What food combination would be considered weird to others but you really enjoy? Me----ketchup and pickles on grilled

[debm55]

cheese. How about you?

[Walleye]

1. I like to dip my french fries in mayonnaise mixed with a drop or two of ketchup

[debm55]

2. Thank you , Walleye.

[rurallib]

6. I lived in a small town with a large hispanic population - French fries with ranch dressing

was a go to plate for the teens - sort of shocked me the first time I saw it.

[debm55]

9. Thank you rurallib.

[woodsprite]

53. I love that too!

Started doing that at a little restaurant called The Charcoal Pit. Been doing it ever since.

[Walleye]

56. Yes, the Charcoal Pit! Been there. On Concord Pike?. Hang out for after football games?

[woodsprite]

63. Yes! The Concord Pike one was always the best! Maybe because it was the original.

I think all the other locations have closed now. Even though we were from Newark High School, we'd love to go up there get the Pit Special and top everything off with one of their School Sundaes that we'd share. Our favorite was the Green Knight. It's even on DoorDash now, but way too far from Newark for that, and reheated fries just wouldn't be the same.

[Walleye]

64. God, we were dumb and happy back then weren't we?

[pandr32]

3. Sandwich with cheddar cheese and grape jelly.

My twin brother and I went fishing with our Dad as kids and he made us these sandwiches to eat. We were grossed out, but hungry, and found them weirdly delicious.

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much pandr32.

[Phoenix61]

5. Cream cheese and green olive spread on toasted Raisin bread.

Sounds weird but sweet and salty is a tasty combo.

[debm55]

7. Thank you Phoenix61. That does sound different

[rurallib]

8. Tomato and peanut butter sandwiches

[debm55]

11. Thank you rurallib. Yep, that sounds different.

[beveeheart]

10. Salt and pepper on cantaloupe.

[debm55]

12. Thank you beveeheart. I have heard of salt on watermelon. but never on cantaloupe. Enjoy.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Salt Helps A Lot Of Fruit

Does wonders with grapefruit. Great on apples too, especially the more tart varieties.
So, putting on melon makes sense to me.

[yellowdogintexas]

50. my family always put salt and pepper on cantelope and watermelon

LOL my daughter's Iranian inlaws gave me a funny look when I did that.

They do love watermelon! I have never been to their house when they did not have some

[hlthe2b]

13. When my sister and I were little, my Mom used to make sandwiches of butter/margarine & Cinnamon Cherry jelly...

Smuckers hasn't made the latter in decades, but I can still (kind of) remember it. 'Not sure why the margarine--that seems unnecessary, but it was tasty and we ate a lot of them. I do wish someone made Cinnamon Cherry jam/jelly again, though. (No, it was not cinnamon apple- which they do still make).

[debm55]

32. Thank you very much hIthe2b. Thank you very much.

[woodsprite]

54. Maybe you could find it at some of these Mennonite

Online stores. Kitchen Kettle Village might have something. They ship custom boxes. They’re out of Intercourse, PA. I’m sure there are others online as well. I don’t know if Shady Maple still ships or not. We’ve had things from there shipped down to my MIL in FL.

[justaprogressive]

14. Nothing too wild, Deep Fried

Marinated (soy, garlic, ginger, madras hot chlli)

Center-cut pork chops dipped in buttermilk and panko...



Hot mustard

Red Cargo rice (Thailand)

Fuscia Dunlop!

[debm55]

17. Looks gooks. Thank you justaprogrogressive.

[Polly Hennessey]

15. One is weird and one is not.

Sour cream on Lima beans and peanut butter on saltines. 🥹😉

[debm55]

16. Thank you Polly Hennessey. Sorry but, sour cream on Lima Beans is different.

[MIButterfly]

18. Cream cheese and tomatoes sandwich on toast.

I don't think it's weird, but other people I've mentioned it to seem to. Try it, you'll like it.

[debm55]

24. Will do MIButterfly.

[Clouds Passing]

19. When I was little I would put Catalina dressing on rice 😋

[debm55]

25. Clouds Passing. That sounds interesting.

[Clouds Passing]

47. I saw some recipes for homemade Catalina dressing I may try with honey instead of sugar

[debm55]

69. Thank you Clouds Passing, I used to love Catalina dressing as a child. I think that the honey would give it an extra

kick. Enjoy.

[zanana1]

20. Ketchup and butter sandwiches.

[debm55]

26. Dear zanana1 , that sounds different. Enjoy,

[AnnaLee]

21. My husband when he first came back from Vietnam

took a couple of sandwichs to work every day that he made with two pieces of Wonder bread slathered with mayonaise, thick slices of Velveeta cheese, and sliced sweet pickles.

[debm55]

27. Thank you AnnaLee. I will pass on the Velveeta.

[Danascot]

22. Ham, cheese

and peanut butter sandwich. It's much better than it sounds.

[debm55]

31. Thank you Danascot. Enjoy.

[Dorothy V]

23. Worchestershire Sauce on scrambled eggs. Also, a slice of sharp cheddar on apple pie.

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[debm55]

29. Thank you very much DorothyV. I have eaten the cheddar on apple pie. Scrampled eggs must have ketchup for me.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. I Use Hot Sauce

But, a modest one like Valentina's or Cholula. Adds flavor without "blow your head off" heat.
I do that with poached eggs, too.

[debm55]

70. Thank you ProfessorGAC. I will look for them.

[sop]

28. Spicy mustard and dill pickles on a grilled cheese.

[debm55]

30. Thank you very much sop. Enjoy.

[FirefighterJo]

51. Howdo you gri cheese

Just wondering as a cheese fanatic

[MiKenMi33]

33. Mayonnaise and potato chip sandwich.

Just the right amount of crunch and salt.

[debm55]

71. Very different. Thank you MiKenMi33. Enjoy.

[EverHopeful]

34. Butter and brown sugar on white bread

Not a healthy choice and haven't eaten it in years but it was a treat when we were kids.

The favorite weird combo I've seen (which I never tried 'cause it seemed too gross) was my grandmother used to eat Hershey bars folded into white bread. She said the chocolate was too sweet and the white bread made it perfect.

[debm55]

72. Thank you EverHopeful. Very different, but she must have enjoyed it.

[TexLaProgressive]

35. Not me but my wife and sons

Cold canned pork n beans with a dollop of mayonnaise swirled in. The daughter in laws would say, Do you know what he eats? The other, cold beans and mayo, gross!

I never acquired the taste, but it doesn't bother me, what does is great quantities of ketchup. I don't even like the smell much less the taste.

Now something good the guys came up with is to make holes in an apple with a potato peeler to be filled with sharp cheddar spikes. This way each bite is both apple and cheese. They looked quite nice.

I was lazy would eat a bite of apple and then a bite of cheese.

[debm55]

73. Thank you TecLaProgressive. I have heard of baked bean sandwiches in England. the apple with the cheese spikes sounds

like a great idea.

[EverHopeful]

90. Canned baked beans with a dollop of mayo actually sounds good to me

and I've got a couple cans I picked up for my just-in-case-of-food-shortages box. Know what I'll be eating tomorrow

[TexLaProgressive]

93. And it goes on🤣

[CrispyQ]

36. Swiss cheese pizza with green olives & onions.

Oh man, it's so good!

[debm55]

74. Thank you very much for your choice. CrispyQ. and Enjoy.

[EarthAbides]

37. Shredded lettuce

At dinner, I eat just about everything over shredded lettuce. Except for Italian food. Stew over shredded lettuce. Chicken and rice soup over shredded lettuce. Pinto beans and ham over shredded lettuce. Crock pot roast over shredded lettuce...

I have lost weight and my cholesterol level has gone down!

[debm55]

75. Thank you very much EarthAbides. for the suggestion. It sounds interesting.

[purrmaid]

38. Pitted dried dates and a bar of 100% unsweetened chocolate

[debm55]

76. Thank you very much purrmaid. Enjoy and welcome to DU

[Freddie]

85. SunSweet used to make dark chocolate covered prunes

They were delicious. Haven’t seen in eons ☹️

[Docreed2003]

39. Ketchup and Mayo mixed for dipping fries

[debm55]

77. Thank you Docreed. That sounds good.

[FullySupportDems]

40. Yay! Deb is back! Bologna and dill pickles for me!

On a sandwich with mayo, of course

[beveeheart]

78. I are that when I was a kid.

[SheltieLover]

41. I eat my salad with my meal, instead of before

[Xavier Breath]

43. I'm not too peculiar when it comes to food.

In my 20s, though, I dated a girl who liked to butter her Poptarts and then microwave them. She always insisted that I just needed to try it once and I'd be hooked, but

[3catwoman3]

48. One of the funniest things I ever heard about Pop Tarts was...

…that they could be used as roof shingles in an emergency.

[LogDog75]

45. Baked potato with ketchup

When I've dined out with people and the see me put ketchup on a baked potato the ask me why I do that. I explain it's no different than eating a french fry.

[JMCKUSICK]

49. New York strip steak

Cooked a perfect medium rare. Dip each bite in Cherry yoplait yogurt. Omg yummy

[RockRaven]

52. Not me, but when I was in high school I knew a guy who ate peanut butter and

salami sandwiches for lunch pretty regularly and swore they were good. I chose not to investigate the claim empirically myself.

[enid602]

55. My favorite

Peanut butter and mayo sandwiches!

[Ritabert]

87. When we didn't have jam we'd have peanut butter, mayo and lettuce

...sandwiches. Not bad at all.

[enid602]

88. Turkeyless

White bread, mayo, salt and lettuce tastes just like a turkey sandwich.

[Ritabert]

89. Good to know.

[Ziggysmom]

57. Red wine and Coca Cola!

[OldBaldy1701E]

58. I put both peanut butter and mayo on my banana sandwiches.

Almost everyone I know thinks it is weird, as they usually just use one or the other.

[debm55]

82. Thank you very much, OldBaldy 1701E. And you continue to eat and enjoy.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

95. It's good to see you back.

[Freddie]

86. Not weird, it's good

When I was a kid Mom made a “salad” of sliced bananas. The dressing was peanut butter mixed with equal parts mayonnaise. Yummy combo!

[OldBaldy1701E]

91. Yep.

My grandmother would make one with half a pealed pear and a dollop of mayo and PB mixed on a bed of lettuce.

The grandkids ate it every time. Go grandmother.

[MichMan]

59. Wife likes Peanut Butter and Dill Pickle sandwiches n/t

[debm55]

81. Thank you very much MichMan. . I hope she enjoys it.

[madaboutharry]

60. I think I have a more than a few that others find weird.

I like to have blue cheese salad dressing with french fries.
I like hot rice in a salad.
I put chives on cottage cheese.
I like mustard with chicken.
I poach an egg in chicken soup.

[debm55]

80. Thank you madaboutharry. . I put chives on cottage cheese . too.

Enjoy your choices.

[EverHopeful]

96. YES to blue cheese dressing for French fries!

It's the only way I eat them.

[lark]

61. Raisins in my tuna salad and peanut butter on pancakes/waffles.

I don't think these are weird, but some do.

[debm55]

68. Thank you lark. I love raisins in or on anything. Enjoy

[catbyte]

62. I add ginger ale to ice cream, any flavor.

I drink diet ginger ale all the time so that's my pop of choice. I add a little ginger ale to a bowl of ice cream because it makes crispy little ice chunks that break up the "richness" of the ice cream. I enjoy the textural difference between the two. I also love french fries with Ken's Boom Boom sauce as a spicy change from ketchup.

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much catbyte. Enjoy.

[woodsprite]

65. When I was a kid I think I copied my brother in mixing things in with mashed potatoes.

He started with applesauce and mashed potatoes.

I expanded it to include:
Cottage cheese and mashed potatoes
Dry hamburger and mashed potatoes made pink w/ ketchup (I don't think Mom could make a juicy burger if she tried)
Spinach and mashed potatoes.

[debm55]

66. Thank you very much, woodsprite.

[Sneederbunk]

79. If I described it, I could be arrested.

[moniss]

83. Codfish chunks in melted butter

over mashed potatoes. Also creamed chipped beef or creamed corn over mashed potatoes. Good to see you back!!!

[DBoon]

84. Fried chicken and waffles from Roscoe's

[beemerphill]

92. Not a bad combo, but,

Ketchup and dill chips belong on a peanut butter sandwich. That is where they shine.

[Maraya1969]

94. I make scrambled eggs with Pesto sauce from Costco. I think

it tasts really good