Some foods are meant to go together. In fact, many of them pair so well that they have become the most
classic comfort foods. In an effort to bypass the well-known, I first set out to collect the 8 worst food pairings, but
was so disgusted by the idea of pickled herring and cheesecake that I was forced to stop. I realized that it is for good
reason that some foods get paired: they taste great together and make such good combinations that it is hard to think
of one without the other. These are definitely a few of the best:
- Peanut butter and jelly
- Macaroni and cheese
- Fish and chips (or burgers and fries)
- Bacon and eggs
- Milk and cookies
- Pancakes and syrup
- Gin and tonic
- Spaghetti and meatballs
Salt and pepper is, arguably, the ultimate combination, though they are seasonings and not exactly "food". Here are some of the runners up from the list above: Butter and toast, cupcakes and sprinkles, tomato soup and grilled cheese, cheese and crackers and Ben and Jerry’s.
I know there are lots of others. What are we missing?
Cakes so amazing they'd be hard to cut into
Fruit juice: An invitation to diabetes?
Morbid thoughts? Have a cookie
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-26-2006 @ 7:08AM
Hawk said...
peanut butter and bananas! Or, if you're from Ohio, peanut butter and MAYONNAISE. Eeeeeee. Everyone who eats that that I've ever met is from ohio. Weeird ohioans.
And it's condiments, but KETCHUP AND MUSTARD ;)
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4-26-2006 @ 8:03AM
Ben said...
Wine and cheese?
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4-26-2006 @ 8:34AM
Laura said...
steak and baked potato.
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4-26-2006 @ 8:58AM
Kent said...
are we talking about the most common pairs, or the pairs that taste the best?
I had blue cheese with steak last night - awesome, but not exactly "hard to think of one without the other"...
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4-26-2006 @ 9:19AM
B said...
Steak and salt.
Strawberries and cream.
Strawberries and chocolate.
Peanut butter and chocolate.
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4-26-2006 @ 9:24AM
Andrew said...
peas and mint
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4-26-2006 @ 9:46AM
sofia said...
blue cheese and honey
(honey with anything really)
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4-26-2006 @ 10:05AM
amanda said...
tomato and mozzarella
cilantro and lime
mashed potatoes and gravy
waffles and blueberries
strawberries and white chocolate
coffee and chocolate
feta and mint
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4-26-2006 @ 10:05AM
nika said...
Bananas and potato chips
Bananas and yellow mustard
Peanut butter and bananas
Fresh picked garden tomatoes and chunky salt
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4-26-2006 @ 11:41AM
B said...
Chocolate ice cream and potato chips
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4-26-2006 @ 12:09PM
Alex said...
Cheese and anything. Enough said.
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4-26-2006 @ 12:17PM
red said...
Fritos corn chips with lemon juice
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4-26-2006 @ 1:06PM
DP said...
Tomato soup and Grilled Cheese!
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4-26-2006 @ 1:34PM
FJK said...
Bread and butter comes to mind, especially since I made a blogworthy meal of it a few nights ago.
When I was a child, the combination of chocolate and oranges seemed magical. I loved eating an orange with my hot cocoa.
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4-26-2006 @ 2:47PM
liz said...
Chips and salsa!
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4-26-2006 @ 3:00PM
mmm said...
chocolate & raspberry
tomato & basil
chili & lime
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4-26-2006 @ 3:17PM
Jenny said...
tea and biscuits!
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4-26-2006 @ 7:33PM
Noelle said...
chips & dip (or, more correctly, "chips'n'dip")
apple pie & ice cream
asparagus & hollandaise
And I'll definitely second wine & cheese, and coffee & chocolate. Yum!
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4-26-2006 @ 11:55PM
Matt said...
Lobster and vanilla
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6-17-2006 @ 2:42PM
Dottie said...
Saltines and margarine.
Cherry pie and Vanilla ice cream.
Pretzels and Ice cream.
Peanut butter and pretzels.
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