I know you can pair wine with food, but I'm not some French faggot. I drink whisky. What whiskies and foods go together?

Whisky goes well w/ cigars.

But, in case you don't count that as food for some reason, I personally find red meat goes well with it; but I like red meat/whisky w/ damn near anything else so...

Whisky goes quite well with meat and potatoes in any form. I'm sure that's obvious though. Are you looking for recipes involving whiskey or simply what foods this fine beverage compliments? It can go with burgers, steaks, chips. The best compliment if you smoke is a cigarette of your favorite brand.

Here's some recipes involving the water of life.

Irish rack of lamb

1 tablespoon pure olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 small branch rosemary
1/4 lemon, cut into a wedge
2 ounces Irish whiskey
1 pinch kosher salt
1 pinch cracked black pepper
3 ounces demi-glace (reduction of red wine, vegetables, and veal bones)
1 ounce brown gravy
1 tablespoon butter
1 (6-chop) rack of lamb

To make Irish Whiskey Rack Sauce, combine the oil, garlic, rosemary, and lemon in a frying pan. Heat on high flame (do not brown garlic). Pull pan away from flame. Add whiskey, return to flame, and add salt and pepper. Add the demi-glace and brown gravy. Let reduce and add the butter in slowly, off the heat to thicken the sauce. Keep warm.

Clean rack thoroughly (remove all silver skin). Season lightly with salt and pepper.

Place sizzle pan upside down on the grill. Put lamb, meat-side-down next to the sizzle pan with the bones resting on the pan. This will keep the bones from burning. Make the cross-brand mark on the meat side, then turn and cook for a few minutes on the bone side. Finish in oven, if you prefer well done.

When presenting, cut the lamb into 2 pieces. Stand up and cross the bones as if to build a tee-pee. Top with Irish Whiskey Rack Sauce.

Whisky Mashed potatoes

2-1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup Jack Daniel's Whiskey (now you're talking)
Pecan halves or marshmallow for topping

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Combine all ingredients except topping. Spoon into a greased 1-quart casserole. Top with pecan halves or marshmallows. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until bubbly.

Enjoy.

Hmm, I find whiskey to be more of an end of the evening treat, or an afternoon drink. Never really have it with food.

Bourbon and Barbeque is an American tradition.

North Carolina style barbeque with some Bourbon added to the sauce is amazing.

steak dinner.

southern barbecue

oysters

or any kind of meat and potatoes, like sausage or lamb or porkchops or shepherds pie whatever.

you wont get many suggestions, because most people dont like drinking straight whiskey nowadays. but i like it with really heavy filling food.

Would I be correct in assuming this would be quite sweet?

My mum used to make a dessert called Kranaken or something, it had whisky mixed with cream raspberries and oats, it was pretty good..
I'd provide more detail but im lazy

I know people make whisky sauces for chicken and haggis.. which is also quite nice..

i don't know, i always thought one of the advantages of whiskey was that it could take the place of food.

Yes you would. It's delicious and you can get a nice buzz going.