Say cheese!

April is turning out to be a very cheesy month.  Yesterday was Cheese Fondue Day and today is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.  I must admit I'm much more likely (like 100% more likely) to fix myself a grilled cheese sandwich, or toasted cheese sandwich as I've always called them, than to whip up a fondue concoction.  I don't know if 'toasted' and 'grilled' are the same kind of sandwich but they must be similar, right?  It's thanks to my late husband that I like toasted cheese sandwiches.  They were one of his favorites so I learned to make them after we were married.  Yes that was the 'good old days' when I, at least occasionally, cooked for my family.  For all of my school years I intensely disliked toasted cheese sandwiches.  It wasn't until I was doing my own cooking that I realized two things.  One, my toasted cheese sandwiches aren't soggy.  Cafeteria ones tend to loose their crispiness.  Two, you don't have to eat tomato soup with toasted cheese sandwiches.  In school they were always served together on Fridays.  I'm not sure why, because I'm really not a picky eater, but tomato soup is the one food in the world that I really loathe.  Once I realized that the two didn't have to be eaten together. and, by the way, that you can use cheeses other than Velveeta, I became a lifelong fan.  Let's hear it for cheese!