Call me a wild man all ya want but the corn and onion mix went really well with the baked tater. I'll do it again.
LOL! When my mother divorced my father when I was 13 she told me that she couldn't teach me much but would teach me how yo not starve. She didn't teach me recipes but a lot bigger lesson. She taught me to not be afraid to experiment with food. That lesson has served me well. I won't say there haven't been failures but many more times than not as experiment turns out well.
One example was my making an VERY Italian based meatloaf that is like a giant square meatball. Take a decent sized slice and do like chicken parmigiana but with a big thick slice of meatball instead of chicken. Also makes for a really good meatball sandwich but doable on bread instead of a bun.
Bottom line is that, if you look at leftovers or whatever, don't be afraid to think that what could be considered a strange combo has to be bad just due to not being normal. More times than not, if you like everything involved, it will actually be quite good. Since it is the holidays one of my favorite things with the leftovers from a full turkey dinner is to mix just about everything together in a large skillet and mash it all together including the turkey, dressing, both mashed and sweet taters, veggies, gravy and even cranberry sauce. Ever go for the 'perfect bite' when eating a turkey dinner where you do your best to get turkey stuffing and the rest on a fork? My 'mash' isn't much different except that it is all mashed together.
