On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Shawn Burns wrote: > > > > [mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] On Behalf Of Philip Hart > > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Shawn Burns wrote: > > > > > [...] I like both lemon meringue pie and bratwurst (one WAY > > more than > > > the other), but I just can't stomach thinking about combining them. > > > > My wife's friends have a game or riddle, possibly without solution: > > name three foods or ingredients which are good combined > > pair-wise but not when used all together. > > Onion rings with raspberry jam, raspberry jam with peanut butter. > > Raspberry jam and peanut butter with onion rings. Ew. > > Actually, if the game is also supposed to pair up onion rings and peanut > butter, then this one fails, because I still say "ew". > > And for those who have never tried rasberry jam and onion rings, I would not > be surprised if you said "ew" right away, but it's good pub grub. Yes - one compares the three sets of good pairs, and the one set of bad triples. I've tried finding combinations of chilies, chocolate, citrus with eggs, milk, tomatoes that just work. I hadn't considered onion rings and jam.