Grilled Cheese

For many people grilled cheese is a taste from childhood.  I didn't learn to eat cheese until I was about 21.  I'm super picky now about my food and I've relaxed so much.  When I was a kid I didn't many things though was still a little heifer.  I only ate cheese that was on pizza.  I don't think I ate it on top of tacos and I didn't eat enchiladas.  You would never find me eating a piece of "raw" cheese.  That was my term for unmelted yucky uncooked cheese. 

Now I'm a hard cheese fiend.  I like my Swiss to bounce.  Do you know what I mean?  It needs a firmness that is only producible in Europe.  I've tried mass market US-made Swiss cheeses and they leave me limp.  If I can squeeze a cube between two fingers it is either not cold enough or not hard enough and I'm not going to enjoy it, not one bit.

At lunch time I went to the cafeteria with the intention of not getting a salad.  (I pretend to be good during the day at work and then all hell breaks loose at home at night.)  I didn't want a salad today with the processed sliced turkey meat that is the protein choice at the salad bar.  I walked in and chatted up another Sue.  She was waiting for a grilled cheese.  Not just American on white but garnished with tomato and bacon.  Yum!  Most picky eaters are white bread people, not me.  I had it on wheat.  And it was heavenly!

In case you were wondering, I had a little green salad too, without dressing.  And since then I've had two servings of trail mix and one Hershey's nugget.

Comments

[Tammi]

I could have sworn you ate enchiladas as a kid. What did you eat when mom made them for dinner?

[Laurie]

I'm inordinately fond of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. I'll bet I eat them two or three times a week. I have altered my sandwiches so they are a little more legal. Whole grain bread (nummy!) and no butter under the cheese. Just a bit of oregano on top and toast it in the oven. Oh, and no bread on top. Open face. I heart cheese.

[Laurie]

Sue, I hope these get emailed to you, my laptop died and so all of my email is gone and I can't seem to remember your email address. Help! I need your contact information as a reference.