The Incompatible Food Triad

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This little mind game is supposedly the invention of American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars. Let's let George S. Hart explain it:

Can you find three foods such that all three do not go together (by any reasonable definition of foods "going together") but every pair of them does go together?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 29 January 2007 02:50 (eighteen years ago)

One of Hart's contributors' suggests:

a. Salted cucumbers
b. Sugar
c. Yogurt.

a and b in sweet pickles
a and c in tzaziki (sp?), the greek yogurt dish.
b and c is common.

a, b,and c together is pretty gross. I was trying to make tzaziki once, and accidentally used sweetened vanilla yogurt. I had to throw it out. Yuck.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 29 January 2007 02:53 (eighteen years ago)

i swear there's some tibetan dish that uses the sweet/salty combo with yogurt and veggies.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

a. pork
b. cocoa
c. mint

a and b: various moles
a and c: uninspired mom food
b and c: candy

a, b, and c?

― indian rope trick (bean), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:27 (eighteen years ago)

September 2004: Joshua Harwood suggests a solution with mixed drinks:

A = gin
B = tonic water
C = orange guice
A+B goes together. (Gin & tonic.)
B+C goes together. (Orange fizzer, prom date punch.)
C+A goes together. (Gin & juice.)
A+B+C does not go together. (Wretched surprise!)
I'll have to do an experiment, since I don't see what the surprising problem might be.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:38 (eighteen years ago)

lemon
salmon
egg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:46 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb: salmon with homemade mayonnaise could have all three of those.

― indian rope trick (bean), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

a. corn meal
b. vanilla
c. fresh olives

a and b: corn muffins
a and c: pizza
b and c: vanilla and olive sauce (pg. 245. of the vongerichten / bittman collab)

― indian rope trick (bean), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:49 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, this thread is hard

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:49 (eighteen years ago)

chicken
tea
strawberries

a and b: tea-smoked chicken
a and c: various salads
b and c: strawberry zinger, e.g.

― indian rope trick (bean), Monday, 29 January 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

salmon with homemade mayonnaise could have all three of those

yes, i'm aware of that, but the thread supposes that a+b+c=null set, not that a+(b+c)=null set, no?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 29 January 2007 05:16 (eighteen years ago)

i eat the crud in my eyes when i wake.if i have a scab i'll peel it and chew it for awhile. i've eaten my butt lint. and just to be normal here..i smoke and sleep too much..

-- kevin enas (masterblanks@888.nu

― and what (ooo), Monday, 29 January 2007 05:33 (eighteen years ago)

eyecrud + scab + butt lint soufflé

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 29 January 2007 06:13 (eighteen years ago)

This is kind of biting Remy's, but

a) ricotta cheese
b) chicken
c) cocoa

a+b = chicken manicotti
b+c = chicken mole
a+c = chocolate-dipped cannoli or other Italian deserts/pastries

a+b+c = wtf?

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 29 January 2007 07:17 (eighteen years ago)

this thread is making me hungry.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 29 January 2007 07:37 (eighteen years ago)

Mayonnaise + quiche + bread sauce.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 29 January 2007 09:34 (eighteen years ago)

I never want to eat AGAIN :(

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 29 January 2007 09:34 (eighteen years ago)

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