Many years ago I devised the Independent Food Theory. The theory states that any food that tastes good by itself will taste good when eaten with other foods that taste good. This has proven basically true since its inception. I’ll never forget the time I “blew someone’s mind” when I was drinking milk with my spaghetti. I certainly didn’t find anything wierd about that at all, especially since I’ll pretty much drink milk with anything. But I’d imagine there are many others out there that don’t find that particular combination all that grotesque either. There have been other occasions like this as well. But I suppose as my adventure into what I like to call freelance food critic-dom progresses I’m starting to find exceptions to this rule.
This first one I will admit that I haven’t tried, basically because it actually sounds a little scary. I’m debating even bolding its name, and violating what I’ve developed as a common practice on this site thus far, in respect to you the reader’s eyes, but here we go: Bacon Caramel. Now I sure love me some caramel, and you’ll often get a Homer-esque “mmmmmmm baaaaaaaacon” outta me, even the occasional Eric from That 70’s Show “bacón!”, but this combo even looks unappetizing.
Another recent discovery was rootbeer and pineapple (as in pineapple chunks). You may not particularly think this would be all that bad, but it is. Granted you may not expect it to taste good, but it’s certainly a bit surprising just how bad it really is. And this followed another recent and quite successful pairing of rootbeer with Cheez Its. It’s almost like some strange chemical reaction takes place in your mouth that creates an entirely new tertiary taste that is completely unique to the other flavors.
