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I love apple pie with a sharp cheddar cheese melted on. I got my taste for it from my mom and her mom, both of whom are from Montana. So Northern, but not New England.
Apple pie with cheese? Not so much for me, anyway. But Hard Apple Cider and a nice sharp cheddar? Ahhh, perfection.
Blech! I could never eat cheese combined with anything sweet and sugary.
When Bruce Willis’s wife in Pulp Fiction says that she’s going to order “a piece of blueberry pie with a thin slice of melted cheese on top” I always want to puke every time I see that scene.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania. Keep that frickin’ cheese away from my pie, thank you. I never knew anybody who ate cheese with pie, either. I’ll take ice cream and whipped topping on my pie. Keep the cheese for in sandwiches and on top of crackers.
That same poem can be found in newspapers as early as the 1880’s. Most references to apple pie with cheese center around New England situations and go back, in the US, to the earlier 1800’s.
I wonder if if was imported from England?
My mother, who is from Yorkshire, always used to serve a slice of cheese with fruit cake. When I did the same thing later in life, I found that it is not common in Australia.
Old New Englander here. I’m not a pie or cheese eating person, but I do loves me some apple pie with cheddar.
Extra sharp cheddar with sour apple pie. Bring it on. (I got this living in VT, of course)
I’ve never tried fruit pie with cheese, but somehow, fruit and cheese just go together. My boss (Guatemalan, married to a Chilean), once brought some mozarella cheese and sliced jellied quince to work as a snack for us. She says it’s a popular snack in South America. Of 8 people, I was the only one besides her willing to eat the cheese and fruit together, and it was delicious. Of course, I had a stomachache afterward on account of the cheese, but it was worth it.
I spent many years in Toronto and one or two other places in southern Ontario. Apple pie must be accompanied by pieces of old cheddar cheese. Mmm!
Does anybody remember Roy Rogers Restaurant? They used to serve a dessert cup called apple cheese crisp. It was basically apple brown betty with some cheese mixed in.
The first time I had it, I immediately liked it without recognizing the cheese (although I could tell there was something unexpected in it). If I had known what was in it before trying it, I might have turned my nose up and never experienced its crumbly cheesy sweet and sour goodness.
Ah, just found this online. Might have to give it a try:
I often saw it served with cheese while growing up in Texas.
You must be a newcomer to the Badger State. When I was growing up in Wisconsin, restaurants commonly offered a choice of a slice of sharp cheddar or ice cream on apple pie.
The first time I was offered cheese on my apple pie, I thought the person was kidding and laughed at them.
Now that I know people actually do this, a little part of me dies every time I hear of it.
Put me down as a Colorado “no”.
Note to those unfamiliar with sharp cheddar on apple pie: the cheese is never, never melted.
Ever had cheesecake?
I’m a little disappointed at the repeated insistence on cheddar here. Although a good mature cheddar’s very nice, for me the best cheeses to eat with apple pie would be crumbly ones like Lancashire, Wensleydale or Caerphilly.
I only recognize one out of those three and that’s only because of the Monty Python sketch. Then again, I used to eat at Roy Rogers.