Results: This is a busy time of the year for most of us. It is also a time when bad food choices can temp us. This is about things we can eat on the run that are cheap, tasty, reasonably nutritious and easy to prepare. They are also slightly weird.
Published on 12/14/2023
How do new food combinations get invented? Sweet and sour chicken for example? Who came up with that idea? Who was the first person to eat an oyster? A brave individual and perhaps alcohol was involved? Here are some combinations I have tried over the years that were motivated by budget restrains and laziness rather than foolhardiness. Feel free to share your own combinations and how they came about. Note that these dishes may not be attractive looking so I will not add visuals.
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My dog and I like to share carrots to nibble around lunch time. She is also a nervous traveller in the car, especially if left alone in it. She ripped the seats recently causing $3000 damage. If we are having to leave her alone in the car for any length of time our vet has advised us to give her a mild sedation. Getting her to swallow the medication however is a challenge. I tried to press one of the pills into a carrot but she managed to eat the carrot and spit out the pill. I next tried to put the pill into some peanut butter. Same result. Next I wrapped the pill in a small bit of cheese slice - success. Now I had carrots and peanut butter on a dish and decided to combine the two for a snack - delicious! Have you ever tried this combination? Yes
12%
270 votes
No
65%
1419 votes
Undecided
6%
123 votes
Not Applicable
18%
388 votes
- GROSS
- not
- Very good
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My wife was hospitalized 100kms away at the beginning of the Covid lock-down and I was not able to visit her for more than 3 months. She had planned meals ahead of time with all the ingredients being on hand assuming she would be home to cook the meals. Now it was just me and my dog and all the ingredients. We had lots of broccoli, a bottle of sriracha sauce and a jar of mayonnaise. I blended the sriracha and mayonnaise into a dip for the veg. I have enjoyed this often since then. Have you ever tried this and what do you think of its nutrition value? Yes
10%
227 votes
No
59%
1287 votes
Undecided
13%
277 votes
Not Applicable
19%
409 votes
- nope
- no thanks
- no; neither
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This next one may be an acquired taste or one to avoid. I certainly enjoy it. My wife won't use a banana that is even slightly brown. I on the other hand think it it is still raw if it has no brown bits. I have eaten some nasty looking bananas over the years. I make 2 slices of toast, add peanut butter to one piece of toast and mash the banana to the other. Then I place a cheese slice between the two layers of toast and have a sandwich I call a bananarama. Have you or would you try one of these? Yes
15%
332 votes
No
57%
1263 votes
Undecided
12%
267 votes
Not Applicable
15%
338 votes
- not interested
- all ingredients are good for you
- Leave off the cheese slice.
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Here are some of our Christmas specials. Which of them do you think you would enjoy (or at least try). Medjool dates with the stone taken out and marzipan added.
14%
297 votes
Celery sticks with Philly Cream Cheese spread on them.
41%
903 votes
Hard boiled egg and diced pickled onion, mashed together and spread on a cracker.
26%
567 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
27 votes
Not Applicable
43%
955 votes
- no
- yes
- pumpkin pie
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.84% | 15 | |
| none | 0.17% | 3 |
| Peanut butter on bread, paired with cream cheese icing... delicious! Also, butter, and cinnamon apple butter together on bread... also delicious! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Have you ever had cookie butter! OMG I curse my sister for bringing this stuff to my attention! It’s great on everything. | 0.06% | 1 |
| anything but those ... | 0.06% | 1 |
| S lice of Hot Apple pie with a thin slice of sharp cheddar cheese or if you like Ice Cream on it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Avocado on crackers | 0.06% | 1 |
| slice of ham spread with cream cheese and a pickled asparagus wrapped with it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| NONE OF THEM | 0.06% | 1 |
| Chutney and cream cheese on Ritz crackers!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Deviled eggs | 0.06% | 1 |
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