On Sunday morning, I was exposed to something which I think actually killed my tastebuds a little. A friend who had stayed over had on his crumpets the rather alarming combination of vegemite and peanut butter.
I know! This is stuff of freak status people, but I have to say I do admire his creativity and his ability to express himself so deftly through the use of spreads/condiments. Usually with food combinations you sort of look at it sideways and question whether it will really taste good but when you do lunge in for the taste-test you find it to be a surprising and all-together pleasing experience for your growing family of taste-buds. I was this way with vegemite and eggs, vegemite and avocado and vegemite, avocado, garlic, tomato and eggs on toast. When informed of these various combinations I did my usual ‘Oh gross!’ face and backed several steps away from the person who was suggesting I try this. But after trying it, I’ve now incorporated those unconventional food combinations into my weekly eating habits.
There are other ones out there that I didn’t think would work but amazingly enough did. Peanut butter and chocolate biscuit sandwiches. Peanut butter and cheese. Cheese and jam. Cheese and steak sandwiches. Honey and banana. Peanut butter on raisin toast. These are all pretty good and I definitely encourage you to at least try them once.
However, the combination of peanut butter and vegemite was one that unfortunately did not work for me and now I feel like I’ve lost a little bit of my sense of adventure, or at least am now a little scared to keep trying food combinations because for the first time, I actually found one that didn’t work. At first I could taste the peanut butter and I thought ‘Yeah, all right, let’s see where this goes’. But then the vegemite kicked in and my tastebud family began screaming, kicking and vomiting all over my tongue in reaction tho this really awful combination. I think my friend was slightly saddened by this too. Here was a person willing to expose a side of themselves previously kept hidden and this person obviously thought highly enough of me that they felt comfortable exposing this dirty, dark secret of theirs in the privacy of my kitchen. And I didn’t end up liking it.
I applaud this person. They have guts and bravery that I could never have. They have a faith in humanity that I wish I possessed. They have an ability to trust that continually eludes me. They, dare I say it, are a true artist.
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