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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

Weird hill to climb, but it is definitely obscure enough to be unpopular ;)

I would argue that "best" is always subjective, so there's no point in any discussion beyond that.

However, that's no fun, so let's play along. I don't disagree with you, but I don't agree either.

Milk as a chaser for foods is nothing new. Where it fails is as a palate cleanser. While it definitely will cut through most foods, it leaves its own taste behind, and coats the tongue by virtue of its own residue and saliva mixing.

That means that once you've taken that first sip, you don't always get a full taste of anything eaten after that. Obviously, some foods will cut through the milk, but they have to, which changes the experience. That change in experience can be enjoyable, depending on exactly what the food is and what kind of experience you prefer.

As an example, hamburgers often have acidic condiments, produce a lot of fats in each bite (or should), and have lot of texture. So, with milk as a beverage, your between bite swig is going to be a reliable counter to the condiments lingering in the saliva and dulling future bites. Conversely, the textures of the meat easily clear the milk residue in your mouth as it delivers its own. So each bite and sip combo enhances the next.

That interplay may not be something every diner wants. They may prefer that the acidic components stay between bites. They may want the fatty unctuousness of a greasy burger to remain uncut by the fats of milk. But, it is definitely going to be a different and pronounced difference from water, sodas (where sweetness is similarly going to change how the burger is experienced) or things like iced tea.

Now, Doritos live and die by their coating. A plain tortilla chip is a flat, but pleasant experience. So what you dip them in is the real flavor you'll get. Those flavor powders are designed to tickle all your flavor sensing taste buds at once, and intensely.

Milk is definitely strong enough to counter them. But, the flavor delivery system that is a Dorito lacks the ability to completely cut through the milk with a single chip. It takes multiple. This can be good or bad by preference, but it definitely changes how flavors are presented as you consume. The first chip after milk is going to be heavily subdued, and it will mix with the milk residue. It won't be until the second or third that you get the full flavor back.

Again, preferences differ. But milk does mean that the experience of Doritos is more subdued. To have each chip deliver its full taste bomb each time, you need a palate cleanser that wipes most of the flavor powder's residue while not leaving much of its own, or has one that's complementary.

I think that's why you enjoy Doritos and milk. The milk complements the umami fairly well, while providing a good wipe of the spices involved. You'll end up with multiple cycles of tastes, which prevents the brain from getting fatigued by non stop intense flavors.

Now me, I prefer the experience with a fairly equal preference between water, iced tea, or a low hops beer. That's where Doritos hit best on my palate.

But, a hamburger with milk? Hell yeah. Same with sloppy joes. Spaghetti would be a hell no with milk unless the sauce is really bad.

Milk gets underappreciated as a food adjacent beverage. It isn't just for cookies and pb&js.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Def thought you meant, like, eaten like breakfast cereal

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

I wouldn’t mind trying that.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Same with spaghetti and pizza and Indian food....i said what i said

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

One of my favorite weird food combos is Doritos and chocolate milk. No idea why.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)
[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Lol, wasn't competing. Just my way of saying your UO checks out haha.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago

Na just meant that's a crazier taste than mine

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 7 points 19 hours ago

🤮

Okay you're in the right community, carry on

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There's already milk in the ingredients so adding some must be acceptable.

But since we mention Doritos, it's one of the things that I noticed how fast it got expensive. They nearly doubled in price since the pandemic.

Like, where I live a bag was around $3.49 a few years ago and now they charge $5.49, for a single bag! I was buying a bag once in a while but since it crossed the $5 mark, I leave them on the shelves.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 19 hours ago

The inflation diet deflates you!

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Like, crumble them up and mix together for some chilk?

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

In my mouth

You're disgusting. Probably a lovely person and all, but disgusting still. 🥲

I could see this working tbh.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What kinda milk we talkin about here? 1% is basically just water that someone bottled next door to a dairy farm.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

3%. Can't really find any higher. I haven't cared to investigate but there is a sweet spot in temperature and freshness that also massively changes the result