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Funny Food Combinations
- March 6, 2013
- A Word from Phyllis
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I mean, who decided? Orange juice, eggs, and bacon “go together.” Not only that—apparently we’ve all agreed that’s a breakfast menu. Why?
Who decided that butter and sour cream go on baked potatoes? Or that pie and ice cream belong together?
I believe we each have a funny food combination that we love, although we may be keeping it a secret. Or we eat a particular food at a funny time of day.
When Merle and I got married, I learned one of his funny combinations—applesauce on toast. And the toast had to be buttered.
Recently, a friend told me that her husband cuts up his pizza and dips each bite in applesauce before eating it. Now he’s taught their sons to do the same.
I seem to be on an applesauce theme here. We have friends who add lots of crackers to their potato soup. They like the taste and the texture, but then they each add a ribbon of applesauce around the rims of their soup bowls. They need those crackers to keep the applesauce afloat. Each spoonful includes applesauce and potato soup.
Hey, my dad would put a piece of chocolate cake in his cereal.
For years, Merle and I hosted our staff for breakfast. I always made New England clam chowder and he grilled sausage. Everybody loved it, and it was an easy buffet meal.
We were just with friends for breakfast, and they served us a great soup and cherry pie.
Here’s a soup favorite that you can cook all night while everyone sleeps and then send everyone out the door so satisfied that they won’t even think about food before lunch.
So what’s your favorite funny food combo? Or your favorite food at a funny time of day?
Taco Soup with Corn
from Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook
Makes 6-8 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 6-7 hours
Idea slow-cooker size: 5- to 6-qt.
1 lb. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
oil, optional
16-oz. can Mexican-style tomatoes
16-oz. can ranch-style beans, undrained
16-oz. can whole-kernel corn, undrained
16-oz. can kidney beans, undrained
16-oz. can black beans, undrained
16-oz. jar picante sauce
corn or tortilla chips
sour cream
shredded cheddar cheese
1. Brown meat and onions in a skillet, in oil if needed. Stir frequently to break up clumps of meat. When meat is no longer pink, drain off drippings.
2. Place meat and onions in slow cooker. Add other vegetables and picante sauce. Stir well.
3. Cover. Cook on Low 6-7 hours.
4. Serve with corn or tortilla chips, sour cream, and shredded cheese as toppings.
I like to dip my potato chips in applesauce. Also, I eat my baked beans with cottage cheese mixed up with them. Nice hot and cold in one mouthful! YUM
My girls and grandson use Ranch Dressing as a dipping sauce for pizza and countless other things.
I like something my mom always made when times were tough when I was a kid. Fried potatoes, with a beaten egg poured over, and then pork and beans dumped on top.
Apple butter and dried currants with green beans; peanut butter and cream cheese on rye bread sandwiches; mustard BBQ pork and sweet milk slaw on onion yeast rolls; rice and sweet potato “hashbrowns” with shrimp and turkey ends
> And I think the winner is Andyi!
we love beef stew with a scoop of cottage cheese in the center!
No-fat Cottage cheese topped with salsa (or sirachi sauce) makes a GREAT (low cal) dip for tortilla chips, or a great topping on baked potatoes! Doesn’t look that good, but sure tastes great!
Bologna and cheese sandwich with mustard, pickles, and ripple potato chips on it.
Also, french fries covered with spag sauce and mozzarella.
I like applesauce on buttered toast, too. I also used to eat bologna sandwiches with potato chips in the sandwich and still eat tuna sandwiches that way.
A few of my strange combos include tuna and chopped black olives, peanut butter and mayo, and any kind of veggie mixed into mashed potatoes.
Grilled peanut butter with nine slices of dill pickles in between. Also, don;t leave out bananas with mayonaise on rye bread. OMG , I think I need one now.
I like pork and beans with mayonnaise. Also, fried bologna and fried potato sandwiches. Yum!
I like canned stewed tomatoes on waffles. My grandpa taught me that. He didn’t like maple syrup, and neither do I.
My favorite–Johnny Cale with cottage cheese on top and then maple syrup poured over. Now that’s a breakfast!
My father always ate cottage cheese on his French toast (poured on the maple syrup first, then put the cottage cheese on top), my brother eats his French fries dipped in honey, and I like grilled cheese sandwiches made with cream cheese. I guess my mother was the only “normal” family member.
A slice of bologna, top with cottage cheese and then ketchup.
On the applesauce theme, my dad taught me to put applesauce on baked or fried potatoes. He also pours it over chocolate cake. When I was a kid, our favorite after school snack was applesauce with graham crackers crunched up in it.
I like savory dishes for breakfast, more than sweet, and I never thought of using my crockpot to cook soup for breakfast. I’m thinking about it now!!
My father, son and step father all put ketchup on their scrambled eggs. My step father wouldn’t eat pizza without Miracle Whip on it; if it were mayo, he would not use, had to be Miracle Whip salad dressing. I like mashed potatoes with chili on top or cold taco pizza for breakfast.
My Mom would ALWAYS serve Pot Pies with Cottage Cheese and Peaches. If we heard we were having Pot Pies…we knew what the rest of the meal would consist of! We also always had Pork Chops and Apple Sauce. Memories of great times!
My Dad always grossed us kids out when he would take a perfectly good piece of my Mom’s chocolate cake & pour pinto beans over them. I have YET to try it.
Now I do like ketchup on crackers, like a little sandwich. It’s fun to watch the ketchup ooze through the holes. I also like ketchup on frito pie, cold and hot. As a child my Mom would make us this dish. She would take leftover mashed potatoes and add some onions. Then warm up a hot dog wiener, split it long wise, place some of those potatoes in them & place them in the oven till warmed through. WONDERFUL…but then I always loved her fried bologna.
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