Slashfood Ate (8): Best Food Pairings

by Nicole Weston, Posted Apr 26th 2006 @ 7:01AM

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?

Filed Under: Lists, Ingredients
Tags: bacon and eggs, best foods, burgers and fries, comfort food, fish and chips, food pairings, food pairs, gin and tonic, list, macaroni and cheese, milk and cookies, pancakes and syrup, peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti and meatballs

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6-17-2006 @2:43PM Karen said... My kids LOVE cream cheese and jelly sandwiches...or ham and cheese!
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6-17-2006 @2:57PM Patricia said... anything salty and chocolate; popcorn and milk duds, ice cream sundae and fries.
chocolate covered peanuts (hopefully salted peanut)
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6-17-2006 @6:13PM mary box said... I like to have peanut butter and ice cream. if you haven't tried it, you might like it. i know its not one that always goes together.
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6-17-2006 @6:27PM Bryanne Salazar said... OMG! Someone else eats PB & Mayo!!! I thought I was alone...We grew up in California, and when we were visiting our mom she showed bro and I how to eat em. I loved them till I was a preteen when my uncle told me they made me fat:) Lol!

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