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Food
YUMMIEST RECIPE First place: Fried bologna sandwiches (cooking above) with mustard and peanut butter — Kathy White Runners-up: Soda pop and milk — Kathryn Krouse; Red chili powder added to brownie mix — Janet Chasse WEIRDEST RECIPE
Runner-up: Cottage cheese with cereal and milk — Lori Stofft In the beginning, bacon, lettuce and tomato did not grow as one on the vine. Peanut butter and jelly did not always merge and meld between two slices of bread. Ground beef and bread were eaten in separate bites before they were wed as a hamburger. And until that union happened, Lutes Casino could not combine a hamburger bun and patty, slice of cheese and hotdog into the sandwich Yumans know and love as the Especial. By accident or by design over the generations, unrelated food items or ingredients have come together in culinary concoctions that might have had skeptics at the time. But they went from being the unusual to becoming acquired tastes, as evidenced by the pleasure we get from them today. People continue to mix and match foods in new and unusual ways, as reflected by an informal poll The Sun conducted among its associates. Some of these new combinations appear here for you to savor — or reject, as the case may be. But if you feel your stomach starting to turn, stop it long enough to consider that the recipe you abhor today may become the BLT or PBJ of tomorrow.
By accident or by design over the generations, unrelated food items or ingredients have come together in culinary concoctions that might have had skeptics at the time. UNUSUAL FOOD COMBINATIONS Fritos and other corn chips Fritos and ice cream Fritos and cottage cheese Mashed up avocado with Fritos French fries and potatoes Hot french fries dipped in a strawberry milkshake Wendy's fries dipped in a chocolate Frosty Fries dipped in mayonnaise Fries dipped in mustard Fries dipped in salsa Fries and vinegar Mashed potatoes and thick chili Cottage cheese Combine cottage cheese with any dry cereal, then add milk Hot spaghetti noodles topped with cottage cheese drizzled with garlic butter, then topped with chopped tomatoes and black olives Fish Smoked salmon and cold tomatoes Creamed tuna on toast for breakfast or lunch
Cold leftover pinto beans between two slices of bread Apple sauce mixed with pork and beans Bologna and cold refried beans on a hamburger bun Ketchup Ketchup on potato salad Rye bread with butter and ketchup Ketchup on french toast Potato chips with ketchup Ketchup sandwiches Other sandwich spreads Cold spaghetti Cold chili Dessert Cheddar cheese on apple pie Egg nog and ice cream Pickles and ice cream Prune cake with cream cheese icing Chilled tequila poured over ice cream Angel food cake dipped in salad dressing Jello with mayonnaise sauce — mayo, vinegar and sugar Any gravy on pie and ice cream Other mayo recipes Mayonnaise added to canned refried beans before heating to make them creamier Mayonnaise on spaghetti Milk Cornbread crumbs in a glass of buttermilk or whole milk Crushed saltine crackers added to milk to make a milkshake Crushed Fritos mixed with milk to make a milkshake
Watermelon with salt on it Soy sauce on watermelon Apple slices sprinkled with chili powder Apple slices dipped in salsa Raisins mixed with bleu cheese crumbles Other oddities Popcorn, cream and sugar, instead of salt and butter Thanksgiving dressing and tamales mixed up together and smothered with salsa Bologna dipped in pancake batter and fried Pizza with ham, mushroom, pepperoni and dill pickles. Ham and sauerkraut pizza Sauerkraut, sausage, cream cheese and parsley rolled into balls, breaded and deep-fried Equal parts beer and tomato juice, with a dash of Tabasco sauce for spice Cream corn on buttered bread Bread and butter loaded with brown sugar SOME STRANGE RECIPES Radish Sandwich Spread butter on two slices of bread, preferably wheat bread (mayonnaise can be substituted for butter). Slice radishes in widths of about 1/8-inch width (you can use the icicle or white radishes and slice lengthways) and place on one side of the bread. Sprinkle with salt if desired. Top with the other slice of bread. — Pam M. Smith Fried Crackers Make a sandwich from two saltine crackers and cream cheese. Dip in egg batter and fry. Serve with syrup like french toast. — Scott Jungman Jailhouse Tamales Crush up a bag of Fritos. Mix with packets of salsa to make masa. Roll portions of the masa into little loafs. Wrap each loaf inside the foil wrapper from a stick of gum. Bake the loaves on some sort of heat source, like a radiator if one is handy. — An anonymous jail inmate Soda milk Pour two parts soda pop of any kind into a glass. Add one part milk (make sure to pour the soda pop first). — Kathryn Krouse Do you have a favorite unusual food? Visit the online Discussion Forum to share!  |
Unusual food combinations can become acquired tastes
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