Homebrew Do people in your game world put cheese on their apple pies??

[MichaelSomething]

Let me ask you something about your home brewed campaigned worlds. Do people in your world put cheese on their apple pies??

 

[Pedantic]

A nice white cheddar is great on pie. A scoop of ice cream is nice with pie. Unfortunately, I've learned from personal experience that a scoop of homemade white cheddar ice cream is just upsetting, with or without pie.

 

[Charlaquin]

Is that a thing people do anywhere…?

 

[Pedantic]

Is that a thing people do anywhere…?

Northeastern United States, it's not uncommon.

 

[Deset Gled]

Getting into that level of minutiae is not common in my group. Ordering at a restaurant is not what I would normally call peak gaming, unless it's somehow related to a plot or development.

I vaguely remember something like this happening once, probably 5ish years ago. We were at an inn. We were getting friendly with the owners to set up a fetch quest. I think someone ordered pie and asked if they could get cheese on it. It might have been a fried egg instead. Either way, the DM allowed it.

There was a campaign where we tried to start a legend that vampires were repelled by raisins, though. That lead to a running gag where we asked for raisins a lot to make sure the cooks weren't vampires.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Its not something I've ever heard of, but its a good example of how idiosyncratic regional food variations can be*. I remember how surprised my partner (from London) was to discover that in Northern England cheese (preferably Wensleydale) is eaten with Christmas cake/fruit cake.

And of course these are things that rarely get mentioned in text, but are great for establishing time, place and feel (fashions work too). I did a whole subplot about coffee in one campaign, and in my Eberron campaigns the trenchcoat was the major fashion item long before it appeared in the official art. I found the menu from Heroes of the Borderlands a bit jarring, and I expect the contents of Bilbo's larder in the Hobbit seems odd to some. And PJ used the waistcoat to create a whole hobbit look.


*Cheese and apples are often eaten together in a Plowmans' lunch though.

 

[Maxperson]

Northeastern United States, it's not uncommon.

I've never seen apple pie with cheese here in Southern California, and I've been here for 43 years. It's probably fairly rare here.

 

[Distracted DM]

I've never seen apple pie with cheese here in Southern California, and I've been here for 43 years. It's probably fairly rare here.

Yeah in NY I've never seen it either.

BUT there are unusual combinations out there... like brownies or hot cocoa and a sharp cheddar.

 

[Tonguez]

a good thick dollop of cream is much better

Cheese goes with mince or steak pies

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’ve seen cheese & apple pie, but never eaten the combo myself.

That said, I’ve been eating apples & cheese- usually cheddar- together for decades, and one particular childhood snack I still enjoy isn’t far off. Basically, slice your apple into wedges, drape it with cheese, and dust it with cinnamon. Then eat.

The way I was taught to make it, the cheese was American. I’ve tried others with mixed results.