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Article: Grilled-cheese sandwiches: You need a recipe? sandwich.(Recipe)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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Marsha Bacenko
Correspondent
While making myself a grilled cheese sandwich the other day, I began musing about the origins of such a simple yet satisfying sandwich. Whose brilliant idea was it to take the Earl of Sandwich's creation and run with it? I'm not sure, but I do know melted cheese on any sandwich adds a lovely, gooey component, so I'm going to leave it at that.
I remember during a cross-country excursion when I was 19, going into a little sandwich shop in Texas. It was so cold my glasses fogged up when I entered. The two guys playing pool turned and stared at me, then smiled and said hello. One, the owner, came over to serve me, and ...