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Default When is a patty melt not a patty melt?

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:40:13 -0700, wrote:

>You can imagine my disappointment when anticipating a nice hot,
>greasy, cheesy, onion-y patty melt I was served a ground beef patty
>between two slices of Kraft American cheese slices, yes, the kind that
>you can buy individually wrapped, (you know, the stuff you buy to wrap
>the dog's pills in to get him to take them) on marbled un-toasted
>bread, that's it.
>I wish now I would have gotten a picture of it but I sent it back
>because I knew the waitress picked up the wrong order. I was informed
>that, that is a patty melt.
>A substandard cheeseburger does not a patty melt make.
>This is only part of the story.


I expect two pieces of decent bread with a burger that has (mild
yellow) cheese on both sides, and it's finished off like a grilled
cheese sandwich. I don't expect more. Anything else would spoil a
good patty melt for me.


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