Actually, I rarely eat cheese with apple pie. Being mildly diabetic and wanting to hold on tight to that word "mildly," I don't actually consume huge quantities of apple pie, either. My spouse (and co-author), being from Wisconsin, eats ice cream or cheese, either one (never together) whether there's apple pie to go with it or not. Incidentally, she likes beards--or at least my beard, which is why I have one most of the time. She is quite willing to tolerate me without one, however, so when it gets itchy, scaly, or--despite my best efforts--badly hacked up, I don't have one the rest of the time.