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The most polarizing food: where do you stand?
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Bacon and sweets seemed to be a huge craze locally for me about 5 years ago. It horrified my husband, who doesn't eat or like bacon, because one particular bakery would have a huge case of treats and everything would smell and taste vaguely of bacon due to some bacon maple scones & bacon-topped donuts they offered.
For me it's not abhorrent but not particularly enticing, either. I'd try it, I guess! I don't mind a plate of pancakes with sausage or bacon that gets a little maple syrup on...0 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »TerriRichardson112 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »
I can imagine it! Bleaughhhhhh!
Lol.. the idea is so foreign to me, it would be like dropping ice cream in a beer or pairing sardines with stewed peaches..
If you can make a root beer float, I don't see why you couldn't make a regular beer float!
And bacon on vanilla ice cream would be absolutely divine, salty crunchiness in creamy vanilla-ness.
Nom, nom, nom...
Omg a beer float actually sounds like it would be good. (And I don't drink, lol) I am surprised this isn't a popular thing.
Root beer float for me, vanilla bean ice cream.
On the bacon...good maple syrup is amazing. One of my favorite go to breakfasts was eggs over easy, bacon, pancakes and toast with a good jam. Liberal amounts of syrup on everything but the toast. That was for mopping up what was left.
I really want that now lol.2 -
On the beer and ice cream spectrum, I gotta say I thought this was pretty excellent:
(I am not a stockholder in Haagen Dazs or any of its parent corporations, as far as I know. I just think this stuff is seriously delicious.)5 -
For many years, an ice cream parlour I loved served its own made-on-premises Guinness ice cream. Apparently it was really good.2
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slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Bacon with sweets thing doesn't seem a huge step, since big weekend breakfasts when I was a kid (one of the things my dad cooked) were always bacon, eggs, and then pancakes or waffles. Or maybe bacon with french toast. Maple syrup on the pancakes or waffles or french toast would also get on the bacon.
Sausage would work too in the breakfast context, but we mostly would have bacon.
So you had bacon, eggs and pancakes with syrup all on the same plate?
Never had maple syrup on mine.. always butter, sugar and lemon juice.
Yep.
Never heard of putting sugar or lemon juice on pancakes, maybe more of an Australian thing? And for some reason I've never liked butter on mine.
I sometimes make these higher fiber/higher protein pancakes now (the only eggs in that meal are in the pancakes, because of calories adding up) and eat with bacon and unfrosted frozen berries, usually strawberries, as they become syrup like, but I can totally see pancakes with bacon and eggs being tasty now, with the yolk (over easy) and syrup getting on the bacon and pancakes.
Tbh, I'm not sure if it's an Australian thing or just that my nana always made them like that (she had Scottish ancestors) She made pansized pancakes and slathered them with butter then sprinkled with sugar and then lemon juice.. I think I can see now how I maybe ended up here 🤔😁
It's a British thing. Always have butter, sugar, and lemon on pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. (Just before Lent starts) Thick pancakes (called drop scones) are Scots/Irish in origin, thinner crepes are more English.3 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Bacon with sweets thing doesn't seem a huge step, since big weekend breakfasts when I was a kid (one of the things my dad cooked) were always bacon, eggs, and then pancakes or waffles. Or maybe bacon with french toast. Maple syrup on the pancakes or waffles or french toast would also get on the bacon.
Sausage would work too in the breakfast context, but we mostly would have bacon.
So you had bacon, eggs and pancakes with syrup all on the same plate?
Never had maple syrup on mine.. always butter, sugar and lemon juice.
Yep.
Never heard of putting sugar or lemon juice on pancakes, maybe more of an Australian thing? And for some reason I've never liked butter on mine.
I sometimes make these higher fiber/higher protein pancakes now (the only eggs in that meal are in the pancakes, because of calories adding up) and eat with bacon and unfrosted frozen berries, usually strawberries, as they become syrup like, but I can totally see pancakes with bacon and eggs being tasty now, with the yolk (over easy) and syrup getting on the bacon and pancakes.
Tbh, I'm not sure if it's an Australian thing or just that my nana always made them like that (she had Scottish ancestors) She made pansized pancakes and slathered them with butter then sprinkled with sugar and then lemon juice.. I think I can see now how I maybe ended up here 🤔😁
It's a British thing. Always have butter, sugar, and lemon on pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. (Just before Lent starts) Thick pancakes (called drop scones) are Scots/Irish in origin, thinner crepes are more English.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that eats them that way. I was beginning to think I was alone. 😁0 -
slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Bacon with sweets thing doesn't seem a huge step, since big weekend breakfasts when I was a kid (one of the things my dad cooked) were always bacon, eggs, and then pancakes or waffles. Or maybe bacon with french toast. Maple syrup on the pancakes or waffles or french toast would also get on the bacon.
Sausage would work too in the breakfast context, but we mostly would have bacon.
So you had bacon, eggs and pancakes with syrup all on the same plate?
Never had maple syrup on mine.. always butter, sugar and lemon juice.
Your pancakes sound like British pancakes - more like crepes, very thin and usually rolled up? That's how my mum made them, and we always had sugar and lemon juice on them.
North American pancakes are much thicker, and fabulous with syrup. (Like drop scones or Scotch pancakes, if you've ever had those - not sure if they're purely British.) And yes, bacon, sausage, egg, AND the pancakes and syrup on the same plate! Bonus points for also puring syrup over the bacon and sausages...
No.. these aren't thin, they are like an American pancake not crepe. It's possible it's just a my family thing 😁
I still can't imagine sweet syrup on savoury food like sausages or bacon. I think maybe I should try the syrup on pancakes though.
I'm Australian and many cafes here sell pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. I appreciate a side of caramelised banana with mine too...2 -
smithker75 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Bacon with sweets thing doesn't seem a huge step, since big weekend breakfasts when I was a kid (one of the things my dad cooked) were always bacon, eggs, and then pancakes or waffles. Or maybe bacon with french toast. Maple syrup on the pancakes or waffles or french toast would also get on the bacon.
Sausage would work too in the breakfast context, but we mostly would have bacon.
So you had bacon, eggs and pancakes with syrup all on the same plate?
Never had maple syrup on mine.. always butter, sugar and lemon juice.
Your pancakes sound like British pancakes - more like crepes, very thin and usually rolled up? That's how my mum made them, and we always had sugar and lemon juice on them.
North American pancakes are much thicker, and fabulous with syrup. (Like drop scones or Scotch pancakes, if you've ever had those - not sure if they're purely British.) And yes, bacon, sausage, egg, AND the pancakes and syrup on the same plate! Bonus points for also puring syrup over the bacon and sausages...
No.. these aren't thin, they are like an American pancake not crepe. It's possible it's just a my family thing 😁
I still can't imagine sweet syrup on savoury food like sausages or bacon. I think maybe I should try the syrup on pancakes though.
I'm Australian and many cafes here sell pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. I appreciate a side of caramelised banana with mine too...
Yeah.. I'm Australian too, yes there are Americanised cafes serving it in the last couple years.. we have many American influences popping up but I'm betting though as a kid you'd never have seen that combo or even thought of it..
I'm just saying I'll have my eggs, bacon and toast sans syrup thanks 😁
Oh and caramelized banana and ice cream.. yes please 🤤1 -
paperpudding wrote: »
Thick crust, with the crust carmelized. Sauce goes on last. Brick cheese.0 -
slimgirljo15 wrote: »
Yeah.. I'm Australian too, yes there are Americanised cafes serving it in the last couple years.. we have many American influences popping up but I'm betting though as a kid you'd never have seen that combo or even thought of it..
I'm just saying I'll have my eggs, bacon and toast sans syrup thanks 😁
Oh and caramelized banana and ice cream.. yes please 🤤
I just made buttermilk pancakes this morning topped with maple syrup and bananas. I don't put sugar in my pancakes, though, so perhaps what I'm making is more technically flatbread? I usually like my pancakes with butter too, but since I'm trying to keep the calories in check today, I skipped that. Pancakes with strawberry jam, apple butter or plum butter are a nice switch up, too!
Though the carmelized banana and ice cream sounds divine!2 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »
Yeah.. I'm Australian too, yes there are Americanised cafes serving it in the last couple years.. we have many American influences popping up but I'm betting though as a kid you'd never have seen that combo or even thought of it..
I'm just saying I'll have my eggs, bacon and toast sans syrup thanks 😁
Oh and caramelized banana and ice cream.. yes please 🤤
I just made buttermilk pancakes this morning topped with maple syrup and bananas. I don't put sugar in my pancakes, though, so perhaps what I'm making is more technically flatbread? I usually like my pancakes with butter too, but since I'm trying to keep the calories in check today, I skipped that. Pancakes with strawberry jam, apple butter or plum butter are a nice switch up, too!
Though the carmelized banana and ice cream sounds divine!
Yummm.. strawberry jam is good too.
I'd try maple syrup and banana.
Yeah, the calories suck in them. I save eating mine till a treat day, there's just under 800 cals in mine, I cook them in a bit of butter too
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I tried salted caramel on pancakes last Shrove Tuesday. They were delicious. The pancakes were the thin ones, and the salted caramel melted and spread thinly, so not too bad on calories. Anyway it's a once a year treat, so I don't stress too much about it.6
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thoughts/opinions? yes/no? curious.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
thoughts/opinions? yes/no? curious.
Hells no.1 -
BecomingMoreAwesome wrote: »I think that brand may go by a different name here, but hose cookies are strictly school party fare. I love cookies, but those are too “kid-friendly” for my tastes. The ones at my grocery store are usually peanut and treenut free though, which is why they make an excellent class party treat.
I think this is why I've seen quite a few of these, nut allergen friendly.
I don't land one particular way on the matter, I'll have one if they are available, they aren't my preference but I don't find them gross either.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
thoughts/opinions? yes/no? curious.
Is this a real thing?
If so, just... why? Why would anyone think that was a good thing to make?1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
thoughts/opinions? yes/no? curious.
It must be breaking several bylaws and international treatise. Its a no from me.2 -
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Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
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Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
yeah, just a lil' sample taste would be enough, you know.... one of those tiny, white, plastic spoons2 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
yeah, just a lil' sample taste would be enough, you know.... one of those tiny, white, plastic spoons
Maybe... just to confirm that it really IS as disgusting as it sounds... I wouldn't pay money for it though! 2 -
htimpaired wrote: »I always have ketchup on hot dogs! Or chicken dogs as the case may be these days. And I eat marshmallows almost every night.
The lofthouse cookies aren't worth the calories and the icing sucks so the one time I bought some, I just ended up eating around the outside edge of the cookies and threw the part with any icing away.
And scrambled eggs - ketchup is awesome. Maybe it would make the cookies in the OP a bit better too?
Ketchup on eggs is great. But gotta love ketchup on mac and cheese.
You need steak sauce on eggs, way better than ketchup! And Tabasco sauce goes on mac and cheese.
In my life Tabasco goes on every savory dish or snack i eat1 -
htimpaired wrote: »I always have ketchup on hot dogs! Or chicken dogs as the case may be these days. And I eat marshmallows almost every night.
The lofthouse cookies aren't worth the calories and the icing sucks so the one time I bought some, I just ended up eating around the outside edge of the cookies and threw the part with any icing away.
And scrambled eggs - ketchup is awesome. Maybe it would make the cookies in the OP a bit better too?
Ketchup on eggs is great. But gotta love ketchup on mac and cheese.
You need steak sauce on eggs, way better than ketchup! And Tabasco sauce goes on mac and cheese.
In my life Tabasco goes on every savory dish or snack i eat
While I hear what you're saying, I find that horseradish sauce goes with literally everything.
(And after I had almost-certainly-whooping-cough a few years back, I couldn't eat ANY condiments for six weeks because they all provoked coughing fits that closed my throat. That was a terrible, bland time in my life)1 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
yeah, just a lil' sample taste would be enough, you know.... one of those tiny, white, plastic spoons
Maybe... just to confirm that it really IS as disgusting as it sounds... I wouldn't pay money for it though!
I actually don't think it sounds that bad... call me crazy??! but I think it makes sense... I mean, mustard is actually sweet-ish.1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
yeah, just a lil' sample taste would be enough, you know.... one of those tiny, white, plastic spoons
Maybe... just to confirm that it really IS as disgusting as it sounds... I wouldn't pay money for it though!
I actually don't think it sounds that bad... call me crazy??! but I think it makes sense... I mean, mustard is actually sweet-ish.
You're crazy 5 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Apparently the mustard ice cream is real, a special thing for National Mustard Day. If it were in front of me, I'd be interested in trying it. It doesn't sound good, but I'm open minded.
yeah, just a lil' sample taste would be enough, you know.... one of those tiny, white, plastic spoons
Maybe... just to confirm that it really IS as disgusting as it sounds... I wouldn't pay money for it though!
I actually don't think it sounds that bad... call me crazy??! but I think it makes sense... I mean, mustard is actually sweet-ish.
If you insist...!
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I personally think chex is more polarising0
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But those cookies suck0
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🤢 bleh - I hereby bequeath my portions to anyone who likes these.0
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