Sometimes you just have to say NO!
@NormanDarlo (1071)
Ireland
October 10, 2018 10:16am CST
Let me state at the outset that I am quite open-minded about what I eat and how I combine ingredients when cooking. I think apple with roast pork is great, and I just adore stewed lamb with apricot. As for some of the really weird things I have eaten... well, let's save that for another post 
But there are some things that are just wrong. I mean, who in their right mind would want to eat pork sausages with chocolate chips in them 
What do you think about this - would you be prepared to try these - just once?
But there are some things that are just wrong. I mean, who in their right mind would want to eat pork sausages with chocolate chips in them
What do you think about this - would you be prepared to try these - just once?14 people like this
17 responses
@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
10 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Sorry for the typo, it was a BIG NO. I had that interesting combinations in Freeport, in the Bahamas and I found it very good.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
"A bit no" - well put, Anna! I'm a bit reticent about mustard (except for mustard seeds in Indian cooking), but shrimps and marmalade sounds like something that could interest me - where did you come across such an interesting combination?
@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
@LadyDuck Well, I took the same meaning from 'a bit no' - as a kind of understatement
Thanks for putting the dish into context; it makes sense to me a little now!
Thanks for putting the dish into context; it makes sense to me a little now!1 person likes this
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
11 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo I drink juices made from beetroot, and pomegranates.. they are really bloody..
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Oct 18
@vandana7 Oh they are indeed! Vanny, I have to warn you, you are sounding less scary by the minute!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
A vegan vampire 
Now that boggles my tiny mind!
Now that boggles my tiny mind!1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
13 Oct 18
I know Germany is reputed to be the best Wurst place in Europe, but for Lidl to offer this, I doubt the average palate from ant European nation would be wooed by such a combination... (the pricing label on the shelf looks distinctly Lidlesque, or Lidlich...!).
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
13 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo I have had a wonderful Mexican main dish that contained cocoa, very tasty and nothing like your average bar of Galaxy, Yorkie or Toblerone.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
13 Oct 18
Well observed - it is indeed Lidlich! And even in my Wurst nightmares, I cannot imagine myself indulging. Unless there was money involved, of course...
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
13 Oct 18
@pgntwo I remember the film well! Loved it I think chocolate in the form of unsweetened cocoa powder is versatile enough to be included in many savoury recipes, but chocolate chips in sausages...
I think chocolate in the form of unsweetened cocoa powder is versatile enough to be included in many savoury recipes, but chocolate chips in sausages...1 person likes this
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
17 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo
Norman, since I do not eat pork first of all would say no to that and then adding chocolate chips is really really weird.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
18 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo
I do not eat fruit with meat. I like beef or chicken.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
18 Oct 18
@Hannihar I like beef and chicken too (and lamb, and venison, and goat...) and I have enjoyed some sublime fruit+meat combinations inspired by Moroccan, Persian and Indian cuisines. Fruit is one thing, chocolate chips are another 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
17 Oct 18
Sure! But even imagine it with a meat you are comfortable with, say turkey!
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@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
10 Oct 18
honestly i would try it, I'll try anything once...not to be gross but this sounds like something I'd eat when on my period when you just have a craving for anything deep fried and covered in chocolate. I feel like this would hit the spot then 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
Really, Bree? I didn't even know women got such cravings when they had their period - I obviously have lived a sheltered life! During pregnancy, yes, I've seen this firsthand, but not when menstruating
@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
10 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo it's just crazy hormones. I always want to stuff chocolate in my face the the week before shark week...so maybe this chocolate sausage is just what I need haha
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89433)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Oct 18
I don't think I would be brave enough to try this! Very interesting though!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
12 Oct 18
Interesting in a looking at, rather than putting in your mouth, kind of way!
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89433)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo I think I would have to agree with that! Lol:) But awesome share!
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@flapiz (23530)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo it was really goo and they still haven’t scraped it off the menu so I’m thinking it does sell. I’m trying to figure out how custard tastes.
Fish fingers go well with spike or Cajun for me.
Fish fingers go well with spike or Cajun for me.@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
12 Oct 18
No! That is too crazy 
My son likes fish fingers with custard - but he got that from an episode of Doctor Who!
My son likes fish fingers with custard - but he got that from an episode of Doctor Who!1 person likes this
@xFiacre (14785)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
@normandarlo In a word, no. In two words, definitely not. Some things are plain wrong and that’s one of them.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Oct 18
Brave girl! Check out Aunt Jobe's in Kingstown for them next time you're there
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Oct 18
Judy that was my reaction when I saw them too! No way
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Absolutely we are on this Norman.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
13 Oct 18
Happy to see we're on the same page here, Carol
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Oct 18
The "not at all" people (including myself) seem to hold a clear majority!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
12 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Might be why there are so many heart problems these days.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
11 Oct 18
Well, lots of people eat pork sausages and chocolate - separately - both of which are fine if you don't overdo it!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
12 Oct 18
@1hopefulman You're right of course - bad diet and lack of exercise.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
10 Oct 18
I don't think anyone could argue with that. But too weird to try? Just a little mouthful?!
