My dad used to make fun of me for mixing cultures in the kitchen like when I had Genoa salami and sliced cornichons with Dijon mustard on a bagel from Zabars. I never saw anything strange about it. That in mind, thanks to the wonderful food blog Three to One, check out this good combination:
There are few things in this world that I love more than quality prosciutto and a good croissant is something to savor. Yes, please.
That never occurred to me even once; leftovers are leftovers and they are a bonanza if you are broke. My housemate is always bewildered at the things I make when she assumes there is no food in the house. "You always manage to make a meal even when the cupboard is bare." Well no, it's just that even though I'm picky, I don't turn my nose up at something I've already made before.
Exactly. Plus, weirdness is appealing even if your weirdness isn't appetizing to me. I love to know what strange pairings turn people on.
[1] I should explain that to me, cross-culturing certain foods is basically the same as creating a meal out of leftovers. That said, you won't see me making peanut butter and rye (basically because I don't like rye and would not have it in the house), but I will very occasionally make fried chicken and lasagna for dinner >;)
i don't know what you people are talking about. i love all foods and like to eat each of them at the same time. i take one food item from each culture and have 3 square meals of them a day. i also really enjoy latte and a good fine wine.
in all seriousness, i would be *psyched* about fried chicken and (veggie) lasagna! i could also totally do peanut butter on rye bread. cucumbers in marinara sauce. i'm sure i have lots of combos that the general public would think are weird, but since those makeshift meals are so normal to me, i'm not even sure what to mention!
Fried chicken and lasagna. I could roll with that.
chyll - we need to put this on the list for our show!
[5],[6] See, we knows our stuff...
[4] Is it really a square meal if it's served on a round plate?
[7] well balanced-meal! i used to sarcastically tell my ex she was one of those! ; )[she was krazier than krazy...]
i don't have too many qualms about mixing cultures in the kitchen, but some things i would not do, especially things i have mostly eaten in a certain way. like i wouldn't mix my roots and have curry chicken and mashed potatoes together.
[9] ooh, i'd be all about have mashed potatoes with chicken curry. then again, i'm *always* down with chicken curry!!!
damn you woman, now i want indian buffet for lunch, but i've got a packed teaching day! : /
[9] Hah! Chicken is chicken, and mashed potatoes is mashed potatoes. Sometimes I interchange mashed potatoes with rice, but I wouldn't have both at the same time because it's too much starch in one sitting. But I never saw anything wrong with curry chicken and mashed potatoes before. Curry chicken and glazed yams I'd have to think about... this remind me of a play that's currently Off-Broadway called Platanos & Collard Greens, now that's an interesting combination >;)
I once woke up in the middle of the night to find my father chowing down on cold steak and Twizzlers.
Even worse, I have a friend who's pops loves gefilte fish and brownies.
12) Dude, the first one is just odd. The second one? Dag, man, tell you friend that that shit is straight up foul. LOL
That prosciutto and croissant looks great. I may try that for the family antipasto at holidays, only sliced into little sandwiches. Now to get a knife sharp enough to cut a croissant and not ruin it...
[14] Ginsu?
[11] glazed yams and anything is a bad combo!
[12] yeah, both of those = yikes!
[9] Ms. Oct, chicken curry and mashed potatoes would be British food, and therefore bad. So you win.
I do enjoy good bacon on toasted rye bread with peanut butter smeared on it. I guess that is a southern thing, with a hint of Atlanta Jewish.
Cheese Its with pickles...something about the combo.
[18] except this atlanta jewish doesn't eat bacon!!!