The Apple Pie Topping That Divides Our Nation

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[Kartographer]

Apple pie and Cinnamon Ice Cream!!

[Nea Wood]

I was just trying to remember which restaurant had that on their place mats. I think it was Marie Callendar’s.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I remember that old rhyme. My mother (from Iowa) used to say it, except that sometimes she’d change it to “like the kiss without the sneeze”.

[grayeagle]

I remember going to a restaurant with my grandparents and grandpa would order app;e pie for dessert with a slice of cheddar cheese on top, btw I’m 80. The first time I tried it was the early ‘50s. I still eat it like that sometimes — I know what’s for dessert tonight.

[Dr. Sivana]

In Wisconsin, Apple Pie is served with Cheddar Cheese. Nobody messes with the, ‘Apple Pie Cheddar Cartel’ I tells ya! NOBODY!

That's true, and part of the reason we had to move out of Edgerton, WI. I was told I was risking jail. I DO like the fact that by law restaurants must default to butter rather than spread, even Kentucky Fried Chicken. The only place I saw violating the rule was the DOT lunch room.

[Dr. Sivana]

My favorite topping on any pie is whipped cream.

That works too, ESPECIALLY a warm pecan pie.

[citizen]

Nope. Not gonna. Vanilla ice cream, yes!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL!

Love all the historic homes in Edgerton, WI. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

As long a it’s REAL ice cream from REAL Wisconsin dairy cows, I approve.

See if you can find custard-style ice cream near you. You’ll never go back to ice cream. ;)

[Scarlett156]

Let’s start a bitter and prolonged argument about it, what do you say? :)

[Jamestown1630]

I don’t think I’d be a very entertaining combatant.

I don’t like cheese on apple pie - I’m a member of the whipped cream tribe :-)

[Scarlett156]

Ice cream for the win. But if someone gives me apple pie with cheese on it - as long as there’s nothing weird going on like sardines or whatever, of course - I would politely accept.

[Jamestown1630]

That’s how I feel about pimento cheese sandwiches, ubiquitous at Southerners’ parties.

Gulp them down and pretend you like them. Don’t praise them vociferously, though - they’ll just send you home with some, and make extra for the next time you visit.

[Scarlett156]

You’re saying it here. And the Southerners can read it.

[Jamestown1630]

They know all about it :-)

[Scarlett156]

It’s like how cats know if you don’t like cats. So they sit on your lap anyway (unless in a field situation).

[Jamestown1630]

I think the cats sense uneasiness, and are compelled to try and ameliorate it.

Actually very like the polite Southerners, in my experience.