cheesy

I have a severe addiction to cheese. This time I’m not talking about the silly jokes, the gestures or the cutesy nicknames I make up for The Fiancé or Monkeys, but I can’t deny that I love that kind of cheese, too.

But actual cheese – I have a problem. The cheese drawer in my fridge stays full and I can’t stand to see it getting low. I snack on cheese (excessively), I cook with cheese and I would like to fill a child’s swimming pool with cheese and bathe in it. I just adore cheese!

String cheese – the stringier the better! – is one of my favorites, only beaten by good ol’ Wisconsin cheese curds at room temperature. Holy cow! I like Swiss in my omelets, mozzarella chunks in my delicious marinara with hot Italian sausage, cheese dip with jalapeños with my chips at a Mexican restaurant, scallion cream cheese on my bagels, feta on my salads and Colby – not cheddar – in my homemade Mac n cheese.

But another one of my favorites is one that doesn’t seem too popular here – the grilled cheese. No, not the sandwich, but actual cheese on the grill. The first time I had it was at a huge cowboy party I went to in Brazil. I will never, ever forget the first time I saw those thick, rectangular chunks of white cheese on a stick being grilled right next to a bunch of meat at this party/festival. And it forever changed my love of cheese once I tried it. Before that I liked some cheese, but wasn’t a huge fan. I hated cream cheese and, in general, just wasnt a lover of the rest.

Now, the closest I’ve come to this grilled cheese is Haloumi or the kind I now buy at the Dekalb Farmers Market – Yanni Grilling Cheese. When I first discovered it there years ago I bought a lot of it. Lately, though, I have spent more time wishing I had a grill than improvising at home with things like beef and grilling cheese. But don’t get me wrong here – that grilling cheese is still good when you slice it and fry it in a pan. Just not AS good as it would be on a stick on the open flame.

Have you had grilled cheese? If not, and you are a cheese lover like me, I beg you to go get some. It’s so divine!

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