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March 6, 2008
View Comments | Post CommentTGRWT #10: Pineapple and Blue Cheese
Martin of Khymos.org asked me to host the tenth round of They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT), an honor unprecedented in the annals of EatFoo, potentially exceeding even BoingBoing's coverage of our miracle fruit events. TGRWT is a monthlyish event that brings together foodies (I'm reclaiming the word) to test out a theory:
[I]f the major volatile molecules of [two] foods are the same, they might taste (and smell) nice when eaten together.
Yes, it's a noncommital way to state a theory, but then we food lovers are a fickle bunch. One month we anoint basil as the fashionable ingredient of the moment, the next butternut squash, the next beets. And this month shall be no different, except that it shall have two such anointed ingredients:
Pineapple, that noble fruit of the tropics, and Blue Cheese, that noble fruit of the cave.
The last two pairings were white chocolate and caviar and then parmesan and cocoa. Your challenge for this month, dear reader (or--do I dare?--dear foodie) is to combine pineapple and blue cheese. Here's how to participate:
- Prepare a dish that combines blue cheese and pineapple [and any other ingredients or elements of your choosing]. You can either use an existing recipe (if there is any) or come up with your own.
- Take a picture of the dish and write an entry in your blog by April 1st with TGRWT #10 in the title. Readers will be [particularly] interested in how the flavour pairing worked out, so make an attempt at describing the taste and aroma and whether you liked it or not.
- A round-up will be posted here (with pictures). Please send an email to david AT barzelay D.O.T. net with the following details: Your name, URL of blog, URL of the TGRWT #10 post and a picture for your entry in the round-up. If you don't have a blog, email me your name, location, recipe and a brief description of how it worked out and I'll be glad to include it in the final round-up.
I can't wait to see what everyone thinks of the pairing, and what the more creative types come up with!
Posted by Barzelay at March 6, 2008 1:37 AM | Comments (10) | Science, Technology
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Congrats David! I might even participate! I am a little intimidated, though.
Posted by: sygyzy at March 6, 2008 2:14 PM
Sounds like fun. One problem though. I don't have a blog. Am I disqualified? I have lots of ideas going through my mind!
Posted by: Jason Byl at March 9, 2008 3:43 AM
Jason, of course you're not disqualified (not that it's a competition, anyway). See #3 above. "If you don't have a blog, email me your name, location, recipe and a brief description of how it worked out and I'll be glad to include it in the final round-up." david AT barzelay D.O.T. net
Posted by: Barzelay at March 9, 2008 4:02 AM
Well I started on anyway! :) you replied an hour to late!
Posted by: Jason Byl at March 9, 2008 7:59 AM
Nice combination, will give it a try!
Posted by: Dennis at March 13, 2008 6:23 AM
Interesting... I'm sooo in!
Posted by: Roberto N. at March 14, 2008 9:51 AM
Hey there
I have just sent you my entry. :)
Posted by: chriesi at March 22, 2008 3:07 PM
Damn... just my luck to find out about these challenge pairings at just before midnight on the 30th, when I am going to be out on the evening of the 31st. I have such ideas! Its not a new flavour combination for me, so the challenge would be to find a new way to present it!
Posted by: Kiriel at March 30, 2008 5:25 PM
Just wondering when the round-up will be posted. Please drop me an email when you can!
Thanks!
Posted by: Kelly at April 8, 2008 7:27 PM
One time in Barcelona I remember being served Manchego in honey - which 'GRWT' - and which, I guessed, was some kind of Catalonian thing, and which is a somewhat similar combination to pineapple and blue cheese.
Has anyone out there any opinion about the origins of the manchego/honey combination, or about its chemical similarity to the pineapple/gorgonzola combination?
Posted by: Chris at April 24, 2008 5:40 PM
