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