Foods that just don't belong together

[figmo]

A friend and I were discussing really bad food combinations -- that is, combining two perfectly good food items that Just Don't Belong Together. Somehow we decided the combination "peanut butter and sour cream" was the worst -- even worse than:

• pickles and ice cream
• apple pie and string beans
• spaghetti with cling peaches in their own natural juice
• Skittles and M&Ms
• orange juice and mint

Another friend and I got to discussing foods that almost sound right until you think about them, such as:

• beefsteak a la mode -- as in topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
• blackened strawberries
• chocolate-dipped escargot
• sweet and sour bitter melon (that one comes with its own story for another entry)

I know there are others, but I'm blanking on them (hint, hint)....