Are restaurants in Wisconsin required to put cheese on apple pie?

I’ve seen this posted on a number of dumb laws websites and have always been a little skeptical. Connie Von Der Heide at the Wisconsin State Law Library took the time to check it out. Her answer appears in the Wisconsin State Journal.

“It certainly sounds plausible since after all this is the Dairy State, but the answer is no.
“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).
“And, by the way, that was the first Wisconsin law with a sunset provision, i.e. a legislated ending time. Interestingly, Vermont just passed a law in 1999 designating the apple as the state fruit and apple pie as the state pie. It also requires a good faith effort to serve either a glass of cold milk, a 1/2 ounce or larger slice of Cheddar cheese, or a large scoop of vanilla ice cream with a slice of apple pie. (Title 1 Vermont Statutes Annotated, secs. 512 & 513, eff. July 1, 1999)”

Although I’ve not tried cheese on apple pie, I do have a recipe for apple crisp with cheddar cheese. It might sound disgusting but it is really yummy. I’d always thought it was a Wisconsin thing, but apparently folks in Vermont like it also.
Source: The Wheeler Report
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