This method also means that many recipes "evolve" over time based on what one has available… and if you're trying to get something into your football worshipping family that resembles real food sans pretzels and cheese whiz.
December 30 is generally a Grilled Cheese type winter day no matter where you are, and I had just the stocks for it, kinda. What I had in mind was grilled gouda cheese and Anjou pear on Sourdough. Instead, my fridge had .98 lb ham that got sliced and layered on the $2.99 a dozen croissants. Gouda was out, I didn't feel like going to the market when I had picked up white american cheese yesterday, all sliced up and ready to go at an affordable $3.99 a pound. Affordable for LA, I might add. Now about that pear, what to do? aha! I had 2 large Fuji Apples on my kitchen desk - perfect. Slicing the apples thin, I placed those in between the cheese, on top of the ham and set the croissants into the electric skillet.
My son was a bit hesitant about the apple thing going on in his grilled cheese (surprisingly, no one minded the adulteration by adding the ham), but his first bite yielded 16 year old eyes rolling back in his head and nummy sounds. My husband walked out of the kitchen with his plate, took a few steps and came back with a mouth full, and OK symbol of his thumb and forefinger and something about "the apple adding just the right snap".
Touchdown.
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