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Article: GRILL CHEESE; HOLD THE BREAD\ TRANSFORMING CHEESE OVER HOT COALS IS A 'SWELL PARTY TRICK'.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 24, 2003
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Byline: Renee Schettler The Washington Post
Most of us live under the delusion that a slab of cheese should not be tossed on the grill.
And for good reason. Most cheeses, when subjected to heat of any sort, melt into a puddle of goo or dissipate into an unintended lace-like wafer. But when certain carefully chosen cheeses are thickly sliced and tossed on the grill or seared in a skillet, a different type of transformation takes place.
Though the cheese keeps it shape, its outward appearance either takes on grill marks or turns a crisp golden brown in a skillet. Inwardly it softens significantly but does not melt.
Not surprisingly, some subtler nuances of the ...