Wisconsin Apple Pie and Cheese Don't Always Go Together

by Sara Bonisteel, Posted Oct 19th 2009 @ 4:00PM

Cheese with that pie? It might taste good, but it's definitely not required by law in the Dairy State.

The Wisconsin State Journal debunked the myth that Wisconsin requires apple pie to be served with cheese at restaurants in the state. The paper asked Connie Von Der Heide at the Wisconsin State Law Library whether or not state law required cheese to accompany the pie after a reader inquired about it.

"It certainly sounds plausible since after all this is the Dairy State, but the answer is no," she said. "The 1935 Laws of Wis., ch. 106 came close; it required serving a small amount of cheese and butter with meals in restaurants (effective from June 1935 to March 1937)."

What crazy food laws have you heard of? Let us know in the comments below.

Filed Under: Newspapers, Chefs & Restaurants, How To, Restaurants
Tags: apple pie, ApplePie, cheese, cheese with pie, CheeseWithPie, dessert, wisconsin, wisconsin law, WisconsinLaw

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10-20-2009 @2:24PM Christine said... In Indiana, you can't buy cold liquor in a supermarket, you can't buy cold soda or milk in a liquor store, and you can't open a bar unless it also serves food. I'm not even going to start on the idiotic law that doesn't allow Indiana to sell alcohol on Sunday. :)
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