[Sca-cooks] Re: Pie toppings (getting OOP)

[Bill Fisher]

I lived in PA Dutch land for 30+ years and never saw this.  And I have had
many Amish pies in my day, served by the Amish.


Cadoc


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:57:55 -0400, Avraham haRofeh
<avrahamharofeh at herald.sca.org> wrote:
> >> And if you're talking hot apple pie, there's always the option of
> >> topping the thing with a slice of good, sharp cheddar cheese (let the
> >> pie melt the cheese and then enjoy).  That seems to be something of an
> >> American-ism; I know a Canadian friend of mine who heard about the
> >> practice was both shocked and appalled, and couldn't imagine whoever
> >> first thought of such a thing . . .
> >
> > There's plenty of us Americans who were similarly shocked and appalled. I
> > think it's more of a yankee/PA dutch thing than an American-ism.
> 
> A quick review of online resources seems to indicate that it is indeed an
> "old Yankee tradition".
> 
> Was it this list that recently reviewed regional definitions of "Yankee"?
> Anywhere else in the country, a Yankee is a Northeasterner. In the
> Northeast, a Yankee is from Maine, and in Maine a Yankee is from "down
> east".
> 
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