What are two things that are good on their own but bad when combined? And bad things that are good when combined?
What are two things that are good on their own but bad when combined? And bad things that are good when combined?
I just learned about "Salt (NaCl) is actually a combination of a highly poisonous gas (Cl) and a hazardous metal (Na)".
I'm sure there are lots of examples in life that this rule also applies to.
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Those are fairly subjective, but:
- Good+good = bad: garlic and fish, cheese sauce and pasta, soft yolk egg and rice
- Bad+bad = good: soprano aria and rap
Doesn’t cheese sauce + pasta = mac and cheese? Do you not like mac and cheese?
It is mac and cheese, and I find its texture strongly disagreeable. Same deal with the soft yolk egg with rice.
Just personal preferences, mind you.
Understandable. I have a strong aversion to lots of foods based solely on the texture, but thankfully, mac and cheese is not one of them!
Also very subjective: I would not say cheese sauce is good on its own. I only eat it with tortilla chips, pasta, or Taco Bell’s nacho fries.
I don't eat it on its own either, but it's a great dipping sauce nonetheless. I tend to use it mostly on toasts or crackers.
You don't like mac'n'cheese?
I don't. It's the texture - I can't exactly pinpoint what, but it feels off, in a way that (say) cheese sauce on harder carbs doesn't.
I've had both good and horrible mac 'n cheese and I think the difference was the cheese but I remember having that feeling you mentioned. Have you tried different ones? Maybe there's one you'll enjoy.
I tried it twice: first from an ethnic aisle (I'm neither from CA or USA, so this stuff is "ethnic" here - I found it while looking for nori, got curious) and really didn't like it. Then I tried it homemade (I can actually pull out a fairly decent cheese sauce, using Parmesan and Emmenthaler), and the same feeling was there.
Adding some crumbly stuff over it (breadcrumbs and bacon bits, right before grilling/broiling it) improved it a bit, but not enough to avoid that feeling. (I salvaged it by making croquettes out of it. Deep-frying fixes everything.)