Apropos of nothing, this is what Travis Bickle orders in the diner on his lunch date with Betsy in Taxi Driver.
Apple or pear pie with a slice of sharp-flavored cheese (sharp cheddar, Roquefort, or an aged Gruyère) melted over it is a wonderful pleasure, especially with a semi-dry white wine or a lighter Trappist-style ale. I think M.F.K. Fisher wrote an essay about this (maybe in The Art of Eating).
This is where I come in to say that I love me some sharp cheese spread on plums. One time I got it in my head from cherry pie/cheddar combo and darn if it isn’t good! Looks horrible, though, if you try it close your eyes.
Oh woe, I somehow managed, in sort of glance-reading, to read that as you had got the cheese and plums in your eyes. :eek: Eek. But in your mouth it’s probably very good. Stilton with grapes is good too.
I must either visit an optician or take care to read more carefully.
After I posted earlier, I made an apple pie. I’ve just now gotten around to having a piece and let me tell you, apple pie with cheddar is de-lish! I just wish I had some sharp cheddar instead of this lame mild. Sometimes it really sucks having a bland midwestern family.
In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis’s wife talks about ordering a slice of blueberry pie with a piece of melted cheese on top of it. I always thought that was totally bizarre.
I’ve only ever heard of it in the movie “Taxi Driver” - never before nor since, and I’ve lived in NJ, Atlanta, and San Francisco. Sounds tasty, though - what can’t be improved by cheese?