Do you think apple pie and cheddar cheese are a classic combination or a strange pairing?
Your answer likely reveals where you grew up.
Which makes sense, because those tend to be places where cheese products are readily accessible.
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In the rest of the United States, meanwhile, apple pie a la mode dominates thedessertscene.
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But where to start?
Some apple and cheese lovers suggest keeping the cheddar on the side and taking things bite by bite.
Others will add a cold piece of cheese to a warm pie slice.
Still others will bake the cheese into the crust directly.
But where did the saying come from?
The saying still lives on today, even if its advocates don’t know its origin.
And cheese lovers will often cite it in defense of loading their pie up with the dairy product.
Pie and cheese is a traditional dessert pairing in Yorkshire, for instance.
Hollywood even references the “kiss without a squeeze” saying in his intro to the recipe.
