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Default Grilled cheese sandwich

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:35:33 -0500, "Steve Freides" >
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>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:49:11 -0500, "Steve Freides" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> IMHO, if it's got more than cheese in the middle, it's no
>>> longer a grilled cheese sandwich, it's a grilled <whatever else
>>> you've got in there> and cheese sandwich, e.g., a grilled ham and
>>> cheese, or a grilled egg and cheese.

>>
>> This +1.
>>
>> I make my grilled cheese sandwiches with soft wheat bread, American
>> cheese (not cheese product, etc.) for its meltability, and another
>> layer of a more flavorful cheese grated, such as an overjarige Gouda,
>> perhaps with a sprinling of parmesan or other Italian grating cheese.
>> I use clarified butter on the exterior surfaces.

>
>The Wiki says American cheese is just like Velveeta in that it's a
>"processed cheese product".


Show us. That doesn't mean it's fake... it's real cheese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveeta
Velveeta is a dairy product, it's real cheese just like real American
cheese... it's processed in that it's a pasteurized cheese. A
"processed cheese product" refers to those cheese-like products made
primarilly from vegetable oil, not dairy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_cheese