Call it Weird, I Don't Care...It's GOOD!

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I have been called out from time to time about my "infamous" concoctions, but of course, these criticisms usually come from palates that never set a fork to a single plate of any concoction I have ever made. I think outside the box. It is what it is, and it rarely doesn't work out. I know, I know. I am biased. But just trust me on this. I like to often say, "Before it was a recipe, it was an idea." That might be speak for "Get off my back," or it might be a justification that what I sometimes do in the kitchen isn't as weird as you might think. You decide. Nonetheless, I love fried rice and stir-fries. Hey, Chinese food is one of my all-time favorite ethnic cuisines and it's really cheap to make, so that works for me on both counts. So, here's the thing... This particular meat choice might be considered weird. Sometimes I use beef. Other times I use shrimp or pork. Yet other times I use chicken. All common "fried rice" fare. But sometimes I also use kielbasa. Hey. It goes in Paella. It goes in many other rice dishes and pasta dishes. It's good by itself. Why wouldn't it be good in a stir-fry? Do tell. I'm interested in your reason why not. So, tonight that's what's for dinner. A kielbasa stir-fried rice dish. Cook up the kielbasa until brown, add in onion and yellow bell pepper, toss in some broccoli, cook that all up to the desired levels, then add in the cooked, white rice, some garlic powder, some soy sauce, some teriyaki sauce and voila... Dinner is served. So is it really all that weird? Is it just the kielbasa that makes it weird? Why do you think so? If someone can stomach a combination of clams, shrimp, chicken and kielbasa or some other sausage in a classic Paella, why would a stir-fry like this make you go...WTF? Are you just stuck in the box? Or is it something else? I really want to know, because sometimes I have to admit... Some of the opposition doesn't really make much sense to me. MANY of you still adamantly submit that pineapple belongs on a pizza, for Heaven's sake.