Odd combinations
 

We went to the supermarket today. On a whim, I went down the 'International' food aisle. In addition to Mexican and Asian, they had Southern food.

I've picked up Glory canned foods before. In some cases, they use spices in their green beans that taste way different than the bland canned variety. They also sell scalloped potatoes in a can, which is really convenient to use. Cans were on sale for $1, so it was a good time to try some new flavors.

So I saw some canned sauerkraut, which I was considering buying for use as a topping for hot dogs. Then I looked at the label again. It was sauerkraut and apples. I've heard of a few Southern recipes and foods, from collard greens to chitlins, but is this for real?

BTW, my wife bought a can. She's thinking of cutting up some fat free hot dogs and mixing them in.:greenface I can't get the woman to go to an Indian restaurant, and she's willing to try this.

I can understand apples and cheese. I can understand peanut butter and bananas. But I just can't picture sauerkraut and apples mixing well.

Never heard of that combination... but I think it would be good. Sweet apples, salty saurkraut... I'd go for it. I think it would be better to fry your own apples and add it to the kraut so that you can get them nice and crispy, but in a pinch, I'm sure the canned is good too. Please share your verdict!

Adding fat free hot dogs to anything... :vomit:

Sausage with sauerkraut and apples is pretty tradition German fare. Maybe try it with a nice roasted pork tenderloin instead of the dogs though.

I've run across it: the whole mess tastes uniformly pickled. Not at all a bad combo; it can be done fresh with baking apples like Granny Smiths.

So think of it as pickly-stuff-in-a-can. Jinx is right about the pork, or any pork sausage. Breast of chicken, maybe, if accompanied with a raisin or raisin-apple sauce.

Now, let's see if sandwiches of cheese and mango chutney peg anybody's weird-meter.

I have no problem with the peanut butter and banana sandwich. It's not my favorite, but I've eaten a couple of them in my time. What I can't stand is the peanut butter, banana, and mayonnaise version!

Also, I have read that peanut butter and bacon sandwiches were once a staple of late-night snacking in college dorms. I'm not sure I get that one.

Now, let's see if sandwiches of cheese and mango chutney peg anybody's weird-meter.[/quote]

absolutely :vomit:

My 11 yr old gave up PB and banana sandwiches for school lunch because her friends thought they were weird

What's really nice is green mango sliced and then dipped in soy sauce. Sounds horrible, but it's a very tasty little number.

I think it is weird that my wife eats french fries (chips) with yellow mustard. My kids eat them with ranch dressing. I eat them with hot sauce mixed with bbq sauce or just ketsup.

salt on canteloupe? awesome.

peanut butter on pickle spears. yep.

the bessstttt thing though, is cream cheese between two chocolate chip cookies.

That's a chocolate cheesecake!

no....this is a chocolate cheescake:
http://www.kilbegdairydelights.ie/im...cheesecake.jpg

yes, it is.

Hoop cheese and nilla wafers. French dressing, mayo, and sugar on sandwich. The last when I was about 5 yrs. old. Now yuk. Good Swiss works w/nilla wafers also. IMHO.

I'm not a religious man but, Jesus, I think I need a recipe...

Salt and Lime tortilla chips, dipped in cream cheese topped with sweet green chile salsa. Incredible.

Powdered chile pepper, salt, and lime (juice or sythetic lime flavor powder mixed in) is a favorite Mexican condiment on fruit around here, particularly any melon and also tamarind paste.

Good on a hot day.

We just managed to coax the closest Vietnamese restaurant to our house to start putting out bottles of nuoc-mam on the tables. Guess they thought that might be a little too hard core for their expected clientele, but we set them straight.

Another sandwich combination that some people think is weird is tomato and peanutbutter sandwiches with salt and pepper.

It's delish, but most people think I'm a weirdo for eating it.

I make a dressing with Super Crunchy Peanut Butter, Vinegar, Mustard, salt, pepper and condensed milk....its to die for and great on sangas or salad.

PB&J with potato chips inside the sandwich. Love it.
Or putting my french fries inside my hamburger.

Ducks, that sounds like it'd be good on some kinds of firm-fleshed fruit too. Bet you could change out the condensed milk for the same quantity of yoghurt for a more piquant effect, more zingy than sweet.

Sangas are... deli sandwiches, of cold cuts? There's some yobbo down your way who thinks the term ought to be read out of the lexicon as distastefully obsolete -- corny, in a word.

A sanga is just slang for a sandwich. When we say sandwich we mean two slices of bread with filling in between.

That yobbo doesn't know what he's talking abot UG. Sanga is an integral part of the language we use to confound the likes of you yanks. We'd be lost without it. Besides, ask any fair dinkum aussie if they want a sanga and they'll know what you mean. If the rest of you don't understand, then that's ok. We don't really care. :) (which is obviously a lie because I just gave you and explanation)

whenever i get confused about 'stralian dialect, i just go to Outback Steakhouse and check on the kids' menu for translation.

True -- an American of a certain age might get the idea he's being offered Sanka, and not a sandwich; he'd be bound to be startled. Time was, Sanka was the instant decaf -- no longer. I'm not even sure the brand is still a going concern.

[One search later, Wiki and a site that retails it as restaurant supplies assure me it is. It's evolved; they're using a different coffee or process now than they originally did.]

The aforementioned Vietnamese restaurant just got in trouble with the county for violating the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. So no more 33 Beer for a while.

Vanilla icecream with a little shredded chilli on top. Very nice.