Foodstuffs which individually are fine, but should never be paired

[Ian H]

Tea and coffee.

James Woodforde might have disagreed.

[hellymedic]

Tea and coffee.

James Woodforde might have disagreed.

Didn't David Cassidy say he liked this?

[Mr Larrington]

I have heard tell of a Canadian long haul truck driver ordering a coffee with a tea bag in it because "is good for eyes open".  This was long before Red Bull and similar vile concoctions had made it out of dry cleaners shops and onto the shelves of every newsagents in the wurrrlld.

[Ian H]

Tea and coffee.

James Woodforde might have disagreed.

Didn't David Cassidy say he liked this?

He did, in the same cup, whereas Parson Woodforde merely drank one after the other (along with chocolate).

[Karla]

It took me years to work up the courage to try tea mixed with coffee: I felt it was sacrilege to ruin both a perfectly good cup of tea and a perfectly good cup of coffee at the same time.  Eventually I tried it and it was weird: sweet and sickly yet bitter, punchy and harsh. 

I've tried the experiment now, so I don't have to do it again 

[T42]

Unsweetened espresso and strawberries.  Coffee then strawbs is OK, strawbs then coffee makes the coffee taste excessively bitter, ditto served with.

[Adam]

If you eat any raw cauliflower, don't drink Coke/Pepsi immediately afterwards.  There's a very strange interaction which then occurs in your mouth.

[Jurek]

If you eat any raw cauliflower, don't drink Coke/Pepsi immediately afterwards.  There's a very strange interaction which then occurs in your mouth.

Not overfond of either but, of course, am intrigued to give it a go for the lols.

[Andrew Br]

I have heard tell of a Canadian long haul truck driver ordering a coffee with a tea bag in it because "is good for eyes open". 

Truck Magazine circa 1977 IIRC. Story told by the late, great Philip Llewellin in Long Distance Diary.

FWIW, Commercial Motor have reprinted some of the best* LDDs:- http://truckanddriver.co.uk/truck-is-back-the-best-of-truck-long-distance-diaries/

*Their description; many of them previously appeared in Llewellin's book "The Road to Muckle Flugga".
I think Llewellin's best story was his 1st for Truck; it was in a "special" on Volvo Trucks. He was travelling in an F89 in the Gulf.

[Mr Larrington]

I read it in "The Road To Muckle Flugga".  Llewellin was teh Aces, so I will check out that Commercial Motor link, ta.

[Andrew Br]

I read it in "The Road To Muckle Flugga".  Llewellin was teh Aces, so I will check out that Commercial Motor link, ta.

Just be aware that most of the Llewellin LDDs from the CM reprint are in Muckle Flugga and the stories by the other reporters are (no exaggeration) complete and utter crap. Considering the quality of writing that they're up against, I suppose it's not too surprising.

[perpetual dan]

I once put grapefruit juice in my coffee. That wasn't a success. Look at carton before pouring. Look at coffee before drinking. Lessons learned.

I won't have bad words said about broccoli, I like it, though not as much as cauliflower.

The coffee stand at Wimbledon station, for a while, advertised lemon coffee (much as for lemon tea). I tried it once. 

[geraldc]

Maple syrup and ketchup. Together they taste like Chinese preserved prunes. Curiously I like Chinese preserved prunes, but not a mixture of condiments that taste like them.

[Mr Larrington]

I read it in "The Road To Muckle Flugga".  Llewellin was teh Aces, so I will check out that Commercial Motor link, ta.

Just be aware that most of the Llewellin LDDs from the CM reprint are in Muckle Flugga and the stories by the other reporters are (no exaggeration) complete and utter crap. Considering the quality of writing that they're up against, I suppose it's not too surprising.

It took a while to get here but landed on the doormat this morning   Much unread Llewellin, yay!

[Andrew Br]

Good news Mr L  .

[Wowbagger]

There was a never-to-be-forgotten occasion when my younger daughter spread Very Good Home-Made Marmalade on a slice of toast using a knife that had previously been used to spread garlic butter on bread.

Garlic butter is very good.

Very good home made marmalade is very good.

The two combined are utterly dreadful. It's not just that the taste is bad, it that you realise that lovely slice of toast with marmalade has been utterly ruined and has to be thrown in the bin.

[IanDG]

Custard and Mushrooms?

[T42]

Tea and coffee.  "I didn't know if you wanted tea or coffee so I made you both. In the same cup."

[hellymedic]

Bzzzt! https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=97895.msg2040087#msg2040087

[Cudzoziemiec]

Chocolate and ginger, to my great surprise.

[hellymedic]

Chocolate and ginger, to my great surprise.

In what form?

Dark chocolate-coated crystallised ginger seems fine to me!

[SteveC]

MrsC makes a fine ginger shortbread which is dipped in chocolate. They always seem to disappear quite quickly.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Chocolate and ginger, to my great surprise.

In what form?

Dark chocolate-coated crystallised ginger seems fine to me!

I found Green & Black's dark choc with ginger not nearly as good as either of its components.

[hellymedic]

Chocolate and ginger, to my great surprise.

In what form?

Dark chocolate-coated crystallised ginger seems fine to me!

I found Green & Black's dark choc with ginger not nearly as good as either of its components.

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I suspect insufficient sugar. (I know this might be an unfashionable thought.)
There must be a reason that Old Jamaica Ginger Ale is the most sugary soft drink on the market.

[Legs]

I've just phone through our lunch order to the sandwich shop and one of my colleagues requested chicken/bacon/salad/brown sauce.  That's just wrong . I felt rather dirty asking for it.