Not-Such-A-Good-Idea Food Combos
 

Some things are just made to go together--ham and swiss, lox and bagels, fruit and cheese---the list is endless. You wanna know what doesn't taste too great together? Chocolate and diet ginger ale--Yeeeeeech!

Well there's always a certain twinge from brushing your teeth (at least with mint-flavored toothpastes) and then drinking orange juice.

I think it's Crest that makes an orange-flavored toothpaste now and it doesn't clash with OJ, coffee or cigarettes. Dang spiffy, if you ask me.
:D

This morning: Listerine followed by Alavert (allergy tablet). Never to be repeated again.

I have a friend (with a PhD in Computer Science, which proves he's smart, but sometimes lacking in common sense) that specializes in this. (His dad built the Killer Baby Carriage)

A couple that I remember off the top of my head ...

Oatmeal with Onions (it was all he had in the house)
Lime Sherbert with Butterscotch Topping (ordered to freak out the Friendly's waitress)
Coffee with Parmesan Cheese (just because it looks kind of like creamer dust doesn't mean it acts like it when added to a hot beverage)

Well I always thought E128 and E84 were an odd combination. But the markets will prove me wrong. You can even get E566 mixed with E900 these days. Tsk, the things people will eat.

butter isn't a good substitute for coffee creamer, either- trust me :sick:

Dealing with a nature identical flavorings account, are you?

SonofV once proudly displayed his PB&J sandwich that he made himself (the boy loves pb&j). When I took the half eaten sandwich to the kitchen as I cleaned up later, I found that the grape jelly had not been opened, and he used red instead. Well, the only red jelly in the fridge was labeled "Heinz". You can work out for yourself what flavor it was. But he did eat half the sandwich, no complaints!

did you ever ask him about it? poor thing :) how old was he?

Well, I did ask him! He was about 5 at the time. I called him into the kitchen and asked him what jelly he used, and he showed me the ketchup bottle. Incredulous, I asked him why he used the ketchup and not the jelly. He said he couldn't open the jelly. And besides, ketchup is a lot like jelly, they both sit in the refrigerator door shelf, the both go on bread, they're both pretty colors, they both pour/spread. Not a bad substitute, but not for me. :)

God Bless 'im, I was really proud of his lateral thinking and his refusal to quit when the first obstacle came up. And although peanut butter and ketchup is a good fit in this thread for me, he had no problem with it. No preconceived notions to overcome. Of course, like a lot of kids, ketchup is a choice condiment. Sometimes his portion size for ketchup transcends "condiment" and approaches "side dish".

And the nice people in the New Jersey State Legislature would be just fine with that, since tomatoes are now the official state vegetable. Anything to get the kids to eat their vegetables.

well.. on a side note... what does butter NOT go well with? the only things I can think of (and I've asked this to quite a few people in my proffesion) is soda and salad (then again... salad can be worked around) woo! 300! (damn I need a life!)

oh... and and here's a story.. the being 5 thing made me remember it..

when I was 5 my fathers birthday was coming up.. and well I knew he liked radishes.. and cookies.. so I set about the task of making him something for his birthday.. well.. radish sugar cookies didn't work out so well... okay not much of a story.. but I've been working on candieng (sp?) radishes for the past 5 years.. finally have that down! so! the next step is making the cookies actually work! (I can do this.. just at the place I am working now.. creativity is severly squashed.. so... next job)

Butter does not go with:

Ice cream
Hard candy
Pickles

*ahem*
Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Butter Toffee
...
Ok, no butter on my pickles, and I refrain from suggesting Bread and Butter Pickles as they have no butter in them, but on the bread...