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Pickles wrapped in cheese, popcorn with beans and ice cream on meatloaf are just a few of the surprising food combinations Americans said they love, according to this survey. It’s not to say these pairings are must-try, but they definitely show just how unique our taste buds can be.
So when Twitter user Michael Realman called for “canceling each other over food takes today,” it hit a soft spot for many. Immediately, people started sharing their own “cancelable” food combos that hit all too close to home, or rather the kitchen, for the rest.
From ketchup on waffles to Nutella pasta, some of the pairings will definitely raise our brows but hey, who am I to judge when I put salt and pepper on my porridge! And if you too are no stranger to some quirky food combo, be sure to share it in our comment section!
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Most of us have at least one eating habit, if not more, that chances are we developed way back in our childhood. The first year of life is a period of rapid physical, social and emotional growth, during which eating patterns also develop. During this first year, infants transition from consuming a single food (i.e., breast milk or formula) to consuming a variety of foods more characteristic of an adult diet.
Moreover, parents influence children's eating behavior in many ways. First off, adults actively make food choices for the whole family, serving as models for dietary choices and patterns. Children also learn about food by observing the eating behaviors modeled by others. For example, research reveals that children's intake of fruits, vegetables, and milk increased after observing adults consuming the foods.
Our food preferences, whether common or unusual, are also part of our eating habits that formed early in life. They often include unique food combinations, too. The registered nutritionist Charlotte-Stirling Reed, who’s the author of “The Baby & Child Nutritionist,” told Bored Panda that when it comes to weird food pairings, parents often have a preconceived idea of what “flavors” go together. “They find it unimaginable that their young children eat certain pairings. But little ones, especially during weaning, don’t have the idea that breakfast HAS to be sweet, for example, until we introduce that idea,” she said and added that “They might not see the problem of having a courgette porridge in the morning or avocado ice cream!”
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
This is a pretty common dish (specifically in the UK), so I don't see this one being cancelled.
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Hilary Rudd 3 years ago
Both of those ingredients bring my daughters IBS up big time!! Goes from a flat stomach to looking five months pregnant! Hard to cook without them but possible!!
“In fact, my children recently chomped through some fruit sorbet with a stick of cauliflower on the side (their request). Sometimes children just follow their own innate intuition of what foods and flavors they want at that moment,” Reed told us. She said that parents should be happy to see that and “let them go for it!” Moreover, the child nutritionist added that she has carrot, beetroot and courgette porridge options as regular breakfasts for her kids, “and to them that’s quite normal!” If you and your little one feel adventurous enough to try some of the Reed’s unique porridge recipes, check them out right here.
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
I don't see anything unusual? Not my favorite, but if there was a cookie shortage, I'd at least consider them.
Sensory scientists and flavor experts have been studying just what foods and flavors pair well with others, pleasantly surprising our taste buds. One such pretty widespread combo is pineapple and ham (but beware to never order this kind of pizza anywhere in Italy!), which seem to work perfectly together.
Paul Breslin, a sensory scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center and a professor of nutrition at Rutgers University, explained this combo: “Really fatty foods, like ham and other meats, tend to leave your mouth feeling fatty, which is an undesirable state. Enter the pineapple. The fruit, which is naturally acidic, cuts through that greasy mouthfeel, creating a balanced (and tasty) result,” he said.
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finisz 3 years ago
Yeah, those tomatoes doesn't fit. They should be grilled, not pulled out of a can.
Phill Healey 3 years ago
Nope. Plenty of places serve tomatoes like that.
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Dead Rat 3 years ago
This is the most unfortunate image of English breakfast. I don't doubt that the guys might have been served this accident but honestly thats just wrong.
Eucritta 3 years ago
It is. I like a good full English, but that ain't it.
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Thomas Harper 3 years ago
I love a good full English from time to time but this is presented very poorly and there is way too much plum tomato juice on that plate.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
It doesn't look great but I'd still choose it every time over sugary cereal - I just don't know how people get any energy for the day from that!
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Amy Doyle 3 years ago
Yea this is the worst English breakfast I have ever seen. I don't eat eggs, tomatoes or mushrooms. I normally have it with hash browns and potato scones, but the presentation of this is horrible.
Jules 3 years ago
Potato scones (whatever they are) are not part of a full English. Bacon, sausage, fried egg, fried bread, baked beans, fried mushrooms and occasionally black pudding. That's your traditional. The addition of hash browns might be acceptable but not traditional. Plus a mug of tea. With milk.
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And i was like WTF!! 3 years ago
Let me be perfectly clear - this looks horrible and discusting!! Would i eat it? Apso-effing-lutely, i wouldnt even leave a single little tomato mark, i'd clean that plate down
Paul C. 3 years ago
Too much juice from the tomatoes and it needs a large slice of fried bread!
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Too much tomato juice? Is that not what the bread is for? Haven't had any fried bread for eons. I miss it.
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RoseTheMad 3 years ago (edited)
As a brit... I will say that yes, that is an absolute travesty.
Tiggy Darling 3 years ago
Where is the black pudding? It's delicious! Basically a fried blood clot with extra fat lumps in it. And yes, wrong tomatoes.
Alexandra Sheader 3 years ago
They’re not wrong they’re just a different type, I’ve seen plenty of fry ups that use these tomatoes
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Laura Watts 3 years ago
Ok more eggs to beans ratio and more bacon and another sausage would be perfect ( and the hubby says add black pudding )
Mark Howell 3 years ago
Keeps British workers (construction, truckers etc) going for the day ;o)
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Looks like something an old timer would feed someone who was majorly hungover—like an elaborate version of a prairie oyster—-basically to induce vomiting to clear their stomachs of the alcohol. That’s the way people used to think, when it came to hangovers.
Angel Williams 3 years ago
Considering there is far less carbs and sugar in the breakfast above than a bowl of cheerios, more protien in the above breakfast too. If you remove the beans and dont have bread this would be a very low carb, sugar free keto style breakfast for sure. And fruit juice well that is a lie in of itself - may as well just drink a glass of sugar water. Some people just dont realise that the reason the majority eat cereal for breakfast is because it was marketed as the "best most important meal of the day" by the cereal companies themselves in order to increase sales! Before "breakfast cereal" people would eat meals like the above to break their fast, regardless of if it was morning or later.
Molly Block 3 years ago
I'd eat those beans, eggs, sausages, and that meat, but not the mushrooms nor the tomato.
Dav Carro-Ripalda 3 years ago (edited)
Too much "watery sauce" in here. Cut the liquid to 1/8th and you have energy to walk the pilgrim's way in half the time, and gas propelled.
Rebecca McManus 3 years ago
Better without the beans, and using grilled fresh tomatoes instead. Egg is overcooked as well.
Kelsey Cirmotich 3 years ago
I LOVE English breakfast!! First had it at The Magical Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. Love it
KimB 3 years ago
Sweet mother of hades you guys eat that much for breakfast?!? I'd have to go have a nap after all that first thing in the morning! Lol I'll stick to my usual coffee and cup of fresh fruit...sometimes 1 egg and 1 piece of toast...I'm not hungry in the morning but I force myself to eat most breakfasts
Me and the cat 3 years ago
Agreed , not the best example of a full English but I much prefer tinned tomatoes and lots of juice . My mouth is now watering at the thought of it .
Karin Gibson 3 years ago
I prefer the canned tomatoes. I don't like the beans the rest is fine but the bacon is a bit overdone. As are the eggs. Plus no fried bread that is sacrilege.
Debbie Burton 3 years ago
That looks disgusting.... order from a different cafe and it would be amazing
Shortstuff 3 years ago
You do NOT put canned tomatoes on a full English breakfast. Fresh, grilled tomatoes only. This looks disgusting...a plate of slop.
WaitingtokissGregDavis 3 years ago
An English Breakfast is a thing of great beauty - a culinary delight and a fantastic hangover treatment - but this a car crash. Poorly cooked and presented, missing essential items and (the horror!) beans AND tomatoes?! Baked beans have no place here! And certainly not as part of the tomatoey swamp!
JinxBox 3 years ago
I think something like that is breakfast in UK? My breakfast as in toast or sandwich would then be lunch there. Something I've heard, correct me if I'm wrong.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
This is bad version of a cooked English breakfast. Done well it is fantastic but most people would have it as a treat, not a daily breakfast. Toast is common, as would be cereals, porridge or a boiled egg. A smaller breakfast than this for sure.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 3 years ago
I am really wondering just how they "misread the menu". What did they misread in order to get this pile of s**t?
PupperPanda 3 years ago
I'd still eat it with a slice of bread and butter to mop up afterwards *drools*
Jim Wamsley 3 years ago
My experience living in Europe is that a big breakfast is eaten because people generally do not take a large meal break in the middle of the day and dinner is usually late in the evening.
Jojo Armani 3 years ago
I hope at least the toast was still crispy considering the amount of sauce on the plate…
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Remove the tomatoes from the juice and drain them into the pan. Add a dash of Worcester sauce, half a teaspoon of mixed Italian herbs and return to the heat and reduce to make a thick sauce. It tastes awesome. I use it with a nice special breakfast I make for my fiancée, we call Breksuvius
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Each element has its good points, but all together and in such quantity, kinda iffy.
Verena Abt 3 years ago
True. I know where you're coming from. The English love it and it's a great cure for a hangover.
Thomas Sweda 3 years ago
There are people in this world, that go to restaurants, order, are served, and actually eat that s**t ? That looks like the slop bucket of a diner, at the end of the day.
Pears and blue cheese have a similar effect. Breslin says that dressings typically contain three components: fat, salt, and acid. In the case of this classic pairing, the blue cheese provides the fat and salt, and the pear does its part with the acid.
Meanwhile, Niki Segnit, UK-based author of The Flavour Thesaurus, argues that “there are many wonderful matches to be discovered, and you don't need a PhD in molecular gastronomy to start experimenting.” She told the press that “interesting and unusual flavor matches can be made with common store-cupboard ingredients, like cheese and marmalade, or chocolate and aubergine.”
This 2020 survey commissioned by SPAM found that 41 percent of American respondents were most likely to have discovered their favorite food combinations from family or friends. The most popular food combo Americans love is the dipping of French fries in their chocolate milkshake. Other top combinations were chocolate and popcorn or sour cream and onion chips with chocolate. Interestingly, over half said they’ll have a “freak out” if their different foods touch each other while on their plate, the same survey found.
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Hear me out. Vanilla Greek yogurt, a spoonful of fig preserves, a good sprinkle of chopped toasted walnuts.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
People put stuff in Starbucks coffee because Starbucks coffee is terrible.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
You forgot the fact that they sit on the bottom of the ocean and eat all the fish poop that drifts down, and they are full of poop when people eat them.
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Genny McD 3 years ago
OMG! Finally another human being that shared my aversion to Ranch! It's totally gross! My favorite food is bacon cheese fries. I ALWAYS get it without ranch, because ranch is just gross. I usually always get it WITH ranch because some brain surgeon in the kitchen thinks that EVERYBODY likes ranch. 😝
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Lennart Rademann 3 years ago (edited)
"There are 3 stages in life - I hate olives; I don't despise olives and OMG OLIVES"
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
this might kill you but, i sometimes eat raw onions as a snack when i’m done grilling burgers, like chips. *powers up defibrillator *
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Lucy Anders 3 years ago
I can't stand BBQ pizza, and also don't much like chicken on pizza, so totally disagree.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
I've tried hot sauce on vanilla ice cream. It's an odd combo, but I've done it more than once.
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Daniel Malangiewicz 3 years ago
If taste of flavourless grass is someone's thing...not judging but actually judging.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
As long as it's medium rare, then I don't care if it looks like it was hit by a 4x4 and the grill left an imprint
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Mark Howell 3 years ago
This is why you had the witch hunts. To stop this affront to nature ;o)
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
The state of Texas gets a lot of things wrong, but brisket isn't one of them.
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Lucinda Speer 3 years ago
What does that even mean? "Extremely Mid?" I'm from Denver, and I love me some In N Out. They just opened up a store here in town. Now I don't have to drive to Phoenix for my double/double fix!
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
because you can mash them together and make oatmeal chocolate cookies
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
McDonald's fries are really good, but the ones at Islands are better.
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
hey hey what’s that sound, this person will be laying on the ground
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
I like to peel a banana, butter a slice of bread and roll the banana up in the bread and eat it like a sausage roll. It stems from my love of banana sandwiches and my laziness to slice the banana
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
it’s good friday and today should be holy, so now *performs exorcism*
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
1=NO, 2=IDK, 3=pickled beets, yum, 4=Huh?, 5=true dat, 6=you're too picky.
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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 3 years ago
Tomato ruins my braces nothing else. Tomatoes don’t ruin anything else
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
i ahve never tried this. and tbh, they look like tiny diseased turds
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
Strawberries dipped in chocolate is delicious. Also banana and Nutella sandwiches are amazing.
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Mewregaurd Hissyfit 3 years ago
WHY are those "fantasy" pizza toppings? Can you not afford them?
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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 3 years ago
I love sushi because of the rice part and the veggie part. Not because of society
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
no. i don’t agree. noone agrees. i dislike you. you are incorrect
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
that pizza sounds delicious. thanks for saying this, i’ll try to make one and send the results
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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
My mother forced me as a child to eat watermelon, because she was NOT going to be known as the mother whose child hated watermelon.
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troufaki13 3 years ago
Should I tell him that you can also put fruit in savory dishes (like pork with apple)? Or would it kill him?
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
Ketchup and mayonnaise together is essentially thousand Island dressing, so not weird. But eating it off the spoon is.
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
therapist: colour or highlite the part that you dislike. me: *colours in the whole damn thing*
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
no. it should not. please do not. do not listen to the insane man.
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
let me just say, after looking at some of these, i refused to look at the rest of them, and just came here to say that
Bill 3 years ago
What is the purpose of this post? Just don't eat it and stop judging what others do
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"Hunger is the best sauce" ---- a proverb for a reason. When you're hungry, you'll eat anything. Been there, tried that.
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
There are a lot of these where i really wonder if they've ever had a good example of the thing they hate. Like nowadays, especially in Canada and the US, i can easily imagine someone who has never had good bread or a good tomato. It's sad. otoh, if they have and they just don't like them, fair enough
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
We have amazing breads and tomatoes in the US, lol! I grow heirloom tomatoes every summer and bake breads all throughout the year. Darn, now I'm hungry for warm, fresh bread.
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whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
I like Hershey's chocolate and Goldfish Crackers. Probably the sweet and salty combo.
leah 3 years ago
I thought I was the only one. It's one of the many weird food habits I've passed to my daughter. One of the others is pepperoni, jalapenos, onions, and pineapple on pizza.
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buttonpusher 3 years ago
Skin on fries are not fancy. You're just too lazy to peel the f****n spuds!
Sasy 3 years ago
that sounds like the best way to have rice pudding when you have no rice pudding I have ever heard
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leah 3 years ago
Add another one. I've never even bought it. I tasted it once at my sister's house and thought I was going to die from a sugar overload. I don't understand the appeal.
Load More Replies... John Baker 3 years ago (edited)
I suggest we cancel the cancellers. Why should anyone care what other people like or don't like to eat?
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
If we cancel the cancellers then aren't we cancellers and should be cancelled?
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nini 3 years ago
With some of these horrible posts.. Do you upvote them (after all, this is a list of food combinations that should be cancelled) or do you downvote them, because they are just terrible?
Bayla 3 years ago
I think we're upvoting the ones we don't want to cancel
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Natalie Kelsey 3 years ago
Cheez-its and black licorice are a snack sensation you gotta try at least once. Tastes like gourmet sausage
John Baker 3 years ago
I don't get the love for those sickeningly sweet brown sugar and molasses concoctions some people think are BBQ sauce either, but a nice tangy or spicy sauce can compliment just about any meat.
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Adriana Loborec 3 years ago (edited)
These folks are amateurs :) When I was 5 or early 6yo and alone at home while my parents were working and sister in school (my parents were quite trusting or that was a different time, I guess), I got hungry and started looking for something to eat. I ended up mixing bread crumbs with some sort of powder for instant vitamin drink and ate it dry. I liked it. Made it again quite a few times, especially while still a kid.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
This list made me sad- half the food was things I can no longer eat, the other half food I have never heard of/tried :(
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
If you're referring to the peanut butter spread they try to pass off as peanut butter then you're right. It might as well be classified as icing. It's like saying miracle whip is the same as mayonnaise. I prefer natural peanut butter like Adam's. It actually tastes like peanuts. If you don't like peanuts then it really doesn't matter which one you try.
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Bobbie Meyers 3 years ago
Coffee creamer, straight outta the container. Pure chemicals, almost styrofoam, sure, nummy, yes!
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
Rice with anything is a crime against humanity. Absolutely revolting stuff.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
For the most part, rice is just a filler carb. But, sushi wouldn't really be the same without it.
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ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴛʜᴇɢʀᴇᴀᴛ 3 years ago
let me just say, after looking at some of these, i refused to look at the rest of them, and just came here to say that
Bill 3 years ago
What is the purpose of this post? Just don't eat it and stop judging what others do
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"Hunger is the best sauce" ---- a proverb for a reason. When you're hungry, you'll eat anything. Been there, tried that.
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
There are a lot of these where i really wonder if they've ever had a good example of the thing they hate. Like nowadays, especially in Canada and the US, i can easily imagine someone who has never had good bread or a good tomato. It's sad. otoh, if they have and they just don't like them, fair enough
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
We have amazing breads and tomatoes in the US, lol! I grow heirloom tomatoes every summer and bake breads all throughout the year. Darn, now I'm hungry for warm, fresh bread.
Load More Replies... whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
I like Hershey's chocolate and Goldfish Crackers. Probably the sweet and salty combo.
leah 3 years ago
I thought I was the only one. It's one of the many weird food habits I've passed to my daughter. One of the others is pepperoni, jalapenos, onions, and pineapple on pizza.
Load More Replies... buttonpusher 3 years ago
Skin on fries are not fancy. You're just too lazy to peel the f****n spuds!
Sasy 3 years ago
that sounds like the best way to have rice pudding when you have no rice pudding I have ever heard
Load More Replies... leah 3 years ago
Add another one. I've never even bought it. I tasted it once at my sister's house and thought I was going to die from a sugar overload. I don't understand the appeal.
Load More Replies... John Baker 3 years ago (edited)
I suggest we cancel the cancellers. Why should anyone care what other people like or don't like to eat?
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
If we cancel the cancellers then aren't we cancellers and should be cancelled?
Load More Replies... nini 3 years ago
With some of these horrible posts.. Do you upvote them (after all, this is a list of food combinations that should be cancelled) or do you downvote them, because they are just terrible?
Bayla 3 years ago
I think we're upvoting the ones we don't want to cancel
Load More Replies... Natalie Kelsey 3 years ago
Cheez-its and black licorice are a snack sensation you gotta try at least once. Tastes like gourmet sausage
John Baker 3 years ago
I don't get the love for those sickeningly sweet brown sugar and molasses concoctions some people think are BBQ sauce either, but a nice tangy or spicy sauce can compliment just about any meat.
Load More Replies... Adriana Loborec 3 years ago (edited)
These folks are amateurs :) When I was 5 or early 6yo and alone at home while my parents were working and sister in school (my parents were quite trusting or that was a different time, I guess), I got hungry and started looking for something to eat. I ended up mixing bread crumbs with some sort of powder for instant vitamin drink and ate it dry. I liked it. Made it again quite a few times, especially while still a kid.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
This list made me sad- half the food was things I can no longer eat, the other half food I have never heard of/tried :(
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
If you're referring to the peanut butter spread they try to pass off as peanut butter then you're right. It might as well be classified as icing. It's like saying miracle whip is the same as mayonnaise. I prefer natural peanut butter like Adam's. It actually tastes like peanuts. If you don't like peanuts then it really doesn't matter which one you try.
Load More Replies... Bobbie Meyers 3 years ago
Coffee creamer, straight outta the container. Pure chemicals, almost styrofoam, sure, nummy, yes!
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
Rice with anything is a crime against humanity. Absolutely revolting stuff.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
For the most part, rice is just a filler carb. But, sushi wouldn't really be the same without it.
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