Unit 2 Tasty Journeys
Odd Pairings That Work
You order a nice, juicy hamburger with some ____
What’s next? Of course ____ have to have ketchup with your fries, right?
____ not for some people.
In fact, ____ people prefer eating fries with mayonnaise, chili sauce, or even steak sauce.
While ketchup with fries may seem quite ordinary, other combinations may seem ____ odd.
Read on to learn about some popular dishes ____ have flavor combinations that you may not have thought of.
The Divisive Classic
____ people love this combination, while others can’t seem to stand it.
It can even ____ quite heated arguments.
If you haven’t guessed already, it’s the tasty or nasty — depending on your taste — ham ____ pineapple pizza.
The man who created this ____ was neither Italian nor Hawaiian.
A Greek immigrant from Canada, ____ Panopoulos did not want to stick to the usual ingredients on pizzas, like pepperoni and mushrooms.
He spread canned pineapple and sliced ham onto a pizza and called it “the Hawaiian” because that’s what was written on the pineapple ____
Little did he know ____ he had created a classic combination.
____ now, in the U.S. and U.K., no pizza menu seems complete without it.
In Italy, however, most people find pineapple ____ pizza distasteful.
Why is the Hawaiian pizza so ____
The combination is ____ that odd.
Pineapple ____ ham is not the only fruit and meat pairing in kitchens around the world.
In France, duck is paired with ____ sweet orange sauce, and American Thanksgiving turkey dinner would not be complete without cranberry sauce.
Many people enjoy salty and sweet flavor combinations, whereas some others ____ to keep those tastes as far from each other as possible.
Mango with Sticky Rice
A very popular dessert in ____ is sweet, sticky rice topped with fresh mango and coconut milk.
Mango ____ sticky rice is a dish that is extremely hard not to love.
Rice is one of the world’s most consumed grains, so it ____ not be surprising that it can be combined with other interesting ingredients.
One of ____ ingredients is fruit, which is nutritious, sweet, and plentiful in many parts of the world.
The combination of fruit and rice may seem unusual, but it’s actually quite ____
According to the Tourism Authority ____ Thailand, neither mango nor sticky rice is native to Thailand.
Mangoes are native to Myanmar ____ India, and sticky rice is commonly eaten in Laos, which shares a border with Thailand.
This suggests that the roots ____ the dish are probably a result of the mixing of cultures in Southeast Asia.
Rice is usually thought of as a food that is eaten as a meal, but its use as a dessert shows how simple ingredients ____ create innovative, wonderful treats.
The Elvis
____ kind of snack is nutritious, full of energy, and simple to make?
This is the genius of peanut ____ and banana sandwiches.
Never could anyone have predicted that the sweet taste of ____ coupled with salty, nutty peanut butter would become an American comfort food.
This sandwich can be a healthy choice for breakfast or ____ because its combination of protein and fiber helps you feel full, while the carbohydrates provide sustained energy.
The best thing about this sandwich is that the ingredients are readily ____ and affordable.
Some people, however, like to ____ things to another level.
____ a regular peanut butter and banana sandwich, and then add fried bacon to it.
It has been said that the famous singer Elvis ____ loved this sandwich, which is why it’s called, “The Elvis.”
Even though you may not want to eat the ____ every day, there are many fans of this unconventional combination.
The world is a big place, and ____ has to eat. Eating the same thing every day can get quite boring.
Sometimes all ____ need is to combine some ingredients in novel ways to create a new flavor.
But if you think ____ odd, it’s probably because you haven’t tried it before.
Considering how diverse the world is, there are probably more food combinations that ____ odd than seem “normal.”
Maybe odd is just ____ you haven’t experienced yet.
They are ____ new experiences waiting for you to discover.