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Title: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Emily on August 18, 2007, 05:54:49 PM: just wondering what your preferred combination of sweet and salty foods is.

i'm pretty sure mine's chocolate covered pretzels.

do you have one?
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Omar on August 18, 2007, 06:00:22 PM: Too pricey to enjoy frequently, but I love the union of sea salt and chocolate in the Barcelona Exotic Candy Bar (http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/barcelona_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars).
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Sarah on August 18, 2007, 06:25:23 PM: I enjoy ice cream sprinkled with salted peanuts or, better, these peanuts I sometimes make that are roasted in a mixture of soy sauce, garlic, onion, cayenne, and a dash of maple syrup. Come to think of it, I should try dipping those peanuts in chocolate sometime. I've got five pounds of organic bittersweet baking chocolate (70% cocoa) in my freezer--why not put some of it to this good use?
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Laurie on August 18, 2007, 06:52:34 PM: The Take Five candy bar is scrumdilllyumptious.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: bookem_dan-o on August 18, 2007, 07:03:47 PM: When I was a small kid, I accidentally discovered that sprinkling salt on chocolate covered macadamia nuts made them taste yummier. I don't know how I discovered this, but it was my first salty/sweet epiphany.

As a teen, hanging out at the local pizza joint after school to play Punch Out!, Sinistar, Dragon's Lair (and later Space Ace) and the awesome Black Knight pinball machine for hours on end, I found out (again by accident) that a pepperoni slice dipped into Coca Cola tastes pretty good. I realize now that this explains the appeal of pineapple on pizza.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: buffcoat on August 18, 2007, 08:26:16 PM: I haven't done this in years, but if you put salt on a golden delicious apple - bite by bite - it's really tasty.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 18, 2007, 08:57:26 PM: Similarly, salted watermelon is awesome
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Andy on August 19, 2007, 12:23:05 AM: salt makes almost anything better.
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Post by: Dan B on August 19, 2007, 12:30:44 AM: There are these trader joe's salty sweet nutty cookies that are bangin'.
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Post by: LostInReno on August 19, 2007, 02:21:41 PM: I am a total goober fan. When I go to the movies I'm all about em'

(http://www.candydirect.com/html/cleanimages/concession/07goobersmoviesize.jpg)
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: joshua on August 19, 2007, 02:30:59 PM: Kettle corn or that chocolate and caramel covered corn.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on August 19, 2007, 06:33:51 PM: When I was in Ljubjana last year, there was this shop that sold only things made out of salt harvested by this huge marsh in a national park shared by Slovenia and Croatia. Stuff like bath salts, rock salt, stuff like that. Anyway, they had these dark chocolate bars that were flavored with these salt marsh plants and boy oh boy were they sooooo good. I can't stop thinking about them. I have a tiny bit of the rock salt left and sometimes I crush it up and dip bittersweet chocolate in it. I might try Omar's Spanish candy bars.

Hey, holy crow, I just found it here!

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/travel/11foraging.html

Which led me here:

http://www.soline.si/capacities/solnce/chocolate

Man, I wish I could order it online.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 19, 2007, 08:07:41 PM: Also, chocolate covered potato chips, believe it or not
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Laurie on August 20, 2007, 08:00:38 AM: Quote from: joshua on August 19, 2007, 02:30:59 PM
Kettle corn

Oh fuck yes. I am all about kettle corn.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: rootdoc (not my real name) on August 20, 2007, 08:36:49 AM: Apple pie with a slice of cheese.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: erika on August 20, 2007, 01:54:37 PM: I'm with Dave. I like to smush as many Utz chips in my mouth as I can and then squeeze in some M&M's and crunch away.

It's not a pretty scene but it's good for my soul.

Also, Fritos dipped in chocolate puddin.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 20, 2007, 03:41:14 PM: We've got a place here called The Chocolate Factory that could be part of a chain that sells a little bag of 5-7 milk chocolate coated Ruffles for a buck or so. It hits the spot. Any more than that and you would never want it again.
Title: Re: sweet and salty foods
Post by: Sarah on August 20, 2007, 04:05:09 PM: Quote from: erika on August 20, 2007, 01:54:37 PM
Also, Fritos dipped in chocolate puddin.

That sounds like something worth trying sometime.

Coffee ice cream with regular chips on the side--that's another favorite of mine. Haven't been able to enjoy it for a while, since I can't buy any decent coffee ice cream up here and haven't felt like making any myself. Writing this may be giving me the urge, though; perhaps I'll pop the liner of my ice cream maker into the freezer one of these days.