Experimenting with food and opening up your palate to a whole new range of flavours doesn’t have to involve going to fancy restaurants.
Nope, some of the most avant-garde food creations are happening in people’s homes and store cupboards right this moment.
Think chocolate with crisps, fish fingers drenched in custard, and topping pizza with a drizzle of honey.
These are just a few of the strange food combinations people eat on the regular.
More than eight in 10 adults have a ‘weird’ food combination they love, according to a survey of 2,000 people by Ocado.
The food brand is sharing the strangeness to encourage people to open their minds and try new things.
And while we can’t recommend everything on the list of the top 50 most popular ‘weird’ food pairings (melted chocolate on a cheese pizza? Blegh), we’re all for challenging your tastebuds and trying unexpected pairings in case you find something you love.
The top 50 ‘weird’ food pairings people love
- Mixing mayonnaise and ketchup together
- Cheddar cheese and apple
- Salt and porridge
- Pasta and ketchup
- Pizza and tuna
- Milkshake and fries
- Sugar sandwiches
- Prosciutto and melon
- Chocolate and crisps
- Banana and sugar sandwiches
- Ham marinated and cooked in cola
- Strawberry and basil
- French fries and pickles
- Strawberries and balsamic vinegar
- Watermelon and feta
- Baked beans and rice
- Butter and sugar sandwiches
- Dipping toast into tea
- Ketchup and rice
- Salad cream and sausages
- Dry, buttered Weetabix
- Tuna with salt & vinegar crisps
- Cold baked beans in a salad
- Mango and chili powder
- Pot noodle on toast
- Cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches
- Yorkshire pudding with sugar
- Ice cream and fries
- Honey and pizza
- Cold Brussels sprouts and gravy
- Mayonnaise on toast
- Crisps and brown sauce
- Watermelon and salt
- Pasta sandwiches
- Blueberries and steak
- Salami with grapes
- Tea and coffee in the same cup
- Banana and bacon
- Chicken and marmalade
- Mince pies topped with cheese
- Lettuce in a sugar and vinegar dressing
- Banana bread with cheddar cheese
- Melted chocolate on a cheese pizza
- Apple and bacon on toast
- Hot dogs and jam
- Peanut butter and burger
- Ketchup on popcorn
- Chocolate and avocado
- Chips covered in chocolate/honey
- Fish fingers and custard
In case you’re not feeling particularly creative, Ocado asked flavour expert and author of The Flavour Thesaurus, Niki Segnit, to share some of her best pairings to get you started.
If you don’t fancy sugar sandwiches or cold baked beans in a salad, perhaps you’ll be more tempted by pairings such as goat’s cheese and cherries.
Niki Segnit’s top ‘weird’ food pairings to try:
- Bacon and banana
- Salmon and caramel
- Cheddar and marmalade
- Steak and coffee
- Coffee and orange
- Cumin and Stinky Cheese
- Apricot and Lentil
- Mushroom and Blueberry
- Avocado and Sugar
- Blackcurrant and Peanut
- Goat’s cheese and cherries
- Grapefruit and Juniper
- Potato and Lemon
- Chicken and banana
- Pineapple and Prosciutto
- Apple and hummus
- Chocolate and mustard
- Butternut squash and nutmeg
- Chicken with grapes
Have you got a strange food combination you can’t stop eating?
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