The popular combination has an ‘umami synergy’ that we can’t resist, a Danish study has shown
Name: Champagne and oysters.
Age: Prehistoric man was partial to an oyster. They haven’t always been seen as posh, either – everyone ate them in the 19th century. The invention of champagne is usually attributed to the 17th-century French monk Dom Pérignon, but in reality he built on the work of others. It became fashionable to combine the two in early-18th-century French salons.