Unholy food unions
Winter is warm. The new new clothes are used. It's an upside down world. Eat accordingly.
When I first heard about it, I didn’t believe it. Then again, it was nearly 80 degrees this February, and nothing I used to believe has turned out to be true. So I figured, screw it. I’m trying this.
I’m talking about a Guinness Float. Behold, the recipe:
Put vanilla ice cream in a glass.
Cover it with Guinness, root beer float-style.
If you’re a monster, add a squirt of chocolate syrup.
Eat that mess right up.
If you get your ratio off, the float can skew bitter. But I went about 75% ice cream to 25% beer, and the creaminess of both ingredients mixed really nicely. Think of the Guinness Float as a savory cousin to the supper club classics Pink Squirrel and Grasshopper. I’ll eat it again.
The Guinness Float has a ways to go before breaking into my weird food combination hall of fame, but it’s flirting. Here’s the stiff competition for best of the best:
Cake with milk over top
Rice with ketchup and butter
Potato chips and Nutella
Peanut butter and mayo sandwich
Boiled egg dotted with Sriracha
Oatmeal with yogurt
Corn in my macaroni (macornroni!)
Cucumber in my corn (cumbercorn!) with the smallest dash of ranch
Still, the Guinness Float gives me more to work with on St. Paddy’s Day, since I don’t love excessive drinking but I do love excessive food experimentation.
What’s your weird food combination? Share with your analog amies below!
And happy almost-weekend.
I grew up in a Miracle Whip home, and I luh-uh-uvved Miracle Whip with crunchy peanut butter. I haven't had MW in like 40 years, so I have no idea if I enjoy that half of this combo anymore, much less if I would enjoy them together, but boy oh boy was that a favorite.
Liver + Dark Karo Corn Syrup. Salty-sweet goodness.
This is how my dad grew up eating liver and onions, and my mom got suckered in on his behalf. I'm OK eating plain liver and onions now as an adult because I had the Karo Syrup to carry me along during my childhood.