Strange Bedfellows

Okay, who woulda guessed that these two tastes would be great together?

My Beloved and I had picked up some of those little shaved carrots at Trader Joe's the other day (no, not as good as the true baby carrots from the farmer's market but they do make a healthy snack) and I managed to get a little of the Dijon mustard from our ham and cheese sandwiches onto the next carrot I crunched while constructing lunch.

A taste sensation! The sweet of the carrot with the pungent savory of the mustard was really interesting.

I've often wondered how established pairings first get tried - I think my mustardy carrots is a good illustration of what happens. Serendipity. I still wonder who found the courage to try the very first oyster but that, too, was probably a happy accident.