I don’t happen to think banana sandwiches with mayonnaise are weird. That’s because I’ve been eating them my entire life. Besides, can something truly be strange if it has a don’t happen to think banana sandwiches with mayonnaise are weird. That’s because I’ve been eating them my entire life. Besides, can something truly be strange if it has a Facebook page dedicated to it , like this one for bananas and mayo?

But recent discussions with some “ferners,” by which I mean folks who aren’t from around these parts, led me to believe food combinations I was raised eating in Alabama might not be acceptable elsewhere.

Salt on watermelon slices, for example. My grandparents ate it that way. My parents ate it that way. Even the dog ate it that way. I thought everyone did.

Any-hoo, in honor of Eat What You Want Day –one of those offbeat holidays proclaimed by someone, somewhere and celebrated May 11 –I'm posting some strange southern food combinations and I want to hear yours. Send them to kkazek@al.com.

11 weird food combinations Alabamians eat

Banana-and-mayonnaise sandwich.

If you like these, you have something in common with Dale Earnhardt Jr., according to a recent tweet. Note: The bananas should always be sliced lengthwise. I’m just sayin.’

Peanuts and Coke.

This is a long-held Southern tradition so ingrained even the Coca-Cola Company promotes it. Read a history of peanuts and Coke here.

Cornbread in buttermilk.

One of Grandmother's favorites.

Watermelon and salt.

Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? Martha Stewart says add tequila.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, mixed.

The only difference in this and an ordinary PB&J is that the ingredients are mixed before they are spread on the bread. Apparently, some people think this is very weird.

Cheeseburger with peanut butter.

This example is from Shawn's House of Burgers and Eatery in Orange Beach, Ala.

French fries dipped in sundaes.

So delish it has its own Facebook page: French fries + chocolate sundae = yummy!

Peanut butter-and-bacon sandwich.

Self-explanatory.

Peanut butter and pickles.

Also, you can try this snack on saltine crackers.

Chicken and waffles.

Apparently the Southern version is also known as the "soul food version," according to Wikipedia's description of this trending combo.

Kool-Aid pickles and pickle sickles.

Kool-Aid pickles, for those who don’t know, are dill pickles sweetened and colored by being soaked in Kool-Aid in a variety of flavors – grape, cherry, watermelon. Pickle Sickles aren’t a combination so much, unless you count pickle juice-plus-freezing-temperatures, but they are weird and a common sight at Alabama ballparks.

Kelly Kazek is following the trends and talking about Real Alabama. Call her at 256-701-0576, find her on Facebook, or use contacts at the top of this story.