unexpected pleasures

[DaSwede]

There are many culinary joys to be had, but some of them are so unexpected that you almost fall off your chair. My question for you is, what's the 'goddest' thing you've had, with ingredients that you would have never thought of combining, yourself. I'll give you two examples of mine:

Toast with a thin layer of Marmite, covered with banana 'coins' (sorry, don't know the right word, but you see what I mean - slices.)

For Christmas, in Sweden we serve gl�gg, a red, sweet gl�hwein served hot with raisins and peeled almonds. Traditionally we also have gingerbread (the cookies, not the cake) with that. Some years ago someone discovered how miraculously tasty it is to put some 'mouldy cheese' on these cookies - the sweet gl�gg and the salty cheese - m-m-m...! (Again, I don't know the right word for 'mouldy cheese', but it's creamy and either blue or green - like for instance roquefort - ah you know the sort.)

(By the way, I'm not sure that Swedish gingerbread cookies are the same as the British - someone said there's more ginger and less clove in yours. I don't know if that's the case, or whether it has any bearing on this 'recipe'.)

[hereicome]

i can't recall any unexpected recipes i've come up with but i put cheese with literally anything, i don't think i've found anything that isn't a perfect match for cheese. As for your toast with marmite and bananas on, i'm off t try that now, sounds brilliant.

[espookid]

what about rhubarb,chives,sweet chilli sauce and coconut milk as a topping for salmon or lak if you are in Sweden

[DaSwede]

Hope you liked it, hereicome!

espookid, the lax and I are in complete agreement to Just Say No - but we are impressed that you should know the Swedish word for salmon, of all things!

[BBWCHATT]

A peanut butter sandwich with slices of dill pickle (hamburger dill slices) all over it. Sounds awful - tastes great.