Are you above the age of 12 and regularly eat kraft mac n cheese and wonder bread PB&Js? Well, to put it lightly, Grow Up! The only creatures that should be eating wonder bread are geese. Your taste buds need more than orange powder and jiffy, especially if you hope to develop a mature, refined palette. Let those buds flourish! Once in a while that juvenile nonsense can be a treat, but more often than monthly is an adult no-no. Here is a recipe that will ease your transition from eating like a kid on Hot Lunch Friday! to eating like an adult. It is a grilled cheese sandwich that will put traditional white bread and kraft singles to shame while allowing you to reach the perfect equilibrium between pre-pubescent star wars freak and Grandpa Joe. Your buds will never look back.
Grown Up Grilled Cheese--the polished version of an unrefined sandwich:
Focaccia bun, sliced in half
1/4 cup white cheddar cheese, grated
1/4 cup gruyere cheese, grated
1/8 cup mild blue cheese, such as roquefort, crumbled
2 strips bacon
Butter to keep from sticking
Cook bacon on medium heat until done to your liking (longer for crispy, shorter for chewy). Blot off grease. In clean pan, coat the pan with enough butter to keep the grilled cheese from sticking. But one slice of bun crust-side down in pan and top with the cheeses, distributing them evenly. Place cooked bacon strips on top of cheese and top with other slice of bun. Place lid on pan so that the cheese melts more quickly. Flip the sandwich to toast the other side of bun and melt the cheese further. Watch closely and keep an eye on the temperature to avoid burning. Once the cheese is melted, enjoy and feel yourself mature!
Moral of the story? You're a big boy.
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