National Grilled Cheese Day

TODAY is National Grilled Cheese Day,  an unofficial holiday which celebrates one of the most popular comfort foods on the planet: the grilled cheese. On this holiday, which just so happens to fall on April 12th. 

DID YOU KNOW

• Grilled cheese sandwiches originally showed up in America during the roaring 20’s.
• It is said that grilled cheese was first served as an open-face sandwich.
• A grilled cheese sandwich best pairing is a bowl of tomato soup.
• There are lots of options for grilled cheese sandwiches. It can be served with bacon , tomato, and various other additions.
• April also is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month. Be sure to celebrate heartily!
• The most expensive grilled cheese in the world is the $214 “Quintessential Grilled Cheese” from Serendipity 3 in New York City. The sandwich features white truffle butter and rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese between two pieces of French Pullman bread made with Dom Perignon champagne and 24-karat edible gold flakes.
• In 1994, a woman named Diana Duyser saw an image of the Virgin Mary on her grilled cheese sandwich after taking a bite, then placed it in a plastic bag. Ten years later, she put it up for sale on eBay. Online casino GoldenPalace.com won the bid paid $28, 000 for the sandwich depicting the mother of God.
• Grilled cheese sandwiches were very popular during World War II, and Navy cooks were instructed to prepare “American cheese filling sanwiches” by government-issued cookbooks. 
• The Grilled Cheese Invitational was an annual grilled cheese cook-off that took place in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2014. 
• The actual term “grilled cheese” did not make an appearance until the 1960s. Before then, it was referred to as a “melted cheese” or a “toasted cheese.” 
• According to Food and Wine Magazine one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches in the country is from The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen in San Francisco, made by Heidi Gibson, an engineer with degrees from MIT. She was also a winner in the 2011 Grilled Cheese Invitational.

Cook's Notes: Celebrating the day with a grown-up  type of grilled cheese sandwich

Pesto, Smoked Turkey, Cheese and Spinach Panini served with a side of Roasted Sweet Potatoes Southwestern Style. http://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2018/04/roasted-sweet-potatoes-southwestern.html

A fry pan can be substituted for a panini maker. A firm bread works the best e.g. sourdough.

 You will need the following ingredients to make this yummy sandwich packed with flavor.

• Deli smoked turkey
• Havarti or Pepper Jack Cheese 
• Jarred pesto
• Baby Spinach Leaves 

Directions;

• Spread a thin layer of pesto on one piece of bread. 
• Top with turkey, cheese and spinach leaves.
• Top the meat mixture with another piece of bread and grill. 
  

Sound the Trumpets: Beverly Cleary, children's author today she is 102!!! 

Ever Ready did a posting for her 100th birthday 

http://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2016/04/weekend-round-up-part-two_10.html