Tried pairing grape jelly with a fried egg sandwich on a dare last week

I was hungover and out of hot sauce so I grabbed the only jelly in the fridge. The sweet and salty combo actually worked way better than I expected, and now I'm wondering if I ruined regular breakfast sandwiches for myself. Has anyone else stumbled into a weird condiment combo that actually stuck?

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veram9928d ago

Hold your horses here, sweet and salty only works when you actually plan it, not when you're desperate and hungover. You're just convincing yourself that desperation tasted good.

olivia_allen1mo ago

Hell yeah, that's my kind of breakfast experiment! I did the same thing with grape jelly on a sausage biscuit once when I was running late and didn't have time to stop. The sweet jelly cuts right through the greasy sausage and biscuit and it just works. Now I keep a little jar of grape jelly in my cup holder for those days when regular breakfast feels boring. You didn't ruin anything, you just found a new way to eat it.

miles9461mo ago

Man, you're singing my song. I did the same thing with maple syrup and a bacon egg and cheese wrap one morning when I was out of ketchup. The syrup got all warm and soaked into the bread, and the salty bacon just made it pop. Now I actually keep a little squeeze bottle of syrup in my truck for breakfast sandwiches. Also tried sriracha on a peanut butter and banana sandwich once and it was weirdly good. Don't even get me started on dipping fries in a milkshake, that's a whole different rabbit hole.