I swear, I meant to blog about Cheese Sandwich Day on the day itself, last Thursday. But, while we cooked and ate our yummy grilled cheese sandwich, a vacation day Friday and a long holiday weekend spent doing work on our new house has created a bit of a blogging back log.
So what is Cheese Sandwich Day all about anyway? I'll leave that explanation up to my go-to blog when I'm looking for a delicious recipe, Stephencooks.
As for our sandwiches, I stopped on the way home at the local grocery store (greatly limiting my cheese selection) and whipped up the above beauties. The ingredients are all pretty basic, run-of-the-mill items, but sometimes those are the best.
I took some "fancy" bread from the in-store bakery, a scallion loaf, and topped it with thinly sliced red onion, thinly sliced ripe Anjou pear, Monterrey Jack cheese and some white cheddar.
I didn't take any particular offense to the Food & Wine story that started this tidal wave of gooey cheesy goodness...but any excuse for grilled cheese is a good one, right?






Great timing! I've recently been enjoying late night snacks of grilled cheese sandwiches. I've been making mine from good whole grain bread, fresh butter, Danish Fontina cheese, and paper-thin slices of Pink Lady apples. These sarnies tend to go much better with beer than wine, but either way they're damned good.
Posted by: Benito | February 20, 2006 at 10:20 PM