Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Grilled Cheese Please



One of the great things about the culinary arts is that it is something that every man can join. No matter who, no matter where people enjoy their grub. And the thing that in  my mind that really puts food in the category of "Fine Arts" is that like other art, it truly embraces the imperfections as beauty. Take a grill cheese sandwich for example. Everyone's favorite childhood (and still today deep down) and the ultimate rainy day fix up. It's heartwarming warm, cheesy, savoring, and so much more. The different textures, smells, and levels of softness just give you a feeling of euphoria with every bite. The thing with grilled cheese tho, is that it's the diversity and blemishes that truly make it what it is and illustrate all this craft stands for. 

Lets face it, nobody wants there grilled cheese in a perfect square, everyone wants the rounded corners, and one worker longer or fatter than the others. Nobody wants a measly piece of toast for the cover of this masterpiece. We all want a moist, buttery middle, but we want the crust and the outer edges to have an  edgy crispness to them maybe so some of the crust breaks off when you bite it. A don't even let me get going on the cheese. It would be sin in 6 different religions to have a grilled cheese with cheese perfectly within the confines of the bread. One of the main components of this dexterity, is the cheese slipping out from under the bread and oozing down the side of the sandwich with no symmetrical pattern whats so ever. It's the icing on the cake if you will. Making this wonder, is a trade, but the greatest part of it all is anyone can really do, and it's pretty fucking hard to fuck up if your generous with both the butter and cheese. The ultimate stoner food. 

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