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

[Allen Maberry]

I've heard them called both "toasted" and "grilled" cheese sandwiches all my life, almost entirely in Oregon and Washington. I tend to call them "toasted cheese sandwiches" myself.

allen
maberry at myuw.net


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Gordon, Matthew J. wrote:

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> 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?
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> -Matt Gordon
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