UMMMM........ Grilled cheese sandwich. What're your favorite flavors to add to this delicacy? The choices seem endless. Including the choice of cheese types. American, cheddar, swiss and on and on. I never tried goat cheese and never will but to each his own. 

 

Now there is Mayochup. A combination mix of ketchup and mayonnaise. Good for hamburgers, hotdogs, and..... french fries. This last item will go over here in Costa Rica very well. I had never known people that preferred mayo to dip their fries into until I started going into fast food joints here. I also have learned that the mixture is good to use as a dipping sauce for shrimp. Cocktail sauce is rare to find here and when you can you practically need a second mortgage to afford a small bottle. But I digress.

 

Accounts of man melting cheese on bread dates back to the Romans but the modern day grilled cheese sandwich is mainly attributed to the 1920's. This is when sliced bread became common when Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the machine to do that task. He had created the prototype in 1912 but that was destroyed in a fire and he plugged on and had the perfected model ready in 1928. In 1965 supermarkets began stocking individually wrapped cheese slices and around that time people started putting the second slice of bread on top and thus the sandwich was born to stimulate people to start experimenting with different items to bulk up the main course to be served with french fries and a soft drink.  

 

If you want to be adventurous as you celebrate this day then click here for 50 recipes to delight your palate. Of course, a good soup rounds out this all American meal. I was unable to find a good wine list reference for grilled cheese sandwiches but experience tells me that any cold beer will be perfect to flush down the creation of your choice.