A savory pie with a filling of eggs, cream, and cheese or meat baked in a pastry crust.
From French 'quiche,' which comes from German 'Kuchen' meaning 'cake.' Originally a specialty of Alsace-Lorraine, it became popular worldwide in the 20th century.
Quiche became so fashionable in the 1980s that calling it 'real men don't eat quiche' became a joke about gender stereotypes—food snobbery at its finest!
Quiche was marketed as 'feminine' or 'fancy' in 1980s-90s American discourse; the 1982 book 'Real Men Don't Eat Quiche' satirized gendered food assumptions, reflecting broader anxiety about masculine identity and food consumption.
Use without gendered framing. Food has no gender; reference preferences based on taste or nutrition, not identity.
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