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Steve Freides[_2_]

wrote:
> On Friday, December 12, 2014 9:24:43 AM UTC-8, Steve Freides wrote:
>> I wanted to make a grilled cheese with bacon for my 18-year-old son,
>> who was home from high school (which is a few blocks away) because
>> he had a double free period at lunch time.
>>
>> No bacon? No problem. I substituted deli Virginia Ham by making a
>> fine (1/2" dice), sauté pan with olive oil and 2 cloves of garlic,
>> and fresh ground black pepper. Sprinkled some of that in the middle
>> of the grilled cheese sandwiches (made them in the same pan without
>> cleaning it, of course, all the better to get some more flavor into
>> the bread) and made them as usual, then I asked my son if they were
>> good - yes. Same, better, or worse than bacon? Better.
>
> Did you fry the ham crispy? I prefer that to just heating them up.

Yes, I think that's why it was good. The small size of the pieces
helped, and I used a medium flame so that I could let it gradually get
to where I wanted it without having to worry about it getting overdone.

> A bacon and cheese sounds too rich to me. Today's deli ham has little
> fat while cheese normally does.

I don't think I've ever had anything I'd call too rich.

-S-