Virgin Mary image in Grilled Cheese Sandwich (now less OT)

Barbara Need nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU
Wed Nov 24 16:58:34 UTC 2004


I think I usually called it a grilled cheese, but toasted cheese is
perfectly OK. (childhood: OH, MA; college: PA; since: WI, IL, SD, IL)
In fact, I think I recently offered someone a toasted cheese sandwich
and then, feeling perhaps she might not have understood, added
"grilled cheese".

Barbara

>When I saw this story on BBC.com, I was struck by their calling it a
>"toasted cheese sandwich". This is a variant of "grilled cheese"
>that we've recorded in Missouri, mostly by St. Louisans.
>Is "toasted cheese" the usual term in British English? How 'bout in
>other parts of the US?
>
>
>-Matt Gordon



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