ABC Grilled Cheese

I could smell the bacon from half way across our huge adjoining backyards. The smell became stronger, saltier, and greasier as I inched closer to her back patio door. I knew that when I opened that screen door I would be able to see my Grammy standing over the stove. She cooked it the right way, the real way, the old fashioned way – fried on the stove. She introduced me to the taste of bacon, the way it should taste, crispy, salty, and sinful.

As soon as I walked through the door, I would be able to spot her small white frying pan sitting idly on the back right burner with a can of bacon grease in an old Folgers tin coffee container that she would set aside the pan. If I couldn’t already smell the bacon, I would know from edges of the white paper towel that poked out of the black lid that there was some fresh bacon waiting to be ravished . . . by me. I loved to sit on a stool aside the marble island just far enough away from the stove that could watch the bacon sizzle and crackle as it crisped and sparked grease in her frying pan.

My extensive obsession with bacon can sometimes be an an embarrassing era for me revisit. I don't really care to publicize a past obsession that generally reminds people of pigs. But, if it gives me a chance to talk about my Grammy, I'll talk for hours. And you can be certain that I will tell you about her Grilled Cheese and Bacon sandwiches.

I still turn to Grilled Cheese and Bacon as my comfort food. This recipe is something I ache for it’s so delicious. Ironically though, I started to use Turkey bacon instead of regular, it makes the sandwich a little less filling and gives it an airy, light taste. This is my ABC sandwich: Avocado, Bacon, and (Brie) Cheese


ABC Sandwich
2 slices of sourdough bread
A few thin slices of Brie cheese (to taste)
½ avocado, sliced thin
3 strips of bacon (substitute turkey bacon is welcomed!)
2 small frying pans
Pam spray or 2 tablespoons of butter

1.) Heat a buttered or “Pam’d” frying pan on medium as you butter one slice of the bread leaving the other slice to go facedown on the pre buttered pan.

2.) Lay brie cheese on one slice of bread and close the sandwich with the other slice

3.) Lay on the frying pan and cook on medium for about 6 or 7 minutes or until browned. Flip and do the same on the opposite side of the sandwich

4.) While the sandwich cooks on one frying pan, cook three slices of bacon (again turkey if you prefer) in a smaller pan on high. Fry until golden brown, flipping the bacon from one side to the other as a few times while it cooks.

5.) Once the sandwich begins to evenly brown, and the bacon becomes evenly cooked, place both on a separate plate.

6.) Open the top of the grilled cheese and place the turkey bacon and the avocado slices evenly inside, close, slice and enjoy.