[Sca-cooks] comfort foods and age

[Daniel Myers]

On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Erika Thomenius wrote:
>> But the thing that he did that really drove me nuts was that he would
>> take
>> a
>> piece of cheese toast (had to be made with the sharpest cheddar around)
>> with
>> a spoonful of grits on top, then that would be topped with maple
>> syrup.  I
>> love all of the individual ingredients...but together??????
>>
>
> Actually, sharp cheddar goes uncommonly well with sweets.  I got the
> idea
> from the Herriot books, who says it was a common Yorkshire thing to eat
> cake
> and sharp cheese together.  And I guess apple pie and cheddar cheese
> is a
> pretty common Midwestern thing.

Apple pie and cheddar is a common Pennsylvania-Dutch thing, but not
necessarily midwestern.  My hoosier grandmother would come back and
haunt me if I dared ruin a good apple pie by putting cheese in it.

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