Chicken, Waffles. Sausage, Jelly. You Decide.
I find what piques your interest in posts interesting. Sometimes I write a post that I like, that I really like, and there is nothing. No comments. Sometimes, I say something in a post, in law it would be called dicta, an aside not material to the main point, and it takes on a comment life of its own.
Other times I do a quick post that strikes a commenting chord. That seems to have happened last night. I did a short piece about a Food Network show that had Alton Brown eating simmered and then baked beef tips, with the juice, on pancakes. He and his “motorcycle gang/crew” raved about it. Did not seem appetizing to me; and, I compared it to chicken and waffles. That led to comments. In a comment response, I admitted that I can understand a savory crepe; but, I drew the line at adding syrup to the chicken and waffle. Well that led to more comments, the latest being Pos who found out that a sausage biscuit with jelly on it, though it sounds bad, is quite good.
So he knows, down here in Atlanta, jelly is part of the deal. I stopped at a down home type place and ordered a sausage and cheese biscuit a couple of years ago and asked if they had any Dijon mustard. The nice lady looked at me and said they had jelly. I settled for mayo.
All that said, here’s a link to Wikipedia. Is there any subject that it doesn’t have an article on? My Google query was “chicken and biscuits.” Seems there are two schools of thought on the proper liquid to top the basic bird and batter. Read for yourself at Chicken and Waffles. I’m so proud that I made that hyperlink.
So, here’s a comment starter. What weird food combinations are good? No chocolate covered ants. OK, but you better make a compelling case for it.
16 comments:
Not much to add to the food phobia.
But I'm proud of you for the hyperlink. Hi 5 on that one~~
My husband makes rouladen, which is flank steak pounded very flat and rolled up around a dill pickle spear with mustard rub. It sounds weird but really works and tastes good. He makes brown gravy to go with.
My blogging friend Beth just wrote a post about visitor behavior, including commenting (or not). You can read it here. She got a lot of comments on this one!
I like beer and pizza!
Wait a second....I used to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a slice of bologna in between. I also like ketchup in my cottage cheese. That's not too weird.
I don't know how weird this is, but I love bananas and pistachios together. Also oranges and chocolate, red potatoes and avocados, Oreos and strawberries. Pretty tame combinations, but also pretty tasty.
I have to admit I just don't get the chicken and waffles thing,even though I'll put honey on a chicken and biscuit. An odd food combination that I've tried that sounds horrible but is pretty decent is a peanut butter, bacon and onion sandwich. The sharper the onion the better. It's smoky, tangy and savory with good crunch. A friend swears by them.
I am constantly being made fun of around Thanksgiving because I enjoy my pumpkin pie with salt on it - I wouldn't dream of desecrating a delicious piece of pumpkin pie with whipped creme! Pumpkin - it's a type of squash, right? Most people would put salt on roasted, baked, boiled, or microwaved squash of other varieties, yes? Try it, you'll like it.....
I knew this would work. Since I started this, I suppose I should contribute. The only combination of foods that I like, that others think to be odd, is cherry or apple pie or cobbler in a bowl with milk poured on. Good stuff that I got from my father. My youngest brother dipped french fries in mayo when he was in high school, some peer influence thing.
Amy and Mffn, thanks for stopping by, though I think you've been by in the past Amy; and, having hit the link, I see that I read your blog.
dave - I've been lurking and reading your posts for most of the summer - I enjoy your wit, wisdom, and thoughtfulness. It's just nice to see someone else observing the world, analyzing what they see, and commenting intelligently on it. Thanks.
Not sure on it's uncommonality but chocolate and potato chips go together soooooo well.
Kudos to your brother and his french fries with Mayo -I often dip mine in Mayo too.(Potato chips with dip; fries with mayo? Same difference isn't it? or baked potato with sour cream?) I've had peanut butter and onion sandwiches -not bad at all, though I thought it sounded gross initially; never tried it with bacon, so I'll have to check that out. I like jello with mayo on top of it as opposed to cool whip type stuff. (Ok, I love mayo, what can I say.)
Weird foods to some, but not in my cookbook.
Now, has anyone ever tried some Swedish dishes? These were foods traditional in my family for years at Christmas - Lutfisk, which is a dried cod, soaked for about 2-3 weeks in a water/lye solution and then boiled, served with a white cream gravy. (Stinks worse than skunk while it is soaking too.) And then there is the jellied veal - I won't even try to spell it here -cook a veal shank, grind the meat up, let it set in the juices and serve it cold, cut into squares or wedges with a dabble of vinegar over it. I love it but ONLY at Christmas! My kids on the other hand are convinced I am a total fruit loop to even think of eating something like that. But then, my younger daughter has a fixation against onions -dates back to when she was about 4-5 years old and started pitching fits, not willing to eat anything if it had onions in it. So, I told her there were onions in EVERYTHING! Nuh-uh, she said; uh-huh, said I. Not in ice cream she said - oh yes, see those ingredients on the side of the package -and I'd pick out some big long name of an ingredient that even I couldn't pronounce and tell her that was simply onions, all ground to a powder. And it kinda worked too. Till she was about 8 years old she still professed to hate onions and yet, would order them at a restaurant until the day one of her older, so damned much wiser (better reader?) sibling informed her that Onion rings were actually - go figure - onions! I could have strangled that big mouth child ya know! But that's a different topic too and I've wandered and rambled enough.
Peanut butter and (dill) pickle sandwiches.
And that's all I have to say about that.
I like a grilled cheese sandwich topped with a runny sunny side up egg doused in Aunt Jemima syrup. Been making them since I was in grade school. I once got a Waffle House cook to make one for me and received some very strange looks.
When my gout is not flaring up I like to make gizzards and rice, but does't everyone.
A fomer co-worker would order Monte Cristo sandwiches, and then pour syrup all over it.
My eyes must have given me away.
"What?!" he asked. "It's a French Toast sandwich."
Ah, my grandmother used to serve me cheese toast with syrup. I had almost forgotten about that. It sounds weird, but kind of worked. If a picky kid will eat it...
Fermi, if Rick would ever do his own blog, he could regale you with much better stories. Including when he ordered the "Everything" at the Donut Hole in Destin. It came and it didn't have grits. After a short discussion, they brought him an order of grits. After that, he ordered the Everything, plus grits. Then there's the "white gravy" story. There are others. Rick, defend yourself.
I like spinach alfredo pizza and strawberry banana smoothies.
Don't laugh.
Okay, laugh.
As for comments? I've just been away from the computer lately except for a quick post here or there. So I'm visiting my favorite blogs and catching up today. :)
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