"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2012-03-01, Steve Freides > wrote:
>
>> You're throwing out the baby with the bath water - why give up on
>> grilled cheese sandwiches when you can make them with real cheese
>> instead? Just slice it thinly and it works great. Cheddar is what we
>> use here most of the time.
>
> I occasionally exaggerate.
>
No! Really? LOL

> I meant no more grilled cheese w/ AC, a once beloved treat. If I can
> slice it properly, I'll try a cheddar GCS.

What you need is a cheese plane It cuts uniform slices across a slab of
cheddar (or swiss or monterey jack). Works great for grilled cheese
sandwiches and for slicing cheese for burgers.

> the alternative, grilled cheese on toast, where one makes an opened
> faced sandwich and can use other, more robust, breads.

Nothing says you can't use more robust breads to make a grilled cheese
sandwich. I sometimes use artisan loaves of Italian from the grocery store
bakery. Or use rye bread.

> cheese rarebit, a major fave, it having all kindsa other goodies like
> a good porter ale in it. I used to make rarebit in my toaster oven,
> but not longer have that appliance and really no place to put another.
> I need an iron salamander, the hand tool.
>
Um... a salamander isn't a hand tool. It's an oven/broiler often used in
restaurants. You know this! Sure, you can buy home models. But if you
don't have room for a toaster oven you definitely won't have room for a
salamander.

Jill