Do you have any “weird” food pairings?
Most people do, but this one from Kentucky QB Will Levis might be the weirdest.
A lot of people are coffee drinkers, and it makes sense that he is also given he has to wake up early. Lots of people also use some kind of creamer in their coffee. Levis took it to another level.
He uses mayonnaise. Not just a little, either. He uses a lot in his coffee, which is one pairing I would have never even thought to. There are some really weird food pairings, but that has to be up there among the strangest.
Have you ever put mayonnaise in your coffee? That’s the debate raging on Twitter. It’s become very controversial.
Recently, Hellmanns tweeted, “Mayo in your coffee. That’s it. That’s the tweet.”
Of course, people had THOUGHTS.
The culmination of the debate was when legend Dionne Warwick outright blocked Hellmann’s Twitter account.
Since Hellmann’s started this debate, I checked their mayo ingredients and it consists of three items: eggs, oil, and vinegar.
Eggs in coffee
Eggs in coffee is not a new thing, though it’s a bit foreign to the American palate. Scandinavian egg coffee, where an egg is mixed in with the coffee grounds is a popular drink.
Vietnamese egg coffee or Cà phê trứng is also a popular drink that combines egg with sweetened condensed milk and then it’s added to coffee as a topping.
Oil in coffee
Oil is also not foreign to coffee. Coffee beans even produce a bit of natural oil that you can often see on the top of your cup.
All kinds of oils have consistently been used in coffee including coconut oil, MCT oil in Bulletproof coffee, and even olive oil.
Vinegar in coffee
Vinegar in coffee is a bit more complicated.
Some kinds of vinegar, like apple cider vinegar, are NOT recommended to be added to coffeebecause of the combined acetic acid levels.
But other types are not completely foreign to coffee. Balsamic vinegar has been used to make specialty coffee drinks and to pair with cold brew.
Mayonnaise recipes usually use white wine vinegar or even lemon juice. White wine vinegar doesn’t have a history of being used in coffee, and on its own wouldn’t taste good but remember, it’s just a small part of the overall mayo recipe. Lemon juice, on the other hand, is a growing trend to include in coffee.
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