Article: The ultimate in comfort Melted cheese soothes the soul

Quite often the comfort foods we crave when times are worrisome have some kind of melted cheese as an ingredient. In some dishes, it's the star.

We can thank the occasional poor aim of English sportsmen for Welsh rarebit--melted cheese on toast, the dish that is eaten for supper when the hunter comes home empty-handed without a rabbit.

The Swiss were the first to dip cubes of crusty bread into melted cheese blended with seasonings and wine to make the first cheese fondue. The word fondue comes from the French word for "melted."

Less well known is the Swiss Alpine cheese supper called raclette. The winter dish consists of cheese, pickles, potatoes and onions. The traditional way to make it ...

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