The Big Cheese: Grilled Classic Comfort Food Oozes with Lots of Variations

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The grilled-cheese sandwich is simple comfort food -- golden, toasted bread oozing with rich, velvety cheese inside. Add a simple salad or bowl of soup (tomato seems to be the standard choice) for a satisfying meal.

In this case, the term "grilled" doesn't mean the sandwich is cooked outdoors. Instead, they're usually smeared with a little butter or oil and sauteed in a skillet or on a griddle. Some folks use panini presses, a waffle iron or even a George Foreman-type grill to accomplish the cooking.

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The Big Cheese: Grilled Classic Comfort Food Oozes with Lots of Variations

Although it's been around long enough to be considered a "classic," the grilled-cheese sandwich seems to attract new fans with each generation. In 2006, it became an Internet movement with food blog writers around the world.

A Food & Wine magazine article called many food blogs boring and referred to them as "cheese sandwich" blogs. In a spirit of retaliation, a number of food bloggers declared a Cheese Sandwich Day, posting recipes on a variety of cheese sandwiches, along with sayings such as "More Food. Less Whine."

High heat is one of the few things that can ruin a grilled- cheese sandwich -- burning the exterior before the cheese has time to melt, or causing the cheese'...

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