A marriage made in heaven

[Guest]

What are your favourite food pairings? Some combinations seem to be elevated beyond all expectation by their happy partnership. All comers i.e. food + food, food + drink, drink + drink; whatev.

A couple of thoughts for starters - red wine and bay leaves; cheese sandwich and beer.

[MrGongGong]

Clonakilty black pudding and scallops

[Flosshilde]

I'd never tried the classic oysters & Guiness, until the nice barlady at the Inn in Applecross gave me a quarter pint on the house with my oysters once (I had to pay for the oysters . It really worked - & now I'd drink nothing else with them.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

..prawn sandwich in strong wholemeal and a pint of Guiness in the Windsor Castle in London W8 35 - 40 years ago

or a local sourced ham roll [wholemeal] with the local beer at The Hole In The Wall in Liverpool [what was that beer? it was gravity feed from the first floor] about 32 or 33 years ago

sorry about the need for a time machine but i am sure the recipes can be readily recreated

[Pianorak]

Salt beef sandwich on brown + another salt beef sandwich!

[kernelbogey]

A really ripe but firm peach and a glass of strong red wine (preferably Italian ).

[kernelbogey]

BTW, there was a wine bar in Amsterdam where I ate circa 1970. They served only wine and cheese.

It was called Le Bon Mariage.

(They played classical music, too, and I always remember the place when I hear the Mozart K488 Piano Concerto, which was playing that evening. Bon Mariage indeed.)

[kevmusic]

A really ripe but firm peach and a glass of strong red wine (preferably Italian ).

now that looks interesting.

A classic: pork and apple. Or ham (bacon) and egg. Certain apples with certain cheeses. (My last form master at school was a French teacher and he had posters of these around the room. That was 40 years ago and I never was able to try those combinations. ) Continuing the pig theme - pork and sage.

[arancie33]

Ham, eggs and chips as served at The Roebuck, Alcester. (Three in a marriage? It's not unknown)

And at home, tomato and marmite sandwiches.

[kernelbogey]

now that looks interesting.

A classic: pork and apple. Or ham (bacon) and egg. Certain apples with certain cheeses. (My last form master at school was a French teacher and he had posters of these around the room. That was 40 years ago and I never was able to try those combinations. ) Continuing the pig theme - pork and sage.

Kev - my Dad, who grew up in Lincolnshire, said his family would eat cheese with fruit cake.

[french frank]

Clonakilty black pudding and scallops

Or chorizo and scallops. The chorizo exudes a lovely peppery red sauce which spices up the scallops.

[Pianorak]

Isn't there a dish called Heaven & Earth, i.e. potatoes and apples, just boiled and cooked together, but not sure.

[french frank]

As a nightcap: Horlicks and malt whisky (don't put the whisky IN the Horlicks, silly!)

[AmpH]

Christmas cake + Wensleydale cheese ....... truly a marriage made in heaven.

[umslopogaas]

"A really ripe but firm peach and a glass of strong red wine (preferably Italian)"

Yup, you provide the Italian peach and I'll provide the Barolo, but its my turn first, those ladies are very juicy. Got any phone numbers?