A bizarre combo that actually worked - salty and sweet

Frito-Lay makes a terrific product called Natural Tostitos Brand Tortilla Chips - Made with certified organic corn. And it's blue corn at that. The ingredients are: whole organic blue corn, expeller-pressed sunflower oil, and sea salt. No preservatives.

Since I can eat corn, sunflower, and sea salt, these wonderfully yummy (and salty) chips are A-okay with my diet. I eat them on the days I can eat corn. And I love them. They're great.

I mentioned in a previous post that I have leftover coconut syrup that I made to go with my pancakes. I like foods that are both sweet and spiced, so I figured what the heck! and spread a little of that syrup on the chip. I made sure no one else was watching and took a bite. Guess what? It's pretty dang good. At least I thought so, but I needed someone else to try it. Who would try such a strange thing?

I quickly scanned my environment, my mind quickly and effortlessly evaluating and eliminating my options like some well-trained spy on a secret mission and decisively settled on the ideal choice. My son is here on break from college, so I asked him if he was up for a bizarre taste test. The only other choice was my wife and I won't quote what her answer would've been. With the great trust of a son in his father, and with an iron gut that is sometimes a nearly bottomless calorie-burning abyss, he readily agreed. I waited breathlessly for this independent review, carefully scrutinizing his face for feedback as he munched away. Would there be ridicule or praise, a thumbs up or down? I could hardly stand the suspense. The verdict? "Can I have another one, Dad?"

Mikey likes it. Hey Mikey!

Does anyone else remember that commercial? Neither of us is named Mike. See there were these three brothers eating "healthy" cereal and...oh never mind.

But I got to thinking and, despite the danger in that activity, wondered what if I added just one more item? Hmmm...

Now here's a side note that deserves a post of its own (maybe later): you can be sensitive (or allergic I suppose) to certain proteins within a food, but as long as that protein is removed, the rest of the food is okay. A case in point involves the proteins whey and casein. They're both in cheese during the cheese making process, but the hard cheeses like cheddar, provolone, Colby, etc. have the whey removed. I'm sensitive to the whey (as in no whey, Jose, but not the casein (see why I highlighted the words 'case in'?).

So today was a day in which I get to eat corn, certain cheeses, and coconut (among some other things--and by the way, the bison cheeseburger was awesome), so you can see why I was trying the coconut syrup with the Tostito. So after the chip and syrup went over well, I added a slice of Colby cheese to the Tostito with the same devil-may-care attitude as before, recklessly spread some syrup on top and quickly stuffed it in the pie hole before anyone could stop me.

Chomp, chomp, crunch, crunch...mmmm...swallow. Hey, that was good too.

So there you have it. That simply has to be an original. Go ahead and try it. I dare ya. ;-)