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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoI don’t know what to make of the “pie for breakfast” reference. Anyone?
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI think it’s a native new englander local stereotype about yankees eating pie for breakfast; implying that they eat too much.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoApple pie with (cheddar) cheese apparently was a New England staple in the 17th century, but I don’t know if anyone had it for breakfast. A very old New Englander once to my girlfriend & me that we went together “like pie with cheese.” We had idea what to make of it.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI’ve had a modern version using brie and I became a fan.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoThe whole chart is apparently a reference to an E. B. White quote, and there may be some truth to the pie part.
I don’t know what to make of the “pie for breakfast” reference. Anyone?
I think it’s a native new englander local stereotype about yankees eating pie for breakfast; implying that they eat too much.
Apple pie with (cheddar) cheese apparently was a New England staple in the 17th century, but I don’t know if anyone had it for breakfast.
A very old New Englander once to my girlfriend & me that we went together “like pie with cheese.” We had idea what to make of it.
I’ve had a modern version using brie and I became a fan.
The whole chart is apparently a reference to an E. B. White quote, and there may be some truth to the pie part.