Did anyone else get the 3 lb tootsie assorted bag? Did anyone else have exactly 11 trick or treaters? (The weather in Utah was wretched that night). Did anyone else wind up with a bunch of tootsie candy which is mostly okay except for the Orange and Vanilla Flavor rolls? Well, it turns out they go together alright as a dreamsicle kind of combo.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
peanut butter and pretzles. These were often the only two things I ever had in my dorm room.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
When I was a kid, I used to put peanut butter, rice crispies, and raisins into little balls, and then cook them. They were SOOO good.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
I, too, in my sleepless state, read it as "Fools made for each other". Meaning you and the Tootsie Rolls.
I thought you were being a bit hard on the candy. Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
my mom made caramel corn late last night.
oh my gosh. food makes me so happy.
Posted by Chandani (Member # 5879) on :
Roast beef, avocado, and sourdough bread.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
bacon and avacodo -- in almost any form (salad, sandwich, dip, soup).
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: oh my gosh. food makes me so happy.
Laffo.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
And now for a misbegotten creation of the bare larder. I was out of flour and peanut butter, so I attempted to make a flourless oatmeal bar. (Because, hey, you can make peanut butter cookies without flour). I guess it was okay. I think the cultural prohibition on eating nasal exudate made it a little difficult to savor.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Crisp jonathan apples, gouda cheese, and hot semolina bread, the crust still crisp from the oven. Best. Snack. Ever.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Mangos and sweet-salty coconut sticky rice.
buttered popcorn and hot tamales.
grapenuts, with orange juice on the side.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:buttered popcorn and hot tamales.
You're talking about the candies, right?
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I can't say enough about Chocolate Chip Cookies and Coke. I'd rather have Coke with my Choc Chip Cookies than milk. (Please no lame cocaine jokes)
I also like ice cream and bread. Most kinds of bread, but especially breadsticks. Mmmm.. Not seasoned ones, though, that's icky. Just butter.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:You're talking about the candies, right?
Nope, I'm talking about a corn on corn experience!
Yes, I mean the candies.
Cookies and coke? My wife loves cookies and Dr. Pepper, but somehow I find the combination revolting. The only sweet food/sweet drink combination that I like is pancakes or waffles with orange juice.
When I was a kid I used to insist on hot tang with my pancakes, waffles, and grape nuts, but it's been a long time since I've tried that. I like the tang to be near boiling. I was kind of a strange kid, I think.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
oreos and dr. pepper... oh that is so good.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
There are foods we've discovered do NOT go together.
I once tried a test marketed new yeast beer. It tasted like Banana Beer.
Worst of all, in a pickup poker game with some friends, the only thing we had to use as chips came from a hotel vending machine. Someone brought a bag of M&M's. Someone else brought a bag of Skittles. They made good chips, as long as you didn't eat your winnings.
When you did eat your winnings, you had to be very careful. The two candies look remarkably alike, but: the Chocolaty goodness of M&M's does NOT go well with the tart/sweet goodness of Skittles.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Mmmm..."S" and "M"
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
quote:I was kind of a strange kid, I think.
1. we all think
2. kid? was?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Did anyone else wind up with a bunch of tootsie candy which is mostly okay except for the Orange and Vanilla Flavor rolls?
Are you saying that you actually like regular Tootsie Rolls? I thought they were one of those candies that everybody buys but nobody likes, like candy corn and Smarties. The non-chocolate Tootsie Rolls are the only ones that are really worth eating.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I like regular tootsie rolls and candy corn.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote: Smarties
I love Smarties. One of my favorite candies.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
There are people who don't like regular Tootsie Rolls? Now I've seen it all.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: Are you saying that you actually like regular Tootsie Rolls? I thought they were one of those candies that everybody buys but nobody likes, like candy corn and Smarties. The non-chocolate Tootsie Rolls are the only ones that are really worth eating.
Further proof that Jon Boy is weird.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
How do I know that you guys aren't the weird ones, huh?
I'm normal. I swear I am.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
ok, here is the ultimate: ciabatta bread, balsamic vinaigre (how do you spell that in english? vinager? vinagar?), fresh basil, tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella.
Another favorite: dark chocolate, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, mango. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
It's vinegar, spelled just like it sounds. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Regular Tootsie Rolls are sold everywhere, all year round.
I never see the assorted packs except around Halloweentime.
That says something, I think.
[Vinegar, Annie.]
Posted by Ayuk the Gourmand (Member # 5890) on :
ribbons of green, raw papaya, mixed with an incindiary chili-lime liquid (also known as som tam).
I'll have to try that dark chocolate, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, mango combination. Any suggestions in terms of proportions or anything? Is sounds delicious.
Milk chocolate and oranges go together well. By itself I much prefer dark chocolate, but with an orange, only milk chocolate will do. Oh, and the orange should be room temperature or so, or the chocolate won't melt right in your mouth.
goat cheese, grapes, and stoned wheat thins go together will as well.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Oops. That was me. Forgot to log out of my new throw-away joke account.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Steak and potatoes.
Or steak and rice.
For a delicious dinner,
Cubed top round steak, marinated in a olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, rosemary paste. Serve over jasmine rice, with a fresh garden salad.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I love tootsie rolls, smarties (mmmm. powdery.), candy corn, and those candy corn writ large -- the mellowcream pumpkin. Of course, I also like peeps so perhaps I don't have much credibility in this area.
[what you do see, is you take the container of peeps bunnies and you grab a knife and make a slit in the plastic covering along one edge of the box and then you let the peeps sit for a day or two and get a littly crusty. Semi-stale peeps totally rock.]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Zal, you like peeps? And you think *I* was/am strange?
Peeps are, officially, an abomination.
Now you know.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
mmm... goat cheese.
Hey - i haven't had lunch
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
for hours of fun:
buy a package of the yellow, standard chicken-shaped, peeps.
Place them, one at a time, in a microwave with a large viewing window. Sit back and enjoy.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I went through a manic phase a few years back when I wanted to eat granola with Prego spaghetti sauce on it. Also the draining from olive cans heated to 98.6 degrees.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Now that is fun. I've never actually nuked a peep before, but I've microwaved plenty of marshmallows, and they're basically the same thing. If you hurry, after the marshmallow comes out of the microwave, you can use a toothpick to sculpt it into interesting shapes. It hardens in less than a minute, though, so you have to work fast.
Anybody ever had a real marshmallow? Not the corn syrup things we grew up on, but the sweetened paste made from marshmallow root? I never have, but I'd like to try it.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
steamed rice with peas and guacamole
I went a little my freshman year when I could eat anything I wanted.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
No, but I have eaten grasshoppers.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Wasabi dried peas and cubed Munster cheese.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Real marshmallow? Qu'est-ce que c'est que ca?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
scrambled eggs with fish sauce mixed in, cooked in a fair amount of vegetable oil, topped with Sriratcha sauce, and sprinkled with fresh cilantro.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
mmmmm...stale peeps.
Wow Annie, those two suggestions sound amazing! (I am also rather hungry at the moment. I forgot to bring a lunch with me to campus today.)
*Reminds self to dig up some of those old threads with Annie's cool recipes on them later sometime*
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quick mango crepe recipe:
whisk 6 eggs, 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup raw or brown sugar, 2 cups flour, and 4 tablespoons butter (no margarine) you've melted in your crepe pan. Add some vanilla.
Pour mxture, 1/3 cup at a time, into an 8-10 in pan at med-hi, rotating as you pour to spread out. flip in a few seconds, re-grease pan with butter when necessary.
Cut 5 or 6 mangoes (really, I have no concept of quantity ) and cook them in a saucepan with 1/2 cup or so of raw sugar and cinnamon. Cook until they get mushy - mush them up some more.
Melt dark chocolate on a double boiler, add cinnamon and cayenne pepper to taste, add a little milk once chocolate is melted so it won't solidify again.
Put mango mush in crepes, drizzle with chocolate, and sprinkle with powdered sugar out of a tea strainer.
MMMMM-mmmm.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
ooh, that sounds heavenly!
What about the other one? Do you have a recipe for that one? (I'd try and be creative myself and put the ingredients together on my own, but I'm afraid of what might happen. )
Edit: Oh, and does one make ciabatta bread, or can you get it at the store?
[ November 07, 2003, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: hansenj ]
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:Further proof that Jon Boy is weird.
As a tootsie roll abuser, I want to second or (I lost track here) at least affirm that.
The hardest part of the seven years I wore braces wasn't the pain, the additional oral hygiene, etc. It was having to abstain totally from tootsie rolls the whole time.
Further clarification request: When saying Jon Boy (or anyone for that matter) do we mean that in a good way or a bad way? Or just a weird way?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I have yet to successfully make ciabatta - I buy it at my friendly local bakery, On the Rise.
There's no secret recipe - you just assemble it into a sandwich. You can also make a yummy pasta salad with the aforementioned ingredients and a little salt and olive oil over penne pasta. Mmmmmm.
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
Rasberries and Dark Chocolate.
Hot Chocolate and Toast.
Peanut Butter and Bananas (in a sandwich).
Peas and Water - the water is to swallow the nasty peas so I don't have to taste them.
Barbeque Beef Brisket and Cole Slaw.
A Dr. Pepper and a Snickers.
Man....I didn't think I was hungry, but...
[ November 07, 2003, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: bCurt ]
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
Dr. Pepper and cheese crackers with peanut butter inside. You know which ones I mean, the orange crackers sandwiching the peanut butter, coming in a package of six. Mmm...chemical-y...
Bread and a carrot.
Coffee and cigarettes. Oh, okay, cigarettes aren't a food. Okay then, coffee and cake. *smile*
Blood and Weetabix ("The Weetabix gives the blood texture"--Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yes, I am twelve).
French fries and Ranch dressing. Just about anything and Ranch dressing.
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
No garlic, Annie?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Some faves:
"rat sharp" ny white cheddar cheese, triscuits, and fresh cider;
unsweetened peanut butter on whole wheat toast along with chocolate milk;
leftover cold chicken or turkey in a sandwich with cranberry sauce as the condiment;
sliced fresh apples and peanut butter.
[ November 07, 2003, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
I just got an imitation recipe for Olive Garden's Bruschetta. 'Course, there's not much to it anyway. Haven't tried to make ciabatta bread yet but other breads work too.
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
Hot fresh frites on a salad with mayonnaise and baby shrimp.
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
Milk chocolate and Peanut Butter.
Dark Chocolate and fresh mint.
Mint and Green Tea mixed together.
Any combination of tomatoes, garlic, basil and oregano (ie---with mozzarella, or olive oil, or on Italian bread, etc). This is a good way to dress up boring canned tomato soup...add pasta if some leftover is around... Hummus, pitas, celery, and carrots.
French Fries and malt vinegar, with a little salt.
Buffalo wings and celery.
I can't think of any gourmet foods....I'm a poor college student who works in a grocery store deli---what more do you want?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I can't remember who got me dipping my french fries in a McDonald's shake. This was before I became a "mental health consumer". I don't do stuff like that in public anymore.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Graham cracker sandwiches with chocolate frosting and peanut butter. Especially chunky peanut butter. In fact, I think I need one right now. . . .
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
mmm... garlic Posted by DanielW2 (Member # 5861) on :
black pudding and bacon in a sandwich made with really cheap and trashy white bread.
My mum's lasagne, and spring rolls.
My mum's bacon and opnion roll, with honey roast parsnips.
prosciutto del speck ham or german black forest ham with philadelphia and butter on digestive biscuits.
bread sauce with pretty much anything.
deep filled pizzas and the spicy chicken drummers the local junk food takeaway provide.
I am currently at university on full board, and thus have not had any of those things for over a month *sniff*
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I'd like to try your mum's bacon and opinion roll. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
bocconcini and proscuitto..
yummmmmmmm.
I think I'm addicted to the stuff!
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
quote: I can't remember who got me dipping my french fries in a McDonald's shake. This was before I became a "mental health consumer". I don't do stuff like that in public anymore.
crap, just when i thought i was normal.
as much as i like having days off, i hate missing a day of this forum because theni feel bad about bringing threads from past page one back to the top but to quote porcelain girl
quote: oh my gosh. food makes me so happy.
so you all get to deal. i'll try to make it worth your while.
i tried to start a thread on this once, but thought better of it. the five basic food groups in my world are:
beef bacon cheese peas chocolate
however, as far as foods that go together:
beer and cheesecake pea soup and rice pork chops and applesauce sandwiches with doritos inside peas and newman's own balsamic vinagrette (ok, so how do you spell that in english?)
and now, a recipe:
my newly former roommate likes to things that fall under the encompassing title of 'ghetto casserole'. her latest experiment was to make mac 'n cheese, put it in the bottom of a casserole dish and put a bisquick/pea/cut-up chicken patty mixture on top and bake it. surprisingly good.
ok, i'm done. the thread can die now.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Hawaiian pizza--pinapple and bacon. Not from one of the national chains, they all use canned pineapple and either cheap bacon or ham or canadian bacon. Fresh pineapple and decent bacon are needed, preferably hickory-smoked. It sounds gross, but pineapple, bacon, mozzaralla, tomato sauce and crust blend together scrumptiously. I haven't had it in too long.
Posted by MoonRabbit (Member # 3652) on :
Sounds disgusting, but I dare you to try it and I guarantee you'll be hooked:
Chopped fried bananas in plain yogurt w/ a generous amount of cumin. Yum! Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
Proscuitto makes me think of Mortadella....
Basically an Italian bologna, with peppercorns, (sometimes) pistachios, lumps of proscuitto, and lumps of pork fat.
Sounds disgusting, looks disgusting. Tastes soo good.
I like to call it Muerta-bella---no good for the heart.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
graham crackers with leftover homemade buttercream frosting--My mom made this for my siblings and me as treats, and we used to have knock-down, drag-out fights over who got to lick the beaters, bowls, and spoons
Brie cheese, triscuits, and green apple slices
Celery, peanut butter, and raisins--Ants on a Log!
Turkey sandwich with potato chips inside
Spinach artichoke dip on ANYTHING
mmmmmm....foooooooood
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
bagels. with cream cheese.
Posted by butterfly (Member # 5898) on :
here's some of my favorites:
cranberry sauce and croissants strawberries and chocolate ham and tomatoes (in omelettes)
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
mmm...bagels and lox cream cheese....
Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
Chocolate does not go with any fruit, with the exception of chocolate-covered strawberries, which are acceptable.
Chocolate does go marvelously with port, however.
Chocolate covered pretzels are good, but only if it's dark chocolate.
Cola and condensed milk (in about a 1:5 ratio, or a little less).
I made a cool variant of a mimosa with Rosa Regale sparkling red wine and Sunny Delight.
Swiss cheese and mustard were made for eacch other.
Eggs and grits.
Cheddar and triscuit.
Oh, and by the way, I like Tootsie Rolls and candy corn, but I love Smarties!
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
I used to eat this for supper at school when I was about eight years old - Take two pieces of bread. Spead marmite on one side of bread and chocolate spread on the other. Now squish them together and eat them. I don't know why this is nice, but it's something about the salt and sugar mixed together.
However, you really need to be eight years old before you're prepared to try things like that. I'd never be able to eat that now.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
cucumbers, fresh dill, cream cheese, and white bread.
Ni!
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
mega said 'triscuit'
i used to glob peanut butter on a triscuit and put cheese popcorn on top. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The French have discovered one chocolate combination we really need to pick up on - chocolate and pears.
And of course the marriage of hazelnut and chocolate happened years ago in Europe but has yet to be acknowledged in America. Here, the closest we can get is a can of Nutella with Kobe on the front.
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
Yes, hazelnut and chocolate! I prefer Cote d'Or Chocolate - Dark Chocolate with Praline of Hazelnut! I also like a good chocolate/hazelnut spread on bread or toast. I suppose part of the reason is my Belgian half.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Dark chocolate goes splendidly with raspaberries. Any one who does not like a rich dark chocolate custard topped with raspaberries is criminally insane and should be isolated to protect the rest of the populations.
I also think that Idli go well with a spicy fresh tomato soup.
The worst food combination is mints and orange juice. Never ever drink OJ after brushing your teeth with a minty toothpast.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
that is exactly why i use crest sparkle fun. it's still toothpaste, but it is not minty.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Is that why it is so nasty? I knew to not combine the two, but I hadn't connected the mint to the horridness of clean-teeth orange juice.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Cote d'Or Chocolate is to die for. I prefer the 70%. The Callebaut milk chocolate is also superb. I prefer the milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts and the dark chocolate with either hazelnut praline or marzipan.
Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
What are raspaberries? Is that another word for raspberries? Which one is more legitimate?
Whatever; if they're raspberries, I don't like 'em on anything, but I think they would be even worse in conjunction with chocolate.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Icky, I don't like them unless there aren't seeds involved... the seeds are what I hate about them. That's why rasberry fudge is SO good. And i like neither rasberries nor fudge.
I can't eat any sweet baked good without a HUGE glass of almsot frozen milk. Not having really cold milk is what I hate aobut living in a dorm.
Ni!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
dark chocolate-covered candied ginger....
check it out
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Someone call 911, we need a straight jacket for Megachirops.
Posted by bCurt (Member # 5476) on :
The Rabbit - You'd probably like my rasberry brownies. I make them around the holidays every year. They are very rich (made with dark chocolate and seedless rasberry jam). I've made the milk chocolate version before mostly for the in-laws and wife but it is not the same. Dark Chocolate and Marzipan. Yummm!
Of course, milk is necessary with any chocolate item (cake, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and etc.). Dr. Pepper can be substituted at times but is not better than milk.
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