Grilled cheese was two slices of Wonder bread with a slice of Kraft American cheese back in the day, but now that I'm all grown up so has my grilled cheese. With April being National Grilled Cheese Month and all, I had a dinner party centered around this ooey gooey treat. I'll take any excuse to eat more bread and/or cheese.
I got the idea to use sliced beef tongue in my grilled cheese sandwich while doing research on passover recipes. Apparently tongue is not only a prominent food in Latin culture, as I had originally thought. I love lengua tacos and tortas, so why not a lengua grilled cheese sandwich. It would be like a pressed torta.
Cooking tongue is not for the faint of heart. It's ugly and covered with taste buds and downright gross, but once it's cooked and tender, oh the deliciousness. I made a grilled cheese sandwich with sliced tongue, panela, aged white cheddar, pickled jalapenos and cilantro. I served it with wedges of lime and roasted green onions.
How will you be celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month?
How very interesting! Not for me but I love your candor. :)
Posted by: Strawberry | 04/18/2009 at 04:29 PM
[this is good] I confess the thought of eating tongue makes me shudder..
But you take delightful pictures. I see some grilled cheese sandwiches in my future..
Posted by: Purplesque | 04/19/2009 at 12:53 PM
dude, that is sickaliciously tasty. i've been dying to try a buche pizza haha.
Posted by: eatdrinknbmerry | 04/21/2009 at 12:02 PM