Cheesy Holidays

I need to catch up on the Cheese of the Holidays. For instance, Christmas Eve Eve, not a typo, two Eves there...On Christmas Eve Eve I ate a wonderful meal of Rice-a-Roni's Creamy Four-Cheese Rice...

This was WONDERFUL! Flavored with Cheddar, Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu Cheese, I ate an entire box (about 3 servings) at once. I've talked with my doctor and have a heart attack scheduled for January 21, 2010.

Christmas Eve, for lunch I ate Chili-Cheesy Burgers. Homemade. Wal-Mart frozen burgers marinated in Worchester Sauce and Garlic Pepper, grilled on my stove in a skillet, with American Cheese. We were out of burger buns, so I used sandwich bread. Again...wonderful.

See that Cheese bubbling in the skillet? That's when you know you have a great burger...

The Chili was Wal-Mart brand canned chili. Notice on the upper burger that the Cheese melted into the skillet was scraped and oozed onto my burger. Cheese is not to be wasted. Many people like to add all kinds of stuff to their burgers...lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, blah blah blah...It all takes away from the important part of the burger. The meat and the Cheese. I only add ketchup and mayonaise, and sometimes, when I'm feeling saucy, chili. ANything else dilutes the flavor, and why eat if the flavor is diluted?

On Christmas day, for lunch I ate Chili-Cheese Tots. Once a can of chili is opened, it cannot stand around long waiting for attention lest it grows moldy with disgust. Wal-Mart brand frozen Tater Tots and Cheddar Cheese. Unfortunately, I did not get pictures of my Chili-Cheese Tots, but let me explain:

Cook your frozen tots as prescribed on the package. Upon completion, heat your chili via microwave. While the chili warms, shred block Cheddar Cheese, or spread pre-shredded Cheddar, on top of the warm tots. I recommend shredding your own as it shows dedication to your Cheese faith. You scrape your sins from your fingers in the Cheese as you grate the Cheese onto your dish. Then pour your hot chili on top of the tots/Cheese plate. Then, and here's the important part, add more Cheese onto the chili. Now to fully unleash the benevolence of the Cheese, it should be melted. The heat of the tots and the chili are working, but to insure Cheestity, place the Chili-Cheese Tot dish back in the oven for just a couple of minutes to melt your beloved Cheese. Dip in the condiments of your choice. I use a ketchup/mayonaise double-dip, but ranch dressing is also good. In the end, with plenty of Cheese, you can't go wrong with the condiment of your choice.

For Christmas Supper, I also had some macaroni and Cheese and some form of Cheese/potato concoction. I have video of the two "side" dishes (anything with Cheese is a main dish) on my new Flip Camcorder, but it's not uploading to my computer. I'm going to have to send it in to get fixed and hopefully they'll save the video. I'll save my comment on the two dishes until I know one way or the other if I have the video.

Until next time...Take it Cheesy.