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