Delicious sandwiches and lunch go together like...bananas and mayonnaise?
According to race care driver Dale Earnhardt. Jr., the ingredients are a match made in heaven. He tweeted a photo of himself making his "favorite" sandwich on white bread this week, and the Internet nearly lost it's darn mind.
Jr's followers who, presumably, didn't grow up in the South, took some issue with the pairing:
But Southerners were quick to defend the sandwich, with many sharing their own memories of eating it growing up, with some variation (there were several who also added peanut butter to the mix) .
We decided to do a taste test of our own in the AJC newsroom. Here are some of the reactions:
The good:
"It's actually not that bad. I'd make it at home."
"A kid would love this. For an adult, it needs bacon."
"It's interesting. It's not bad. I would never have thought to put those two together, but it's fine" (goes for seconds).
The bad:
"The mayo is a wreck. The white bread makes me sad."
"It kind of tastes like ice cream. I wouldn't eat it again."
The nostalgic:
"I loved these as a kid, they were delicious. The mayo changes the taste of the banana. It's like a dessert. I'd still eat them if they weren't so unhealthy."
"They're still good. They're like I remember."
"I still get cravings for them. I put pepper on mine growing up. But I can't believe he used Hellman's -- Duke's (mayonnaise) all the way."
The confused:
"The first thing I taste is the banana. It makes the mayo taste buttery. They're very distinct tastes. If I was Dale Earnhardt, Jr. with all thhat money, I'd be eating something better."
Verdict:
Not as bad as people expected it to be.
No matter how you feel about the sandwich, you can't argue with raising money for a good cause. After all the attention his tweet received, Earnhardt, Jr. created DaleJrSandwich.com to raise money for hungry children. Now that's something we can stomach.
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