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

[Barbara Need]

>  >In Central NY we always ate toasted cheese sandwiches, which were put into
>>the oven on low heat so the cheese gets good and runny.  I also heard
>>grilled cheese, which would be cooked in a frying pan, but we didn't use
>>that.  Melted-cheese sandwiches also rings a bell.
>>
>>Dale Coye
>>The College of NJ
>~~~~~~~~~~
>What we meant by "toasted cheese sandwich" in my childhood home was a
>single piece of bread with slice of real cheese (not "American" or
>"process") put under the broiler in the oven long enough to melt and brown
>the cheese & toast the edges of the bread.
>  "Grilled cheese" -- at least as supplied in cafes -- seems usually to mean
>plastic cheese between two pieces of bread and briefly fried on the stove
>top.
>A. Murie

I had never heard of a melted cheese sandwich before!

What is described above as "toasted" cheese was simply an open-faced
sandwich (usually with bacon in addition to the cheese)! The joys of
a childhood undimmed by cholesterol and fat and calories!

Barbara