Food combination No-nos

[Androcles]

We were talking this morning about things that people won't put together. My mum had a thing about never serving tomatoes or peas with fried or poached eggs and suggest fish and chips with baked beans and her withering scorn had to be heard to be believed, so we all grew up believing it; it came as a shock when we found others do. On the other hand she would quite happily dish up tripe and onions with chips.

Do other families have family taboos or strange combinations of their own, like that?

[sn�gs]

My Uncle won't eat a curry unless it is covered - literally - in tomato Ketchup...

...but then he is from Northampton so...

[jojojojoanne]

chips beans and gravy is ok

[Naomicorlett]

In Isle of Man they serve chips, cheese and gravy. My daughter loves it but I think its gross.

[CheekyChops]

I remember asking for chips, peas and gravy in a chippy in Stamford (Leics) once.... they looked at me like I was mad...The woman said 'What..all together... on the same tray???'.. and I could just see the disgust on her face!

Must be a regional thing... my mate lives in Norwich and her local chippy doesn't even DO gravy... wtf is that all about? Everybody eats chips and gravy!!!

[devilspawn]

My mum did a MINT burnt paella - you know the vesta paella in the packet... yet somehow just burn it so it was actually edible.

Oh fab days!

Other than that there were no cookery tips... they came from my Grandma and Auntie... however I unfortunately never listened... so missed out on good honest cooking tips (apart from the fact that generation seemed to cool vegetables beyond recognition)

Hey ho

[craft1948]

I was in a restaurant in the south of France and the chef refused to serve me lobster.......with chips.........

[WhiteBears]

Fish Fingers,Chips and baked beans hmmm heaven!!

[devilspawn]

sorry typo - i meant cook the veg beyond recognition (not cool) sorry!

[devilspawn]

I once was served scallops and mushy peas....... it really did not go well.

[ELVIS68]

Chicken with mint sauce...yummy!

[WhiteBears]

ive not had chips and gravy in aggggggges! hmm

[craft1948]

^...pmsl imagining what that looked like devilspawn...

[devilspawn]

tuna mixed with baked beans - fab

Served hot or cold

[richard18459]

Baked beans n gravy!!

1st meal my wife cooked for me when we set up home together included beans and gravy - Yuk. Almost led to an immediate parting of the ways - Still together after almost 30 years - I still do most of the cooking :-)

[craft1948]

Hot pork pie....mushy peas......mint sauce.....bliss (and a pint of John Smiths)...

[crisgal]

when I was at school, we used to go to the chippy for dinner and have:
"a chip and gravy barmcake with 2 onion rings"

it cost 25p and was bl00dy marvelous. The lady was so skillful at putting just the right amount of gravy on - so that the onion rings were still crispy but the chips were starting to get soggy.

I have tried many times to recreate this masterpiece, but it never tastes the same!

I would never eat chicken and eggs in the same meal - it seems so wrong.

[sn�gs]

''Hot pork pie''

Fcuk off!!

I was traumatised by a hot pork pie as a kid... all the jelly melted and ran into my baked beans :-((

[craft1948]

there's nowt worse than your jelly melting snags....did you get counselling...