Box with crackers, brie - was that pulled out for the First Lady?
I believe the answer is:
sparerib
'box with crackers brie was that pulled out for the first lady?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'box with crackers brie' is the wordplay.
'box' becomes 'spar' (sparring is a kind of boxing).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'crackers' indicates an anagram (informal term for mad).
'brie' with letters rearranged gives 'erib'.
'spar'+'erib'='SPARERIB'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sparerib that I've seen before include "Trimmed pork piece" , "Bone in barbecue sauce, say" , "Joint description" , "Cut of pork" , "Barbecued bone?" .)