped around them. It’s delicious. Nobody believes me. I’ve been struggling with this for 29 years. Please, I implore somebody reading this to go and try this right now and validate that this is in fact a delicious snack. I can’t be satisfied until I convince someone that this is a viable foodstuff.
This thread is horrifying and I didn’t even get halfway through.
I used to love to toast two frozen waffles and put a couple slices of sharp cheddar cheese in between them to make a sandwich. I also still love bacon and mayonnaise sandwiches.
Once I put A1 sauce in my rice. It was alright. I also once (in high school) had cinnamon graham crackers topped with mashed potatoes. They actually weren’t too bad together.
I love peanut butter in tomato soup. And in chicken noodle soup too. Mmmmm.
Chocolate milk and root beer: a poor man’s substitute for an ice cream float. :d
Bleu Cheese and Red Seedless Grapes
Monte Cristo sandwich. It shouldn’t be delicious. I don’t even like mayonnaise! But for some reason it works in this configuration.
At Waffle House I eat my hashbrowns with mushrooms, and pecans.
Tuna salad (canned tuna + mayo + diced onion) between two toasted blueberry waffles.
It isn’t a totally amazing winning combination, but it is not in the least bit disgusting, and is in fact, pretty good.
Tuna salad and Doritos, with mustard sandwich. Heaven on a plate.
If you put jalapeño slices in Sprite, it tastes like ginger ale. Look, I got all the nouns in that sentence!
I like to stir together the following: mashed potates, pork gravy, succulent pork roast, french-cut green beans, white hominey, and the kicker… a big dollop of horseradish!