Odd combinations

richlevy · 02-02-2008, 03:31 PM

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.

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.

melidasaur · 02-02-2008, 05:45 PM

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...

jinx · 02-02-2008, 06:49 PM

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

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-03-2008, 12:04 AM

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.

SteveDallas · 02-03-2008, 09:36 AM

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.

binky · 02-03-2008, 01:30 PM

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

absolutely

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

Aliantha · 02-03-2008, 04:43 PM

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

TheMercenary · 02-03-2008, 05:17 PM

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.

lumberjim · 02-03-2008, 09:33 PM

salt on canteloupe? awesome.

peanut butter on pickle spears. yep.

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

Aliantha · 02-03-2008, 09:44 PM

Quote:

cream cheese between two chocolate chip cookies

That's a chocolate cheesecake!

lumberjim · 02-03-2008, 09:45 PM

no....this is a chocolate cheescake:

Aliantha · 02-03-2008, 09:47 PM

yes, it is.

lumberjim · 02-03-2008, 10:03 PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77824231@N00/1412788781/

busterb · 02-03-2008, 10:46 PM

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.

Perry Winkle · 02-04-2008, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

no....this is a chocolate cheescake:

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

02-02-2008, 03:31 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	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. 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. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-02-2008, 05:45 PM	#2
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	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... __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-02-2008, 06:49 PM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Sausage with sauerkraut and apples is pretty tradition German fare. Maybe try it with a nice roasted pork tenderloin instead of the dogs though. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-03-2008, 12:04 AM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	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. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-03-2008, 01:30 PM	#6
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Now, let's see if sandwiches of cheese and mango chutney peg anybody's weird-meter.[/quote] absolutely My 11 yr old gave up PB and banana sandwiches for school lunch because her friends thought they were weird __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

02-03-2008, 09:36 AM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	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.

02-03-2008, 04:43 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What's really nice is green mango sliced and then dipped in soy sauce. Sounds horrible, but it's a very tasty little number. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-03-2008, 05:17 PM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	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. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-03-2008, 09:33 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	salt on canteloupe? awesome. peanut butter on pickle spears. yep. the bessstttt thing though, is cream cheese between two chocolate chip cookies. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-03-2008, 09:45 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no....this is a chocolate cheescake: __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-03-2008, 09:47 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	yes, it is. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-03-2008, 10:03 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	http://www.flickr.com/photos/77824231@N00/1412788781/ __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-03-2008, 10:46 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	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've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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