Victor Sack > wrote in message
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> "The Ranger" <cuhulain _ > wrote:

>> A croque monsieur has dijon mustard with Swiss cheese,
>> topped with an egg (over easy for me).
>>
> Nope. There is no mustard and no egg, and the cheese is
> ideally Gruyère. With an egg it would be a croque madame.

Agreed about the Gruyère although there is a domestic Swiss that I've
recently discovered from a artisan cheese maker that is beautifully sharp
and fragrant.

As far as the croque monsieur, I'd never heard of it before watching Julia
and Jacque's sandwich episode. Jacque was making his with dijon and
suggested topping it with an egg. Her croque madame was made with turkey and
Gruyère, fried up.

> Here is a recipe:
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/d2a675ab1af5c61e>.

Thanks.

Here are two other recipes from Gourmet Magazine:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...onsieur-233974
I'm not sure if I'd appreciate using a sharp cheddar with the ham, rather a
smoked cheddar, and I wouldn't grate it but use thick slices.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...onsieurs-10703

The goat cheese sounds _really_ good!

The Ranger