What's the weirdest dish -- or combination of foods -- that you actually (or secretly) love?

Your answers were wonderful when I asked about weird cookbooks. Now I want to know about weird food! What's the weirdest dish -- or combination of foods -- that you actually (or secretly) love?

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Chef L. February 24, 2015
Popcorn, dill pickle and chocolate, together!
 
Healthline February 24, 2015
Chipotle peanut brittle definitely isn't your grandmother's, old-fashioned recipe! But the added dried jalapeƱos with the creamy peanuts adds a flavorful punch to the typical sweet treat: http://www.healthline.com/health-recipes/chipotle-peanut-brittle
 
aargersi February 24, 2015
Vanilla ice cream with toasted squash seed oil and flaky salt - not weird if you think about it?

Love a good avocado margarita - also, though, not weird if you think about it

I am a ketchup on my ketchup person - ketchup on scrambled eggs, dip my grilled cheese in ketchup, when I was little - ketchup on my oatmeal (now that has changed to Louisiana hot sauce)

Oh - baked potato with sour cream and a freakish amount of pickled jalapeƱos, like, the whole jar and wish for more.
 
Lindsay-Jean H. February 24, 2015
Avocado margarita?! I think I've been missing out on something magical.
 
Stephanie February 24, 2015
Microwave kettle corn with goat cheese crumbles. The "trick" is to let the goat cheese come to room temp first; add the crumbles immediately and pinch the bag closed again for a few minutes, so the goat cheese can melt(-ish). It's a perfect combo of salty and sweet.
 
Arglebargle February 23, 2015
All of these seem pretty yummy! I like savory oatmeal: oatmeal with scallions, soy sauce, sriracha, and a fried or poached egg on it.
 
Melanie K. February 23, 2015
I don't think these are too uncommon, but they've been deemed weird by a few people who have seen me eat them. Donut care!
- pineapple sprinkled with salt
- corn niblets stirred into mashed potatoes
- rice mixed with soy sauce and butter
- potato chips crumbled into EVERYTHING (scrambled eggs, sandwiches, guacamole, etc.)
 
sexyLAMBCHOPx February 23, 2015
french fries and gravy, with some ketchup.
 
QueenSashy February 23, 2015
yogurt topped with Sriracha...
 
Panfusine February 24, 2015
OOH YEA!
I usually top yogurt with spicy Lime pickle and a sprinkle of sugar.
 
ChefJune February 23, 2015
When I was in college, a friend and I used to go out for chocolate cake and dill pickles after Band rehearsal. Pretty nice combination!
 
ktr February 23, 2015
Grilled cheese with grape jelly and a bowl of tomato soup.
Homemade mac and cheese (made with velveeta) topped with baked beans, diced venison hot dogs and ketchup.
Cottage cheese with hot sauce.
 
Shannon February 23, 2015
Peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich with pepperocine peppers sprinked with salt on the side.
 
MTMitchell February 23, 2015
Maple syrup and breakfast sausage. REAL maple syrup -- not the "pancake syrup." This is definitely not considered weird where I grew up, but when I moved to the Midwest people thought I was crazy.
 
creamtea February 23, 2015
Ice cream with pretzels. Half-sour garlic pickles with peanut butter. In college I used to eat hot or cold white rice, soy sauce, roasted sesame oil and sugar and maybe scallion slices in a small cappuccino cup--never a big bowl. Lemon wedges sprinkled with salt. Hard-boiled egg with sea salt and Aleppo pepper or smoked paprika. Thick-sliced challah with a chunk of bittersweet chocolate. Tamari-roasted almonds with dried sour cherries.
 
Lindsay-Jean H. February 23, 2015
I am with SJ on the deliciousness of white rice and cheddar.

In high school, I used to microwave platefuls of shredded cheddar in the microwave until it became a big melty, oily, orange puddle and then I'd scoop it up with pretzels. Or my fingers. Luckily for my arteries, I no longer own a microwave and I am too lazy to recreate this magical dish on the stovetop.
 
Sarah J. February 23, 2015
Cooked white rice + shredded cheddar cheese, nuked in the microwave for 30 seconds.
 
Panfusine February 23, 2015
Bananas with 'chaat masala' and a spritz of lime, Peel just one strip off the fruit, score a line with a sharp knife longitudinally, sprinkle chaat masala over the 'slit' and drizzle fresh lime juice, remove the remaining peel & eat the fruit as you would eat a hot dog.
Toast with peanut butter and potato chips.
 
jessicamclement February 23, 2015
crunchy peanut butter and maple syrup... i don't know if this is actually so weird, but every time i put it on my pancakes (with big sea salt flakes!) people make surprised comments!
 
Kristen W. February 22, 2015
Hah, henandchicks! Hebrew National Kosher salami on a grocery store bagel with a glass of orange juice (not grapefruit segments, but close) was my favorite lunch as a kid! I haven't eaten that in ages but now I'm craving it!
 
carlito February 22, 2015
Box mac and cheese with salsa (pace picante) and canned tuna
 
HalfPint February 22, 2015
York's Peppermint Patty & salted pretzels
 
Meaghan F. February 23, 2015
Snyder's pretzels now makes a York patty-covered pretzel and I thought it'd be awful - until I tried one. Surprisingly good.
 
Windischgirl February 22, 2015
Lima beans (or Butter beans) microwaved with shredded cheddar cheese, soy sauce, and lemon juice. Occasionally accented with a pinch of red pepper flakes. It's my emergency meal if the cupboard is bare!
 
henandchicks February 22, 2015
Peanut butter, hoisin, cuke strips in a tortilla were a college staple, further back was salami on a grocery store bagel, always with a side of grapefruit segments. Now that i own a little cafe, any leftover salad veggies except lettuce with cashews, nori, and a ladle of todays soup over all. the weirdest "official" dish? Jansens temptation- potato and anchovy baked together. Mmmmmm.
 
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