Article: There's no secret to great grilled cheese

There's no secret to great grilled cheese

Depression era 'cheese dream' is open to many interpretations

By JAN UEBELHERR juebelherr@journalsentinel.com

Friday, March 26, 2004

Dennis R. Getto is on vacation, but you won't go hungry. Here's something else to digest until his review returns next week.

The basic equation is simple: Bread, butter, cheese, heat.

Conceived as "the cheese dream" during the Depression as an inexpensive company supper dish, the all-American grilled cheese sandwich seems to invite experimentation.

"It's fast, it doesn't require a high degree of skill. It doesn't require any special equipment -- you can do it in a saute pan, a cast iron skillet, a George Forman grill," ...

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