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Was having a conversation with a mate and fellow cooking enthusiast earlier about how so many people these days seem to lack any sense of adventure when it comes to trying out new flavours. It started out with the normal complaints - people who say that all curry is horrible except a korma, people who moan about "foreign" food, how people rely on staples like Spaghetti Bolognese and Lasagne and think it's the beginning and end of Italian cusine, etc. We then got talking about great dishes we love which are often dismissed by others as "ew, that sounds gross" etc by people that have never tried them, or that have not been given the amount of love/ popularity we feel they deserve. This led to us discussing this, that, this, that, etc etc etc and we ended up talking about combinations that people turn their nose up at. In that vein, given that I know there's an awful lot of foodies on EG, I thought it might be interesting to discuss/share experiences of interesting but unlikely flavour combinations (or experiences of frustratingly conservative and fussy eaters you need to cook for). A few of my favourites: * Vanilla ice cream and balsamic vinegar - the tartness and fruit of the vinegar complements the sugary and rich dairy perfectly) * Chocolate and Chilli (this one is gaining in popularity and public knowledge, but it still surprises me how many people turn their nose up at it or have never heard of it) * Lamb and Blackcurrant (the depth, acidity and sweetness of the fruit goes really well with the fatty and and slightly gamey flavour of the meat) * Ham boiled in Coke (just trust me, it really does work) * Raw fennel as a salad ingredient (if for no other reason that I find it odd how many people haven't even heard of Fennel) * Tea-smoked Salmon (an easy competitor to traditonal smoked Salmon, and all it takes a bit of tinfoil, a couple of teabags, a saucepann with lid and and a hob. Edited by darkmorgado at 04:34:33 26-07-2013 |
Unlikely food combinations that sound gross but are actually awesome
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI've always liked meat and fruit combinations. Not tried blackcurrant with lamb yet though (might try that in my next lamb stew). -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agomal wrote:
It works really well. There's a really good celebrity-chef utilisation of the idea (can't remember if it was Rick Stein or Hugh Fernley-Whittinstall) that involves just crushing a load of berries in your bare hands, slathering them on the meat to form a sweet crust, then making a gravy/joux by combining the roasting juices and the leftover blackcurrant squish with a little flour to thicken.
I've always liked meat and fruit combinations. Not tried blackcurrant with lamb yet though (might try that in my next lamb stew).
Another combination that springs to mind - Goat's Cheese and Cranberry. -
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Registered 15 years agoAn old flat-mate of mine used to make delicious duck liver pate and cheese sandwiches. There was some other element, possibly turkey. They were fuckin' legend... -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoTelepathic.Geometry wrote:
Pate and cheese toasties? Not something I've ever heard of before but it's certainly piqued my curiosity. Definitely the sort of thing I was driving at in my OP!
An old flat-mate of mine used to make delicious duck liver pate and cheese sandwiches. There was some other element, possibly turkey. They were fuckin' legend...
Is it wrong that ever since I played Deadly Premonition I have a nagging interest in trying a Turkey, strawberry jam and Corn Flake sandwich? Or is that going too far? -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI once had a cheese, tomato and cornflake pizza. That didn't really work... -
Telepathic.Geometry 12,422 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGoodfella wrote:
Blasphemer!
darkmorgado wrote:
Eh, in my experience it's the other way round, all curry is great except Korma.
people who say that all curry is horrible except a korma
I just remembered something that is incredibly delicious but looks like baked shite.
Strawberries, milk, cream, raisins and cornflakes all mushed up and fried. Do not doubt the deliciosity of this concoction. It's the bollocks! -
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Registered 15 years agoMay be a bit mainstream these days but I always put cocoa, coffee and coke in my chilli con carne. -
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Registered 16 years agoI take a salt and vinegar crisp and a cheese and onion crisp, and eat them both in the same go. -
Rusty_M 7,172 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI've had Venison and chocolate once or twice. The first time was a carpaccio of Venison, too.
Otherwise I can't really think of much. We often eat haggis with unusual things like a haggis calzone with chorizo or haggis with tortellini and a cheese sauce. -
Poor people have interesting food concoctions sometimes.
Not saying anyone here is poor, just saying, people who are poor... -
jonsaan 27,052 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBoiled sweets and teacher cock. Used to have this at scool all the time. -
I once gathered anchovy and banana on toast is a rather popular recipe in some part of the world. -
Tricky 5,088 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMarmite and Peanut Butter on toast. I've actually had someone who hated Marmite try this once and he loved it -
mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI had truffles on a steak in Germany once. Way to ruin a tasty steak. They looked like pencil sharpenings and tasted like dirt.
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agodarkmorgado wrote:
tbh none of them sound gross apart from the ice cream one and if you haven't heard of fennel you must be a bit "special".
Was having a conversation with a mate and fellow cooking enthusiast earlier about how so many people these days seem to lack any sense of adventure when it comes to trying out new flavours. It started out with the normal complaints - people who say that all curry is horrible except a korma, people who moan about "foreign" food, how people rely on staples like Spaghetti Bolognese and Lasagne and think it's the beginning and end of Italian cusine, etc.
We then got talking about great dishes we love which are often dismissed by others as "ew, that sounds gross" etc by people that have never tried them, or that have not been given the amount of love/ popularity we feel they deserve. This led to us discussing this, that, this, that, etc etc etc and we ended up talking about combinations that people turn their nose up at.
In that vein, given that I know there's an awful lot of foodies on EG, I thought it might be interesting to discuss/share experiences of interesting but unlikely flavour combinations (or experiences of frustratingly conservative and fussy eaters you need to cook for).
A few of my favourites:
* Vanilla ice cream and balsamic vinegar - the tartness and fruit of the vinegar complements the sugary and rich dairy perfectly)
* Chocolate and Chilli (this one is gaining in popularity and public knowledge, but it still surprises me how many people turn their nose up at it or have never heard of it)
* Lamb and Blackcurrant (the depth, acidity and sweetness of the fruit goes really well with the fatty and and slightly gamey flavour of the meat)
* Ham boiled in Coke (just trust me, it really does work)
* Raw fennel as a salad ingredient (if for no other reason that I find it odd how many people haven't even heard of Fennel)
* Tea-smoked Salmon (an easy competitor to traditonal smoked Salmon, and all it takes a bit of tinfoil, a couple of teabags, a saucepann with lid and and a hob.
Fun fact : Fennel in Italian is a slang, derogatory term for homosexual, no idea why.... -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoRusty_M wrote:
The haggis ones are interesting, we usually do it with chicken, sometimes making a Haggis Cottage Pie using Chicken, haggis, neeps and tattoos. It rocks.
I've had Venison and chocolate once or twice. The first time was a carpaccio of Venison, too.
Otherwise I can't really think of much. We often eat haggis with unusual things like a haggis calzone with chorizo or haggis with tortellini and a cheese sauce. -
Trafford 9,358 posts
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Registered 14 years agoFried egg in a pitta lined sandwich spread. -
Syrette 51,181 posts
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Registered 19 years agoCOCK AND JAM -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoTrafford wrote:
sandwich spread lined pitta surely?
Fried egg in a pitta lined sandwich spread. -
Zomoniac 10,628 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCinammon and raisin bagel with everything. Sweet or savoury. It just works. Smoked salmon with cream cheese and olives, sausages and brown sauce, chicken caesar salad, chocolate, anything at all. Bagel witchcraft. -
Trafford 9,358 posts
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Yeah that's what I meant. Just woken up. -
Jeepers 16,616 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI was introduced to an interesting way of serving bacon. You fry it up as usual but - and this is where people with a less sophisticated palate might recoil - once it's ready you place it between two slices of bread and coat liberally with a rich tomato sauce.
It may sound gross to you proles but the fruity acidity of the sauce really complements the rich smoky taste of the bacon. And the bread adds another dimension to the ensemble.
It may seem a little outré to some people but for me it really works. Mind you, I am particularly special and classy. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRaw egg yolks and oil whisked together is divine. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRusty_M wrote:
Deep fried, this haggis tortellini idea would make us millionaires in Scotland. I've got the capital, you run the franchise and together we can finally knock those smug pork scratching merchants from their perch at the top of the Scottish food chain. Are you in?
... haggis with tortellini and a cheese sauce. -
darkmorgado wrote:
"Now I've simply been dying to ask you Brian.. Have you ever come across, in all your years, such a thing as...fennel...?"
I find it odd how many people haven't even heard of Fennel
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