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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoI don’t know what to make of the “pie for breakfast” reference. Anyone?
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI think it’s a native new englander local stereotype about yankees eating pie for breakfast; implying that they eat too much.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoI’ve had a modern version using brie and I became a fan.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months 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.