Food is life. After eating a mountain of robust eba with richly decorated egusi soup or a scorching hot plate of jollof rice, it is difficult to fathom life without a mouthwatering taste.
We were exposed to various meal pairings as children and grew accustomed to them. These pairings are typically what we perceive to be acceptable and the norm. For instance, everyone knows that yam and egg are identical twins and that rice and beans are soulmates. You should occasionally experiment with different meal pairings, though.
In general, people are creative beings. One could wonder what the individuals who came up with these odd culinary pairings were thinking. These meal pairings are frequently the result of chance encounters, financial hardship, or simple curiosity.
Top 10 weird food combinations
Jollof spaghetti and beans
This combination isn’t too strange when compared to the other items on this list. Therefore, you are losing out on pure, wonderful goodness if you haven’t tried it yet. This dish tastes a lot like the standard rice and bean combination. Eating spaghetti with beans is highly recommended because spaghetti is sometimes thought of as an immediate relation of rice.
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Okro and rice
Anyone else get sick of eating rice with stew? Rice is a priceless food that must be treated with the highest attention. Respect in this context means being open to new combinations. Don’t only use rice in stew or with veggies to maximise its versatility; okro deserves a chance. From slime to flavour, okro is still a formidable foe of the all-purpose stew.
Rice/spaghetti and egusi
These meal groups high in carbohydrates are the ones that always promote these partnerships. You must have noticed bread, yam, rice, and spaghetti. Egusi soup is best enjoyed with a favourite swallow. The common defence used by these thugs is that because rice and spaghetti can be combined with eba and egusi, why not? Apart from lies, it is mildly pleasant.
Beans and eba
This is the oddest combo in the group. It doesn’t make sense when you think about it, but amazingly, it works. When the eba gets cold, it slaps much harder; there is no logical reason why, but it does.
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Noodles and beans
This weird combination is a bang. Why can’t noodles catch on if spaghetti and beans are gaining popularity and acceptance? The bean-related relative of spaghetti also functions. Try it out, please. You might be pleasantly surprised by how well they perform.
Peppersoup and Bread
It’s unexpected that five-star restaurants would include this on their menu. How do you put this together? Two sips of pepper soup and a slice of toast. I’ll skip it, thanks.
Bread and Fried Plantain
Now that it’s over, how on earth do people eat bread and Dodo? Such as how it tastes. So, one shouldn’t be shocked. After all, it is referred to as a weird food combination.
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Bread and Egusi
This weird combination is perfect. We have always thought that egusi pairs best with foods swallowed whole, such as amala and semo. I’m sorry to say this, but what we were told was a massive lie. Bread, especially soft bread, enhances the flavour of egusi.
Still have concerns about this combination? Your perspective would be altered by a slice of bread dipped in egusi soup.
Yam and Sardines
The only characteristics that sardine cans have consistently displayed over time are their rising exorbitant costs and adaptability. The latter suggests that it pairs nicely with a variety of foods. Therefore, eating this combination shouldn’t be any different if you can consume yams, fish sauce, and groundnut oil.
Sardines and bread are overrated together, keep in mind. Make things interesting by using yam in place of boring bread.
Bread, oats, and beans
The phrase “the more the merrier” is best explained by this combination. You should enjoy the numerous meals that come with life since it is too brief to not. Although bread and beans are a common combination, you may also add a bowl of oats to the dish to give your tongue the proper extra “hmmm.”
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