Anybody know what that thing is?
Anybody?
Anybody want to eat one sometime?
If you're wondering - that thing - is a grilled cheese sandwich, made with homemade bread, sharp cheddar cheese. No surprises there. The stuff on top? Homemade grape jelly. Yum-my.
It's the salt and sugar thing, if you're wondering.
If you're grossed out, I'm sorry. But it's my very favorite lunch in the whole world. I learned to eat them from my grandparents and my mother. And no, I don't think they are weird.
As I've learned, though, that everyone else apparently does.
And just so you know, it does get weirder then this. Probably the most bizarre thing I eat is my goulash conglomeration. You take a piece of white bread (preferably homemade), slather it with peanut butter (preferably Peter Pan), and spread goulash on top. Eat with a knife and a fork. (By the way, our goulash is macaroni, ground beef, tomato sauce, and sharp cheddar cheese - very unHungarian).
You probably think it sounds completely gross. But I'm betting that if I saw you eating some of your favorite foods, I might think the same thing. Because the truth is that each one of our families has their own little idiosyncrasies, even when it comes to food. They are our little private traditions, passed down from generation to generation, sure to scare visiting friends, dates, and even our spouses.
What I'd like to know, is what are yours? I love me some jelly slathered grilled cheese, but what makes you moan out of happiness, while everyone else sticks out their tongues and crosses their eyes? I suspect that each one of you has your own little weird food tradition - you just might not have figured out yet that it's weird!
8 comments:
Anchovies on pizza is about as weird as we get.
Looks delicious, but I prefer Jif peanut butter. :)
In Australia, our favourite is not strange, but to most Americans, vegemite on toast would be sure to raise many eyebrows... Another favourite for us is savoury scones (scones that contain cheese, grated carrot and grated zucchini), hot and spread with butter and vegemite. Mmmm-mmm! :)
You already know my favorite weird food combination, but I am posting it for conversation sake: chocolate milk and cheddar cheese crackers!
I will join you for a grilled cheese with grape jelly anytime:) I'm glad I taught you to appreciate good taste!!
I eat lots of weird combinations. Strawberry jam on scrambled eggs, ranch dressing on green beans (it was the only way my parents could get me to eat them), ketchup on cooked carrots, cheddar cheese on apple pie, and the one that really seems to gross people out... I dip my french fries in my frosty.
Your grilled cheese with grape jelly just reminds me of dipping a monte cristo in raspberry jam or maple syrup, so it doesn't seem that strange to me :)
My weirdest food - peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. Sometimes dill, sometime bread and butter, but always yummy!
My weirdest food combination? Peanut butter and pickle sandwiches - some times dill, sometimes bread and butter - always yummy!!
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