[Sca-cooks] OOP: Cheez Sammichez

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

OK, i never got around to making Mac 'n' Cheese - i used all my 
lovely cheeses for a series of grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm sure i 
didn't make them "right" - especially since over the course of 
working my way through the loaf of bread i made them 4 different ways.

NOTE: i do not own a toaster, a toaster oven, or a microwave oven. I 
do own a teflon coated griddle but i haven't tried it for grilled 
cheese sandwiches.

I used a combination of mozzarella (best on the bottom of the other 
cheeses, next to the bread), white cheddar, and smoked gouda. The 
bread was a whole wheat, multi-seeded sandwich loaf.

- The first time, i put the bread covered with cheese open-face in a 
buttered cast iron skillet and put the lid on so the bread would 
brown and the cheese would melt.
- The second time i put the bread with the cheese on it open-face 
under the broiler, and after the cheese melted, i put the closed 
sandwich in the buttered cast iron skillet to brown.
- The third time i put the cheese-covered bread under the broiler and 
after the cheese melted i closed the sandwich and left the under the 
broiler to toast, turning it to toast both sides. I made my 
sandwiches this a few times.
- The fourth way was to toast one side of both slices of bread first. 
Then i put the cheese on it open-face to melt under the broiler.

Clearly the fourth way, which I only did it once with the last pair 
of bread slices, is the simplest, most sensible way. I really prefer 
the taste of the butter fried bread.

Additionally:

I squirted some Nathan's Famous mustard onto some of the sandwiches; 
for others, i spread the bread with garlic-chipotle-mustard. Also, 
after the cheese melted, but before closing up the sandwich, i 
sprinkled the melted cheese with a pretty decent commercial brand of 
hot curry powder. Mmm-mmm-mmm, mustard and spices.

I used up my mozzarella, white cheddar and smoked gouda at about the 
same time as i used up the loaf of bread. Today i bought a new loaf 
of bread - Oat Nut (whole wheat plus oats, and with sesame, poppy, 
and sunflower seeds, and hazelnuts) and a new selection of cheeses: 
mozzarella, a French blue, and fontina...

During the consumption of the first loaf of bread, i began wondering:
A. How do *you* make a grilled cheese sandwich?
B. What do you put on your grilled cheese sandwich, both cheese and add-ons?

-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita