When did milk and bread become milk and cookies?

Maybe it happened gradually, starting with sweetened bread.

When was it EVER milk and bread? Your question has a false starting point. No one ever served milk to a guest other than a child.

In the old days, before refrigeration was common, people served ale to guests. And no one serves ale and cookies, that would be bizarre.

@zenvelo Just watched an animation on the history of Jackie Robertson. His mom invited his mean neighbor to milk and bread.

I have never heard that before. I was just wondering.

People actually did share milk a lot. Maybe because it goes bad quickly, so why not just drink it up.
Also, when it was discovered that ricketts occurred with people who were not getting enough milk, it kind of became a thing.
Bread has been a social food for centuries. There was a guy who served it with wine about two thousand years ago. Also served it with fish.
When did it shift to cookies? That is hard to say. My only guess is an increase in shopping choices, and increasing ease of shopping locations.

It was the invention of Santa that required a suitable but appropriate bribe.

Lol ^

Santa used to get a mince pie and whiskey.

It didn’t. People eat milk and bread for dinner sometimes, especially in the South and Appalachia. Granted the preferred combo is cornbread and sweet milk. Milk and cookies is a sweet treat for some, but not a replacement for milk and bread.

It’s never been milk and bread here. Bread is bread and cookies are cookies. And my dad’s folks are from the South.