Popular flavour combos that don't go...

hullaballoo

I just had the misfortune of getting a take away soup that I was told was vegetable. When I got it home it was a different soup, a combination that although popular and seen almost everwhere since the early-00s, I cannot stand.

Carrot and coriander. Bleugh. Sweet carrots with the perfume-citrus of coriander just isn't a runner for me.

Another one I can't abide is minted peas. It's like someone had a brainwave along the lines, lamb + mint = good; lamb + peas = good, therefore, mint + peas = profit.

Any others?

RobbingBandit

Butter-nut Squash, Chicken and Mushroom are two I have tried once but never again, bile tastes better.

duploelabs

The revolt to corriander is based actually on a genetic tag so don't feel too bad, blame your folks. My all time flavour combo hatred has to be (and it's in the media at the moment) the Hawaiian pizza!!!

Alun

hullaballoo wrote: »

I just had the misfortune of getting a take away soup that I was told was vegetable. When I got it home it was a different soup, a combination that although popular and seen almost everwhere since the early-00s, I cannot stand.

Carrot and coriander. Bleugh. Sweet carrots with the perfume-citrus of coriander just isn't a runner for me.

Another one I can't abide is minted peas. It's like someone had a brainwave along the lines, lamb + mint = good; lamb + peas = good, therefore, mint + peas = profit.

Any others?

You're just weird Both of those are combinations made in heaven as far as I'm concerned.

Slaphead07

Alun wrote: »

You're just weird Both of those are combinations made in heaven as far as I'm concerned.

agreed, it's all subjective.

hullaballoo

duploelabs wrote: »

The revolt to corriander is based actually on a genetic tag so don't feel too bad, blame your folks. My all time flavour combo hatred has to be (and it's in the media at the moment) the Hawaiian pizza!!!

Haha, I knew about the genetic aspect but I don't have that aversion to coriander in general - I really like it in most things. I just can't stand the carrot/coriander mix!

Agree with you on the Hawaiian pizza bit as well.

Oh, and this is definitely all subjective - the same way as some people like Taylor Swift. :pac:

The Hill Billy

Sweet fruit in anything savoury is a no-no for me. With the sole exception of berries with game.

Dizzyblonde

Dried fruit with chocolate as in Fruit & Nut bars etc. I like dried fruit and I like chocolate, but I can't eat them together.

I'll never get over the chocolate peanut Revels being replaced with chocolate raisins

duploelabs

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Sweet fruit in anything savoury is a no-no for me. With the sole exception of berries with game.

Water Melon and spicy fried chicken is remarkably good

The Hill Billy

Give me a dinner invite & we can discuss.

duploelabs

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Give me a dinner invite & we can discuss.

My catering company is fairly solidly booked but could possibly squeeze you in

squonk

Brie and deep fried batter. Yuck! Also, Blue Cheese sauce ruining what are toehrwsie scrummy moreish buffalo wings..

Corn. Lovely on it's own. Disgusting when mixed with Tuna or Pizza.

CJhaughey

Pork and Apple, I can understand the sharp vs fatty concept but whenever I have tried it, I just can't get it to marry up in my mouth.

pwurple

Agree with mint and peas. Yeuch. Another one was a mojito cheesecake I had somewhere. Tasted like toothpaste on a biscuit.

PirateShampoo

Coke and Ice cream, prepare to have your mind blown.

5unflower

I for one can't understand how it is even possible to drink a cup of tea with a fried breakfast ... Hot drink + hot food does not compute! The explanation that a cup of tea is needed to "wash it all down" makes my head spin every time...

Straylight

Chocolate and orange just don't go together and anyone who says otherwise is wrong. The popularity of this horrific combination completely baffles me.

toffeeshel

Straylight wrote: »

Chocolate and orange just don't go together and anyone who says otherwise is wrong. The popularity of this horrific combination completely baffles me.

Chocolate Orange is the food of the gods. You should hand your taste buds back- you clearly don't deserve them

Littlegirllost

Tuna and cheese! Just don't get it. Tuna melt just makes me feel ill.

MissFlitworth

Chocolate & orange - not a big fan at all. Chocolate & hazelnut - hate. Hate praline, hate when hazelnut powder is sneaked into chocolate, for some reason I can eat nutella but all the time I'm going 'Why can this not just be plain chocolate spread'. Don't like ferrero rocher. On that note, nuts in chocolate pretty much full stop (barring almonds) and alcohol in chocolate. Will never develop a Leonidas problem. Don't really like alcohol in sweets & desserts at all.

duploelabs

Littlegirllost wrote: »

Tuna and cheese! Just don't get it. Tuna melt just makes me feel ill.

One of my comfort/guilty foods is a tuna lasange

duploelabs

Check out Dark Chocolate and green olive and have your mind blown

cml387

Chocolate does not go with any fruit. Cadbury Roses Strawberry Creams, those combinations of chocolate and lemon that are at the checkout in Lidl, all are just yuk (imo of course).

Mind you chocolate does go with Tayto. Funny that.

Yer Aul One

duploelabs wrote: »

One of my comfort/guilty foods is a tuna lasange

I gagged at this

griffdaddy

Cheese with dried fruit in it is absolutely disgusting, horrible clash of textures

Straylight

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Chocolate & orange - not a big fan at all. Chocolate & hazelnut - hate. Hate praline, hate when hazelnut powder is sneaked into chocolate, for some reason I can eat nutella but all the time I'm going 'Why can this not just be plain chocolate spread'. Don't like ferrero rocher. On that note, nuts in chocolate pretty much full stop (barring almonds) and alcohol in chocolate. Will never develop a Leonidas problem. Don't really like alcohol in sweets & desserts at all.

I love chocolate and hazelnuts, and in particular Nutella, but I recently developed a nut allergy and now I can't eat them any more. Life is cruel sometimes.

Faith

I disagree with almost everything in this thread . They're all lovely combinations!

Mrs Fox

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Chocolate & hazelnut - hate. Hate praline, hate when hazelnut powder is sneaked into chocolate, for some reason I can eat nutella but all the time I'm going 'Why can this not just be plain chocolate spread'. Don't like ferrero rocher.

Whaaaaah?!! :eek:
This, is my opinion, is a combination made in heaven.

the beer revolu

duploelabs wrote: »

Check out Dark Chocolate and green olive and have your mind blown

How did I never think of this before??
Amazing!

Not surprising really considering green olive is a common enough flavour in dark chocolate.

hullaballoo

Another one that I loathe is spring onion in mashed potato! Slimey bits of crap in delicious smooth mash are ew.

abutler101

Dried fruit that is mixed into anything. I love raisins on their own but a raisin scone or fruit cake makes me gag. I'm not sure if it is the taste or the texture but it is terrible.

Chocolate and orange and chocolate and hazelnut however are matches made in heaven. Whole nut is without doubt the best dairy milk flavour.

MissFlitworth

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Whaaaaah?!! :eek:

I know! I have to be one of a serious minority, just hate the combination so much. It's good in some ways, at least there's one type of chocolate I won't have a mad binge on.

duploelabs

Dried fruit in chocolate chip biscuits is the reason why I have trust issues

abutler101 wrote: »

Dried fruit that is mixed into anything. I love raisins on their own but a raisin scone or fruit cake makes me gag. I'm not sure if it is the taste or the texture but it is terrible.

Chocolate and orange and chocolate and hazelnut however are matches made in heaven. Whole nut is without doubt the best dairy milk flavour.

Tarzana2

hullaballoo wrote: »

Haha, I knew about the genetic aspect but I don't have that aversion to coriander in general - I really like it in most things.

The fact that you refer to the "perfume citrus" of coriander makes me think you have it a bit.

Sala

duploelabs wrote: »

The revolt to corriander is based actually on a genetic tag so don't feel too bad, blame your folks. My all time flavour combo hatred has to be (and it's in the media at the moment) the Hawaiian pizza!!!

I used to despise coriander and thought carrot and coriander soup tasted like washing up liquid. I heard the genes thing, but I now love coriander so much id eat it every day .... And my genes haven't changed!! I must try the soup again though, you have me thinking maybe it was the mix with carrot that was awful as opposed to the coriander itself

hullaballoo

Tarzana2 wrote: »

The fact that you refer to the "perfume citrus" of coriander makes me think you have it a bit.

Apparently, those who like it think it's citrus-like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander#Taste_and_smell

I suppose you could be right though because it is quite perfumey to me. I certainly don't have an aversion to it; one of my favourite dishes is a mung bean dahl that is basically mung beans and fresh coriander!

My girlfriend has it and she likens it to licking a battery covered in soap. Only raw coriander though, she likes it cooked and doesn't mind the seeds.

duploelabs

Sala wrote: »

I used to despise coriander and thought carrot and coriander soup tasted like washing up liquid. I heard the genes thing, but I now love coriander so much id eat it every day .... And my genes haven't changed!! I must try the soup again though, you have me thinking maybe it was the mix with carrot that was awful as opposed to the coriander itself

yes there's a certain accustumisation to the flavour, however there is a definite genetic tag that causes a revulsion. Anthropologically it's more common in Northern European genes than it is in south East Asian and southern and central American hence the predominance in their respective cuisines. It's part of a talk I'm giving on Saturday, pm me for details

The Hill Billy

You can post the details of the talk here if you wish.

tHB

duploelabs

Cheers,
Rather than type it all out, all the details are here http://festivalofcuriosity.ie/index.php/preview/gulp/#.VFdkrRnFLqB
One section of the show, we talk about the subjective nature of taste, how we all taste differently, and how genetics has an influence on this. PTC strips are used to determine if you are a taster or a super taster and we conduct a paternity test on stage, the latter was a technique utilised up to as late as the 1970 based on your ability to taste bitter compounds

Carawaystick

cml387 wrote: »

Chocolate does not go with any fruit.

Apart from the fact chocolate is fruit...

duploelabs

Carawaystick wrote: »

Apart from the fact chocolate is fruit...

Two fruits don't always go together, tomato and pineapple is nasty

the beer revolu

Carawaystick wrote: »

Apart from the fact chocolate is fruit...

No it isn't.
It is a product derived from the seed of a fruit.

heldel00

Chicken Maryland with the whole deep fried pineapple and banana muck!

Bray Header

5unflower wrote: »

I for one can't understand how it is even possible to drink a cup of tea with a fried breakfast ... Hot drink + hot food does not compute! The explanation that a cup of tea is needed to "wash it all down" makes my head spin every time...

The hot liquid cleans the grease from your mouth, whereas a cold drink solidifies it - that's my take anyway!

duploelabs

heldel00 wrote: »

Chicken Maryland with the whole deep fried pineapple and banana muck!

Like I posted before fruit, particularly watermelon, goes amazingly well with spicy deep fried/breadcrumbed chicken

heldel00

I could definitely see how the freshness of untouched watermelon would work but deep fried fruit is a massive no-no for me!

Thud

Wasn't a fan of chili or black pepper in chocolate or that strawberrys and balsamic vinegar lark

The Hill Billy

Try the strawberries again, but with a really good balsamic. It is almost chocolaty.

I do a summer salad with strawberries, soft cheese, cucumber, basil & balsamic. It rocks.

5unflower

abutler101 wrote: »

Dried fruit that is mixed into anything. I love raisins on their own but a raisin scone or fruit cake makes me gag. I'm not sure if it is the taste or the texture but it is terrible.

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one. Everytime we make fresh scones for Sunday breakfast the raisin lover in the house tries to quickly add a handful of these horrible squishy things into the scone mix when I'm not paying attention For me I think it's definitely the texture that's wrong as I find dried fruit perfectly fine as a snack on its own.

Alun

duploelabs wrote: »

Like I posted before fruit, particularly watermelon, goes amazingly well with spicy deep fried/breadcrumbed chicken

I can't see how watermelon can 'go' with anything seeing as it tastes of absolutely nothing whatsoever, except, well, water (to my taste buds at any rate.)

Tarzana2

hullaballoo wrote: »

Apparently, those who like it think it's citrus-like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander#Taste_and_smell

I suppose you could be right though because it is quite perfumey to me.

Yeah, it was the 'perfume' I was referring to rather than the 'citrus'!