Foods that do but shouldn't go together?

[iiipopes]

I'm with you. Pickles and peanut butter used to be one of my favorite sandwiches. I just don't do it as often now, as I prefer to eat with my family at the dinner table, instead of alone, and they'd probably get up and leave for the nearest fast food if I did that too often now.

OK here's one: we were not getting a tune to gel this morning at rehearsal, and the director made the comment about it being slushy jello, you know, not quite set. I made the mistake of popping off, "Time to add the fruit!" Which set off a whole digression. Highlights of the digression:

Mandarin orange slices, of course. Pinapple chunks, if drained well so the enzymes in the pineapple don't keep the jello from setting up. Bananas, yes. But among the ones that people had actually seen, especially from church pot luck dinners: shaved carrots, well, ok but, well no. And the kicker: raw potato chunks. As our director's husband said, "That's just wrong."

[Chuck(G)]

I still remember my Grandmother bringing over a dish for thanksgiving dinner that she said was a healthy desert. It was a casserol dish filled with clear knox gelatin with broccolli, carrot slices, green beans and a couple other healthy vegatables.

Probably a churchlady attempt at vegetables in aspic:



For some reason, people find clear gelatine unappetizing. I've eaten my share of jellied pigs' feet, dipped in vinegar. But that must be an ethnic thing...

I've got a collection of church fundraiser cookbooks. Most of the recipes are dreadful.