Unit 2 Tasty Journeys
Odd Pairings That Work
You order a ____, juicy hamburger with some fries.
____ next? Of course you have to have ketchup with your fries, right?
Well, not for ____ people.
In fact, some people prefer eating fries with mayonnaise, chili sauce, or even steak ____.
While ketchup with ____ may seem quite ordinary, other combinations may seem rather odd.
Read on to learn about some popular dishes that have ____ combinations that you may not have thought of.
The Divisive Classic
Some people ____ this combination, while others can’t seem to stand it.
It can even cause quite ____ arguments.
If you haven’t guessed already, it’s the tasty or nasty — ____ on your taste — ham and pineapple pizza.
The man who created this pizza was neither Italian nor ____.
A Greek immigrant ____ 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 ____ was written on the pineapple can.
Little did he know that he had created a ____ combination.
Even now, in the U.S. and U.K., no pizza menu seems ____ without it.
In ____, however, most people find pineapple on pizza 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 not be ____ without cranberry sauce.
____ people 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 popular ____ in Thailand is sweet, sticky rice topped with fresh mango and coconut milk.
Mango with sticky ____ is a dish that is extremely hard not to love.
Rice is one of the world’s most consumed ____, so it should not be surprising that it can be combined with other interesting ingredients.
One of those ingredients is fruit, which is nutritious, sweet, and plentiful in many parts of the ____.
The combination of fruit and rice may seem unusual, but it’s actually quite ____.
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 ____ 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 ____ shows how simple ingredients can create innovative, wonderful treats.
The Elvis
What kind of snack is nutritious, full of energy, and simple to ____?
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 sandwich can be a healthy choice for breakfast or lunch because its combination of protein and fiber helps you feel full, while the carbohydrates ____ sustained energy.
The best thing about this sandwich is that the ingredients are readily ____ and affordable.
Some people, however, like to take ____ to another level.
Imagine a regular peanut butter and banana sandwich, and ____ add fried bacon to it.
It has been said that the famous singer Elvis Presley ____ this sandwich, which is why it’s called, “The Elvis.”
Even though you may not want to eat the Elvis every day, there are ____ fans of this unconventional combination.
The world is a big ____, and everyone has to eat. Eating the same thing every day can get quite boring.
____ all you need is to combine some ingredients in novel ways to create a new flavor.
But if you think it’s odd, ____ probably because you haven’t tried it before.
Considering how diverse the world is, there are probably more food combinations that seem odd ____ seem “normal.”
Maybe odd is just ____ you haven’t experienced yet.
They are ____ new experiences waiting for you to discover.