As children, we got here up with bizarre meals combos that someway stayed with us into maturity.
Generally it’s laborious to imagine that your favourite, but bizarre-sounding, meals combos you grew up consuming that made excellent sense to you’re a little unusual to others.
We requested Lebanese foodies on TikTok and Instagram for his or her weirdest-yet-surprisingly-delicious combos, and their solutions are a pleasant mixture of ‘What on earth?’ and ‘Why didn’t I consider that?’
Right here’s what they needed to say:
1. Salt And Vinegar Chips Dipped In Labneh
Beginning robust with tangy Salt and Vinegar chips paired with a facet of creamy Labneh.
There’s no shock right here; we are able to all agree that that is the final word film night time snack combo!
2. Halloumi Or Feta Cheese And Watermelon
Wealthy cheese and juicy watermelon: mouthwatering summer season snack.
3. Zaatar Manoushe And Ketchup
This combo holds a particular place in my coronary heart, however some folks react as if I insulted our complete Lebanese lineage by including ketchup to our conventional Zaatar Manoushe.
An absolute taste powerhouse in my e book! Does anybody else agree?
4. Flavored Pringles And Nutella
Reasoning: Candy and salty. Comprehensible.
Style: Weird… however good?
Cons: Sticky arms. Mother might be paying the worth making an attempt to wash the thick Nutella unfold off her silverware.
5. Scrambled Eggs With Ketchup
The good eggs and ketchup debate: You both grew up with it otherwise you suppose it’s barbaric.
Our opinion: this mixture strikes us as one thing a five-year-old would do.
6. Dipping A Picon Sandwich In Tea Or Orange Juice
We’re undecided in regards to the style, however the texture of soggy bread? Completely not. Simply… no.
7. Warak Enab And Honey
If Lebanese Tetas knew about this pairing, they may simply faint on the spot.
This unconventional conflict of flavors is a sin!
8. Mortadella Paired With Strawberry Jam
Everyone knows {that a} turkey sandwich with a slather of cranberry jam is scrumptious, so why not change it up with mortadella and strawberry jam?
9. Nutella And Cheese Manoushe Or Crepe
At first, I used to be skeptical too, BUT give it some thought: we like chocolate, and we relish cheese. It simply feels pure to mix them.
Might you not knock it until you attempt it?
10. Fig Jam And Olives
Taking two Lebanese Mouneh staples and making a connoisseur appetizer: honey-sweet figs and salty, briny olives combo sound scrumptious!
11. White Figs With A Sprinkle Of Zaatar
Zaatar finds its approach into nearly each meal; some folks prolong their creativity and create sudden pairings, like white figs adorned with a sprinkle of zaatar.
Would you be down to offer this daring mixture a attempt?
12. Mixing Rez aa Djej With Toum
We’re conversant in mixing Rez aa Djej with the bitter Tabbouleh dressing, however mixing it with Toum is a overseas mixture we’ve by no means heard of earlier than.
To us, Toum is a magical dip that goes with all the pieces: uncooked veggies, fries, grilled meats, bread, and even Mujaddara, and Kibbeh!
The probabilities of what to pair with our beloved Toum are limitless, so give the Rez aa Djej and Toum mixture a attempt in your subsequent Sunday lunch, and inform us what you suppose!
13. Laban And Sugar
You pour a bowl of tangy Laban, add heaps with sugar, and preserve stirring it till you obtain a tough texture.
What do you consider the contrasting flavors of tartness and sweetness on this combo? Yuck or Yum?
14. Mujaddara And Mustard
To whoever created this bizarre meals mixture: are you okay?
So, opposite to what our mother and father could have cautioned us in opposition to after we have been younger, it seems that meals is certainly meant to be performed with!
Who amongst us is daring sufficient to offer these distinctive meals combos a attempt?
We, the Lebanese, even when we don’t combine and match, our meals surpasses all different pleasures on this planet! The most important proof of that’s that not too long ago, Fattoush & Tabbouleh ranked among the many finest salads worldwide.
