• davel@lemmy.mlOP
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    22 days ago

    I don’t know what to make of the “pie for breakfast” reference. Anyone?

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      22 days ago

      I think it’s a native new englander local stereotype about yankees eating pie for breakfast; implying that they eat too much.

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        22 days ago

        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.