On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:23:18 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Lou wrote on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:02:16 -0600:
>
>>> I was eating some black pepper cashews last night - ending up
>>> eating all 12 ounces...the whole time trying to think of two
>>> flavors that went better together than black pepper and
>>> cashews.
>>>
>>> So far I've only come up with:
>>>
>>> Hickory smoke and pork
>>> Chicken and tarragon
>>> Lamb and sage
>>> Avocado and Sriracha
>
>> Cilantro and cumin
>> celery seed and hot dogs
>> almonds and basil
>> ginger and sesame
>> potatoes and bacon
>> spinach and ricotta
>
>I'd add orange and chocolate, apple sauce and pork, cranberry sauce and
>turkey, roast beef and horse radish and, of course, the Spanish
>discovery of sugar and cream in chocolate (the poor old Aztecs went
>without it for centuries, which may explain their development of heart
>surgery as a spectator sport!)
>
>Again, there are a number of my favorite flavors of ice cream:
>maple-walnut, rum-raisin, white chocolate-raspberry and bagel flavors
>like lemon-poppy seed but these may produce strong disagreement. A
>number of these that I mention combine flavors originating on different
>continents.

Ahh yes. And banana and peanut butter. And brie and pear.

Lou