Weird/odd food things you do

[underpants]

I’ve very recently found that pepper on mayonnaise is really really tasty but then I put pepper on everything.

Salt on lettuce completely changes it’s taste. That’s the only time I’d add salt to anything.

Oh and a Hershey bar section on a saltine cracker is delicious!

[Ohiogal]

1. Everyone in my husband's family

Put jelly on a toasted cheese sandwich. They thought I was strange for eating it without jelly.

[underpants]

4. Ooh...I mean Ooh

I still crack up when they ask if I want jelly with a sausage biscuit.

[Ohiogal]

7. The gross part is

You have to make the grilled cheese first, then peel it apart to put the jelly on. Yuk, gross. My hubby still eats it this way.

And the jelly has to be dark jelly like elderberry. No strawberry.

[underpants]

9. Okay I was imagining putting on the outside

Sounds like quite a chore.

[MLAA]

59. I am going to try it!

[Cracklin Charlie]

152. We smeared grape jelly on top of a grilled cheese.

It was good, but we didn’t open it up. Would make a good “dipper”.

[mopinko]

68. wtf? everyone knows that grilled cheese needs mustard.

and a slice of tomato.

[happybird]

151. Yep,

and a little ham or bacon.

Now I want a grilled cheese.

[shraby]

2. My aunt had a peanut butter and dill pickle sandwich.

[underpants]

10. Mmmm May give that a try

Thanks.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Not without mayo !! nt

[Freddie]

18. Try a peanut butter, mayo and banana sandwich

It’s yummy.

[Totally Tunsie]

28. Is that you, Elvis?

I knew the rumors of your passing weren't true!

[yellowdogintexas]

80. who ever thought of combining peanut butter with bananas was a genius

I put peanut butter on a slice of toast then slice bananas on top. So good. The contrast between the fruit and the warm melty peanut butter is awesome. Also: it is best on Dave's Killer Bread 21 seed variety

[AndJusticeForSome]

108. Sprinkle a bit of brown sugar next time

...and tell me what ya think.

[happybird]

153. I made a peanut butter & banana milkshake with chocolate ice cream

the other day. Dang, it was tasty! The peanut butter didn't blend down very well and was a little clumpy, but that was definitely not a bad thing. Yum!

[hibbing]

35. Toast, peanut butter, honey, pickles n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

79. That was one of my mom's favorites nt

[Cousin Dupree]

95. With bread and butter pickles. Not dills.

[hlthe2b]

3. My grandmother used to buy those really large saltine crackers & put butter on them

Maybe not so strange, but if it is good quality sweet butter, even the smallest little dab is really heavenly...

[Ohiogal]

5. I love saltines with butter on them!

[Backseat Driver]

8. I make stacked real butter and graham cracker sandwiches - yum!

[OregonBlue]

48. Even better is Matzah with butter. Yum.

[yellowdogintexas]

81. I wholeheartedly agree.

Of course, butter improves pretty much anything.

[MontanaMama]

104. Saltines with butter

dipped in tomato soup! 😋

[Freddie]

16. Mom would do that

Saltines with butter. And sometimes butter and cup cheese, which is a PA Dutch thing. It’s a runny spreading cheese, yellow and stinky. Yuck.

[underpants]

25. Bread and butter sandwiches

That's what my grandmother made all summer. I think that was a result of being the widowed mother of 4 in West Virginia. Money was beyond tight.

[yellowdogintexas]

83. one of my grandmothers (of Norwegian heritage) made butter and sugar sandwiches

on white bread. OMG that was so good

[Lindsay]

32. My grandmother used to give us

Jewish rye bread with sweet butter as a treat.

I still indulge on rare occasions.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Grosses out my wife when I dip fries in bleu cheese and Tabasco! 😋

[underpants]

11. I'm guessing you can double dip

I ate fries last Friday night. It was the second time I’ve had fries this year. New Years Resolution

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Double, triple, quadruple! 😋

[AndJusticeForSome]

109. Those are buffalo fries right?

Tobasco+blue cheese+chicken wings = buffalo wings

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Mayonnaise on French fries, basalmic vinegar on strawberries.

[underpants]

23. Try some pepper on that mayo

I'm telling you it's good.

[OregonBlue]

49. Ooh. Hadn't thought of basalmic on berries but it sounds delish!!

[Liberal Veteran]

97. Wait...balsamic vinegar on strawberries?

I thought that was my thing!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

100. Tasty, isn't it?

[Liberal Veteran]

103. Absolutely.

[PETRUS]

161. Balsamic vinegar on vanilla ice cream is weirdly delicious...

...and I usually include strawberries with that.

[rurallib]

15. Vanilla ice cream on pizza

a small dollop on a slice and eat - mmmmm

Peanut butter and tomato sandwiches

[underpants]

22. Don't take this the wrong way...

but you're weird

stay that way. We need weird, the good kind.

[rurallib]

17. Kids we used to tutor loved ranch dressing on popcorn

[underpants]

24. Did you report them?

Hmmm sounds interesting.

[rurallib]

45. no - just left the room and locked the door

hoping the idea wouldn't escape.

They are still alive and graduating from college...........

[yellowdogintexas]

84. In Texas it seems ranch dressing is put on everything..

including pizza. WTF Ranch dressing on pizza????

[Codeine]

187. I saw my nephew do that a few years ago

and I still feel the trauma deep inside. Ranch dressing isn’t even allowed to enter my house.

[Rhiannon12866]

160. When my cousin was little, he put Italian dressing on everything

He'd have it with dinner every night, he'd pour some on his plate and dip every forkful into the dressing before eating it.

[mithnanthy]

19. Small amount of Ketchup on the side of a plate of pancakes...

... with syrup and butter. I have always eaten them that way since I was a very young child. Weird, I know.

[underpants]

21. Yes it is

But acknowledging that there's something wrong with you is important.

[marked50]

20. Saw an ad for green chile ice cream-

[yellowdogintexas]

86. Central Market here in Texas always has a Hatch chile frozen dessert of one kind or another

during the Hatch Chile Fest in August. The dark chocolate gelato is pretty good, but my favorite is the mango gelato with Hatch chiles....

Of course during the Hatch Fest, those damn chiles are put into everything!! My favorite thing is the chile-cheese scones, fresh from the oven.......Brownies are pretty good too

[SouthernIrish]

26. It is considered strange in the US but

Mom would make us baked beans on toast. I thought everyone ate it. As I got older I found that it was a British thing. Makes sense. Mom's Dad was from the UK. It is delicious and I still eat it today. Yummy

[underpants]

31. Beans for breakfast is a very British thing

Not a beams person myself.

I always thought it was filler thing like my post above about my mom and grandmothers bread and butter sandwiches

[Historic NY]

178. Fuels one......

[hack89]

41. I grew up with beans on toast

My mom is British.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

101. Is that so you can begin farting first thing in the morning

instead of having to wait until after supper?

[AndJusticeForSome]

110. Not much different than a bean burrito

I make bean burritos w/ sweet beans rather than refried.

The *best* anglo bean burrito, my recipe:

Flour tortilla
Sweet beans (eg, baked beans)
Sharp cheddar, shredded
Sour cream
Green bell pepper, diced (lots)

Seriously, I defy any adventurous eater to try one and not love it. Great cold or hot.

[IcyPeas]

145. I grew up with beans on toast too

and enjoyed it. but last time I tried it (as an adult) the beans tasted way to sweet.

[Codeine]

193. Always wanted to try that.

Is it really as simple as some canned baked beans on a slice of toast? Should I butter the toast first?

[empedocles]

27. Leftover desserts as breakfast dessert

[The empressof all]

29. Potato chips and chocolate Ice Cream

I like it best with the Haagan Daz Chocolate Chocolate Chip with Plain Potato chips. I do have a friend who swears by barbeque chips and cherry vanilla ice cream. I'm not going there but have been thinking about the salt and vinegar chips with the choc ice cream.

[TruckFump]

57. Potato chips and chocolate frosting!

Yummmmmmmmms!

[The empressof all]

96. I can see that

But not that super sweet canned crap. Fresh buttercream would be the way to go!

[GemDigger]

117. That is exactly what I was going to say. Only Hagen Daz and only plain chips.

Chips dipped in bacon caramel sauce is tasty too.

[trof]

30. Melt a good sized dollup of peanut butter in the microwave.

Pour it over some chocolate ice cream.
Heaven.

[underpants]

33. That sounds good

👍

[trof]

34. The peanut butter kind of resolidifies on the cold ice cream.

It's fantastic.

[customerserviceguy]

168. It's no weirder than

Reese's peanut butter cups!

[OriginalGeek]

36. My wife's family melts cubes of cheddar cheese

in hot, black coffee. then they eat the cheese and throw out the coffee.


The only weird thing I do is put crunchy Cheetos on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Less mess on my fingers that way. Not MUCH less but less.

[underpants]

37. Cheese and coffee I like

The other thing - you should probably see a professional about that

[OriginalGeek]

38. A professional

SANDWICH MAKER!


i think I can market them except if you don't eat them right away the Cheetos lose their crunch. Maybe I just need packaging like the old McDLT that kept the hot side hot and the cold side cold. Keep the crunchy middle crunchy and the the gooshy outsides gooshy.

[hack89]

42. I have always put potato chips in pb& j sandwiches.

Yum.

[OriginalGeek]

43. For real!

why wait for crunch when you can have PBJ and crunch all in one bite? It's a time saver!

[Adsos Letter]

39. American cheese and sweet pickle sandwiches

With lettuce and mayo.

[cos dem]

40. We always heat our maple syrup before putting it on waffles or pancakes.

Only weird because we seem to be the only ones who do this.
If the syrup is ice cold, it cools down the waffle right away. If the syrup is hot, it melts the butter and keeps the waffle nice and warm. Pancakes have a little more heat capacity than waffles, but they're still better with hot syrup.

Just don't understand the idea of cold syrup, but whatever.

[OriginalGeek]

44. I think I would like this

but I'm also lazy. :/

I'm pretty sure I was at an Amish restaurant once and had corn cakes with hot maple syrup. (I mean I know I ate that food, I'm pretty sure it was an Amish place). But good luck getting my wife to let Amish people stay around just to warm my syrup.

[underpants]

46. I used to do that with just the syrup

When I was a kid I'd heat up syrup in the microwave in a shot glass.

Oh God, I think I just figured out where it all went off the rails.

[AndJusticeForSome]

112. ROFL n/t

[OregonBlue]

51. My family has always done that too. My mom would make

her own syrup on Sunday morning and pour it on hot. So good.

[mr_lebowski]

62. Totally with ya on this ... also pours a lot easier ...

Lots of restaurants I've been to serve the syrup warm, it's not an odd thing at all.

[madinmaryland]

140. Hmm. I have to try that. Do you nuke it?

[cos dem]

141. 1/4 cup only takes about 20 sec in the microwave.

[tonedevil]

47. Melted Cheese...

when I first figured this out I was in my teens so like 50 years ago. There were no microwaves so I would put grated cheese on a piece of tin foil and put it under the broiler. Timing is everything too short and there can be some unmelted cheese. If you let it go too long it gets crispy, which while delicious it is hard to separate from the foil. In our modern age I of course have access to a microwave and put the cheese on a plate to melt.

[underpants]

52. I'm an infamous broiler

I consistently forget the bread in the midst of putting dinner together.

[tonedevil]

55. I feel such a failure when I do that. /nt

[tanyev]

50. Hey, does anybody else do peanut butter sandwiches with a bowl of chili?

The elementary school I went to in Missouri in the early 70s always served it that way, and it got imprinted on me. To this day I don’t know if that was a Missouri thing or something someone at that school dreamed up to use up a surplus of peanut butter.

[underpants]

53. No, no one else

Weirdo

tanyev

[Freddie]

54. Sounds yummy but a recipe for

Much breaking of the wind.
Not especially fond of peanut butter (except with bananas and mayo) for that reason. Mom would pack a peanut butter sandwich for lunch and I recall my intestines rumbling during geography class.

[tanyev]

56. Huh. I wonder if you have a sensitivity to peanuts.

Certainly chili with beans can cause problems, but I’ve never had any problems with peanut butter.

[yellowdogintexas]

87. when my mom made her home made vegetable soup, we had blended PBJ

She stirred the PB with grape jelly until all blended and we ate it on crackers with the soup.. Damn that was good!1

[Bayard]

113. My school always did that too!

[tanyev]

121. Aha! Was that in the Midwest?

We moved to Texas when I started 5th grade and every Texan I've ever mentioned it to has reacted with horror. My Canadian husband had never heard of it, either, but I've now converted him.

[AndJusticeForSome]

114. Sounds like an improvised kung pao beef

I must try this!

[rurallib]

164. Absolutely! One of my favorite taste treats

Tomato soup and PB sandwich is a tasty cousin to this.
I am from SE Iowa so maybe in the upper MW it is normal

[tanyev]

166. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Tomato soup and PB?

Isn’t that a violation of the Official Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Alliance? I guess that would be a cousin to PB and chili, but I’ve never heard of that before.

And we never did PB and chili at home until my brother and I had it at school, even though my mom was originally from Iowa and dad grew up not too far from where we were living in Missouri. Funny how regional/cultural differences develop.

[rurallib]

174. I live under the theory that PB goes with everything

until you find out it doesn't - like PB on apple slices! Just delicious!

[Luciferous]

58. I eat nacho cheese Doritos with cream cheese.

[TruckFump]

63. That sounds good!

This thread is making me hungry.

[Luciferous]

64. It is good! I first tried it at a friend's when I was a kid.

[TruckFump]

65. I see a store run in my future tomorrow. EOM

[Luciferous]

66. Ha, enjoy!

[TruckFump]

67. Thanks! EOM

[TruckFump]

60. Ketchup in Beef Veggie Soup!

Never seems to have enough tomato flavor...ketchup fixes it right up!

[customerserviceguy]

169. Hmm

Most of the suggestions here gross me out a bit, but I will have to try that one.

[MLAA]

61. Onion sandwiches..fresh white bread, margarine, thinly sliced onions and salt!

Husband from MN taught me about that delicacy!

[underpants]

69. Whew. That's a mouthful

Not an onion fan.

That is for reals the whiteist sandwich I've ever heard of.

[MLAA]

75. 😬

[AndJusticeForSome]

116. Now, if it were mayo instead of margarine...

*that* would be the whitest sandwich

[yellowdogintexas]

88. Imagining that made with Vidalia or Walla Walla sweet onions

One of my dad's cousins made those - and we were umpteenth generation Kentuckians

[MLAA]

99. I thought it was crazy until I had one 😉

[AndJusticeForSome]

115. What happens if you omit the salt?

Is it critical?

[MLAA]

129. You'd probably still live to eat another day 😉

[CentralMass]

126. Ernest Hemingway liked peanut butter and onion sandwiches. The"Mount Everest Special"

https://eatasandwich.com/2013/01/16/hemingway-for-commanders-only/

[MLAA]

130. Hmmmm I might work up enough energy to try it, as I never thought I'd eat a plain onion sandwich

[tblue37]

127. My mom loved those! She was from the deep South. nt

[MLAA]

131. Next time I have one I will think of her 🙂

[VarryOn]

70. Salt on watermelon and cantaluope...

Several years ago when living in Chicago, I went to a work picnic one weekend. We had about a dozen watermelons iced down for dessert. When it came time to dig in, about 10 off us were sitting down at a picnic table ready to dig in. Having grown up in Arkansas, I assumed the law required salting your melon before eating. So, I was vigorously salting down my slice, when I looked up. By their open-mouthed stares, you would have thought I was sitting there eating a turd sandwich. None of them had seen someone salt tehir wayer melon!

I cant eat melon without it!

[underpants]

72. That makes sense

Unlike the other weirdos here

It's a local thing. When we moved to Virginia from Ohio we didn't know there wasn't a world without Pringle's Wendy's or Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips.

[Hoyt]

76. Like you, didn't know there is any other way to eat watermelon, etc. In fact, the crystals have to

be visible and fresh.

[VarryOn]

77. I salt an apple sometimes...

Wonder why my blood pressure is a tad high? Haha

[Hoyt]

82. That's how my mom used to eat them, especially green ones. Grew up in an out-house type rural area.

She put salt on grapefruit too.

[yellowdogintexas]

90. Salt on grapefruit definitely!! Also any tart citrus and apples especially green ones.

I used to get those strange looks too

[yellowdogintexas]

89. "It's a Southern thing" of course you put salt on melon

sometimes pepper too.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

102. I put salt on watermelon and I'm in Minnesota.

I don't think it's necessarily a southern thing.

[tblue37]

128. Me, too --and apples. nt

[Kali]

142. salt and pepper on canteloupe

salt only on watermelon if it isn't a good sweet one.

my Grandfather on Mom's side and Grandmother on Dad's salted grapefruit, apples, peaches and Grampa put sugar on tomatoes - fresh or canned.

[Codeine]

188. I liberally cover my cantaloupe with black pepper

before eating it, but that salt thing sounds a bit out there for me.

[VarryOn]

190. I've heard of someone else putting pepper on the cantaloupe...

But I've never been tempted.

The problem with canataloupe is only about 10% are good. Most of them are just meh. But, a good one is real treat...with salt!

[Codeine]

192. I think the pepper nicely masks the generally

mediocre nature of most cantaloupe. It makes honeydew better as well, because honeydew almost always sucks.

[mopinko]

71. ridged potato chips and cottage cheese.

i can go through a whole pint of cottage cheese and a big bag of chips that way.

stuff from my childhood that i dont eat, but think about fondly-
bologna wrapped around sweet pickle relish, between saltines.
liverwurst on polish rye, but the important part is to really mash the bread.a little raw onion makes it perfect.

my dad put chili sauce on his eggs, always. hot stuff wasnt that easy to find in those days, so it was a late summer ritual to can up a bunch of tomatoes, and some chunky hot sauce. i got the job of pushing the hot peppers through the meat grinder on the back porch.

[underpants]

73. Ok I'd like to take a guess

I'm guessing somewhere in the Great Lakes area. Not Ohio. The west side. Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan.

[mopinko]

74. close. chicago.

dad was from wis, mom was west side irish.

[CentralMass]

133. I could see myself hoovering that combo.

[LakeArenal]

78. When I'm sick I love vegetarian vegetable soup and peanut butter sandwich.

Crave it even.

Also I only like peanut butter when it’s freshly opened. Even a day old makes me not like it. If I was independently wealthy I’d have fresh French bread and a newly opened jar of peanut butter for lunch everyday. The maid or butler or whomever ultra rich people have can take it home or feed it to the squirrels.

[tanyev]

105. Here ya go.

Minimus.biz sells individual packages of all kinds of things. Lots of peanut butter choices.

https://www.minimus.biz/search.aspx?keyword=peanut+butter

[LakeArenal]

125. Cool. Love DU

[Generic Brad]

85. A banana slathered in peanut butter rolled up in flat bread

It is oddly satisfying. Why is this only a thing with me?

[keithbvadu2]

91. Ketchup on steak... Oh, wait. That's Trump.

Ketchup on steak... Oh, wait. That's Trump.

[yellowdogintexas]

92. Welch Rabbit (or rarebit) but pronounced Rabbit

A thick cheese concoction served on saltines with pickles and onions

To be perfect it must have some very aged cheddar in it.

My mom's Welch Rabbit could stop traffic.

I don't eat it much because it has about a million WW points but damn that stuff is good

[yellowdogintexas]

93. one more and I am done: saltines and yellow mustard

When I get a bad muscle cramp, I crawl to the kitchen and eat saltines liberally slathered in yellow mustard. It really helps with the cramps. I sometimes put some pickles on the crackers.

[underpants]

136. The Naval Academy

I saw a documentary on a one day of hell they put Freshmen through at the Naval Academy. They all know it's coming they just don't know when. They get rattled out of bed at like 2am and start. All day. Crazy team activities from physical to mental - like fixing a leaky PVC pipe set up.

From the days before Gatorade they've had mustard and water stations. From single servings of mustard they can take with them to people with squirt bottles that the freshman take on the fly.

No kidding I just got a cramp.

Anyway pickle juice works well on cramps too. That was the go to in the South before Gatorade.

[Liberty Belle]

94. Bacon-wrapped dates, broiled.

Sometimes stuffed with cheese.

Cook bacon first but leave it a tad soft to wrap without breaking, or buy the pre-cooked bacon at Trader Joe's that is easier to wrap.

These are called sweet and salties. Sounds weird but it's delicious! Be sure to get pitted dates, or remove the pits of course.

[MontanaMama]

106. Bacon wrapped dates stuffed

with blue cheese. One of my fav local restaurants has them in the menu.

[FoxNewsSucks]

98. Corn and applesauce.

I don't remember if our Mom made us eat that, or if I found out by accident when they got mixed on my plate.

But fresh hot corn stirred into cold applesauce is delicious. I like it best before the temps even out, so that the corn is still hot and the applesauce is still cold.

I also like butter on crackers. I started doing that at diners while waiting on the order. They usually had Captain Wafers and crackers for salads on the table, and butter.

And plain spaghetti with just salt and melted butter.

I heard people at work talking about pouring a bowl of Frito corn chips like cereal, then filling the bowl with buttermilk. Never tried it.

[Freddie]

107. Yes to the plain spaghetti

With butter and salt. When we were kids my brother didn’t like tomato sauce so he had White Spaghetti. I sometimes still crave it. Lots of butter and salt.

[FoxNewsSucks]

122. It is good,

this morning on Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten had a restaurant chef on with her to make homemade fettucine. She melted butter and buffalo butter in a little water, then they finished cooking the pasta in that butter sauce. After the sauce was absorbed, it was served with pepper and parmesan. It looked quite elegant, and I realized it was really what we were talking about on here.

[link:https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/fettuccine-with-buffalo-butter-and-parmigiano-reggiano-7106855|

[AndJusticeForSome]

119. I thought I'd heard it all

But Frito's and buttermilk is a totally new one.

As adventurous as I am, I have never managed to taste buttermilk by itself, like a drink. It just does not seem right.

But, Frito's and buttermilk could simulate corn chips and sour cream I suppose... nearly nachos...

As much as I love any chips and dip (corn chips, doritos, potato chips + sour cream/cottage cheese), the idea of eating it with a spoon is just... weird.

Not ruling out trying it someday though.

[FoxNewsSucks]

123. I can remember my grandmother drinking buttermilk

I think it's terrible plain. Whenever I make salad dressing or something that I have to buy a pint, I try it and still don't like it.

Mainly I eat chips to snack on while I'm driving, so I rarely have chips at home. I couldn't imagine how Fritos and buttermilk would be good, but what you said about chips and sour cream makes sense, so maybe that's the appeal. Next time I have Fritos, I'm gonna try to remember to save a few and try it when I have buttermilk.

[yellowdogintexas]

163. I love to drink buttermilk, but its true value is in baking!

Buttermilk cakes are so good.

Also biscuits
cornbread
pancakes are improved by the use of buttermilk.

[underpants]

135. Finally an actual use for Fritos

I've just never been a fan. Amazing that such a food empire could be built on Fritos but it was a new thing way back. BTW Doritos (love) we're born from old Fritos baked and spiced. Fritos had a restaurant at Disneyland and threw away tons at the end of the day. Someone either experimented or someone suggested they bake them....and Earth became a better place.

[Kali]

143. I have a friend who makes a gorgeous pico de gallo using pomegranate seeds instead of the tomato

and strangely, Fritos are perfect with it - much better than regular tortilla chips.

also you have to have Fritos with chilidogs.

[happybird]

159. That made me remember our favorite vending snack at the pool

when we were kids: BBQ fritos and a can of Chocola (that weird chocolate-water drink that you have to shake). Something about those flavors mixed with the chlorine taste permeating your sinuses after swimming all day is a nice combination, lol!

[CentralMass]

132. That jarred a memory. When I was a kid I would eat crushed saltine crackers with milk in a bowl.

[yellowdogintexas]

162. buttermilk with saltines broken up in it.

Salt and pepper.

Yum.

Also buttermilk and cornbread

[AndJusticeForSome]

111. I invented avocado toast

Way back in the 1960s when we were poor kids.

A neighborhood friend had an avocado tree. We would toast white bread, smash avocados up with (CRITICAL STEP!) garlic powder and salt.

Holy moly I can't believe it took everybody so many decades to catch on!

[underpants]

138. Did you invent yoga pants too?

If you say Yes I know time travel exists.

[AndJusticeForSome]

148. Sadly (happily?) I've never even

worn yoga pants.

[underpants]

150. Okay I did once

I was young. I needed the money

[Bayard]

118. My husband eats cholesterol sandwiches

Butter and peanut butter. Yack.

I like cheese and bread n' butter pickle sandwiches myself.

[Solly Mack]

120. Cornbread, butter, and honey. Butter a slice fresh from the oven & give it a little honey.

[FoxNewsSucks]

124. I don't think that counts as "wierd",

it's just really really good.

[Kali]

144. ...

[Solly Mack]

157. I've gotten strange looks from people for it.

I smile and enjoy my treat all the more when that happens.

[underpants]

137. Is there anything honey can't do?

Seriously

[Solly Mack]

156. That's the real reason we say "Honey-Do" for chores. :)

[lillypaddle]

134. but there are so many

I'll just choose one: I like tuna out of the can with vinegar on it.

[underpants]

139. My stepfather- mashed potatoes peas and vinegar

Not a fan of peas but potatoes and vinegar is good.

He eats 3 bananas a day now to make up for all he couldn't afford when he was young.

[AndJusticeForSome]

147. Between the tuna above and your mashed potatoes with vinrgar

I'd say you've got fish and chips, with vinegar -- the only way to eats fish n chips.

[smirkymonkey]

175. I love french fries with vinegar!

Especially malt vinegar and salt. Yum!

[Kali]

146. sharp cheddar cheese and garlic salt

or cheese and dill pickles/pickle juice

[AndJusticeForSome]

149. Brace yourself

When money got particularly tight, my mom would feed us Spaghetti-O burritos.

I think it was just spaghetti-os and sour cream in a flour tortilla.

[underpants]

155. Wow. My Mom's thing was casseroles - Chicken White Rice and tomato

Chicken was expensive got shed make this usually on a Tuesday and it was the deal until Thursday. Microwave technology. This didn't end when my stepfather came in the picture. Ther was always that dish in the fridge.

I don't think I've had a hot meal at her house in 20 years. My wife and I have bought her mini steam tables, hot plates, trying to get her the message.

[AJT]

154. My husband would eat sardine and onion sandwiches.

[Snackshack]

158. Apple Sauce or Pear Halves...

+ Cottage Cheese. Especially during the Summer. I don’t think it weird (I have always mixed them) but friends at work think it is.

[Texasgal]

165. Saltine cracker

with mayo, a slice of baby swiss and a slice of roma tomato with black pepper!

[customerserviceguy]

167. Kraft

used to make a yellowish-orange "cheese food product" that my family had at the table along with Parmesan cheese when we were having spaghetti. I don't think they make it anymore, and I used to love that stuff along with the Parmesan on my pasta!

[CrispyQ]

181. Cheddar cheese powder is still available. Google it.

But I remember the Kraft brand that they use to sell in the grocery stores. I think people caught on that you could buy the cannister of cheese powder & your own bag of pasta & make Kraft Macaroni & Cheese for way less than a box cost.

[customerserviceguy]

183. I have had others

but they just don't have the texture of the old Kraft product. I've even tried the powdered stuff that comes in the box of mac and cheese, and it's not the same, either.

But my mac and cheese uses elbow macaroni, milk, butter, and Tillamook medium cheddar. Thank goodness it is now available on the east coast!

[orleans]

170. just a few things after reading thru this thread

* cottage and canned pineapple (and some of the juice)
*cottage cheese on sliced tomato with season salt (my mom used to serve it as a side dish during summer dinners)
* peanut butter, jelly, & lettuce sandwich
* peanut butter & butter sandwich
* peanut butter, jelly, & potato chip sandwich
* peanut butter & mayo sandwich
(if i eat pb&j these days it's just the traditional pb&j)

* sliced pickles and mayo sandwich

* grilled cheese, tomato, & mayo

*stuffed black olives with cream cheese (another side snack my mom used to make. i still make them)

* tomato & mayo sandwich

i used to like salami smeared with cream cheese and then rolled up

(don't eat meat anymore)

anyway--interesting thread here.

also, my friend's mom used to make him sandwiches with buddig meat slices and cheese whiz and always a little bag of fritos. he ate that crap on a daily basis for YEARS (even after he moved out on his own. it didn't kill him--he's alive and kickin and in his 60s!)

[Captain Zero]

172. yes! Peanut butter and BUTTER

My mom made them that way and everyone thinks I'm weird as hell for doing that.

[Freedomofspeech]

180. My Mom made them like that, too...

I still eat my PB sandwichwes with butter.

[Codeine]

189. Peanut butter and butter is the best.

I use margarine actually, but same difference. My kids think it’s the weirdest thing.

[orleans]

194. a friend of mine eats them that way too

[Captain Zero]

171. olives and chocolate milk

but not too many...

[zanana1]

173. Ketchup and butter sandwich.

A childhood snack that I still eat.

[greymattermom]

176. Indian sandwich chutney

makes anything taste great. I just had it on an egg salad sandwich.

[smirkymonkey]

177. I make my chicken salad with chopped green olives, capers and red onion.

It's one of my favorite staples. It's delicious!

[kozar]

179. a fried egg on sloppy joe sandwich with cheese!

Yummy!

[underpants]

186. Damn

Well....it ain't supposed to smell like roses

[In_The_Wind]

182. Cashew butter on cinnamon raisin bread.

For an extra flavor rush add a banana.

[liberaltrucker]

184. Collard kraut

Yep, kraut made with collard greens instead of cabbage.
A bit pungent, to say the least, but delicious!

[underpants]

185. Whew

My stepfather used to make cabbage in a crock pot. It smelled so horrible my mom made him plug it in on the back porch.
Couple that with a sceptic tank on a brutally hot and humid summer day on the Virginia Peninsula.

That's why all the basketball hoops are in the front yard. I'm convinced of it.

[Codeine]

191. When I was young and poor

(well, even poorer than I am now anyway) I would buy cheap dehydrated mashed potatoes in bulk bags and big bags of frozen store brand mixed veggies and make a dish I called White Trash Gumbo (I’ve since learned the error of that phrase, apologies to all) which was the veggies in enough water to cover and brought to a boil, then enough potatoes dumped in to soak up all the water. A glob of margarine and some salt and pepper and maybe a bit of garlic powder and I was good to go.

Young men without domestic training can end up a bit pathetic, I’m afraid.