National Grilled Cheese Month: Ode to a Grilled Cheese

grilled cheese.jpg In April, we celebrate grilled cheese,
we eat it with tomatoes, please.
Sometimes we like apples, too.
Maybe one, maybe two.

On wheat or rye or pumpernickel,
with you, grilled cheese, we are not fickle.
We'd eat you if you were on a pita
even if you used Velveeta.

Our love for you cannot be broken,
our love for you is often spoken.
Now listen to some favorites here
some best eaten with a beer.

Tell us your favorite way to eat
this fine food you cannot beat
and if you manage to make it rhyme,
you will be grilled cheese sublime.

Rob Christopher: With pesto and mozzarella on thick, rustic bread, buttered and then grilled. And yes, cut into triangles.

Jacy: On days when she cares about her lactose intolerance: Gluten free brown rice bread, soy/rice cheese. Fry in olive oil on skillet. On days when she doesn't give a damn: Buttered Sourdough bread, asiago, cheddar, swiss cheeses, some tomato and basil, fry on skillet in olive oil until light brown.

L-Stop: Not picky. Melted cheese between buttery, browned bread. It's all good. Thin sliced tomatoes are awesome in it.

Photo by iirraa.

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A nice sourdough with gruyere is tops on my list. Bacon is optional and delicious.

the cheddar melt at hot chocolate and the grilled cheese with shallot aioli at cleo's are especially tasty

Grilled cheese is a delicious treat
I eat mine on hearty wheat

With Cheddar Jack and Turkey.
Just to make it extra quirky,

I add Tapitio hot sauce
After eating, I never forget to floss!

YOu gotta love grilled cheese sandwich-inspired poetry.

My favorite is the Autumn Grill at Jenapea's in Woodstock: Baby swiss, Vermont Cheddar, apple butter and honey mustard on whole grain bread. It's thin and gooey and I could eat it every day.

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A ton of American cheese on great, soft, thick store bought wheat bread. Brownberry or equivalent. Buttered and fried to a delicious medium brown where the cheese starts to get melty and come out of the sides. A side of ketchup for dippin'. A glass of root beer for drinkin'. Barq's is good.

oh warm brown goodness
cheese leaking out of the side
momma taught me well

Oddly enough, if you grew up downstate, this is referred to as a "cheese toastie". This is the case in Decatur at least...not sure how far it spreads.

I for one, have always referred to it as a grilled cheese.

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