That Chicago school lunch thing... That's how I learned to eat grilled cheese with tomato soup.

[HopeHoops]

They always served grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. That was a good thing. You could fracture someone's skull with those grilled cheese sandwiches. If you didn't soak them in tomato soup, there wasn't a prayer of eating them. Factor in the reality that damn near everyone in elementary school has multiple missing or loose teeth and the situation is even more grim. I'm going to be 48 in a couple of weeks and I STILL eat grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup.

[sarge43]

1. A combo ordain by the gods

Roast beef sandwich and veggie soup, bacon and eggs, vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Try vanilla ice cream sprinkled with unused espresso grounds. YUMMY!!! n/t

[sarge43]

14. The next time I have to dust all the leaves on all our trees

I'll give that a try.

Coffee: The low end of the speed spectrum, George Carlin

[Brickbat]

2. Like split pea soup and English muffins with peanut butter.

No, seriously.

[Demoiselle]

4. Split pea soup and peanuts?

That's a legume festival!
I love toasted English muffins with warm melty peanut butter. Split pea soup, not so much, unless it's that lovely French Canadian Yellow Pea soup. It's made with salt pork which makes all the difference. I actually order a dozen cans of Habitat brand every once in a while, by mail. Which is of course ridiculous because cans of soup are very heavy and I pay through the nose for the delivery. And I think it's completely worth it.

[Brickbat]

6. Dip a crusty muffin with melted PB into that pea soup, and you will be transformed.

I mean it. I thought it was odd when Mr. Brickbat introduced me to the concept, but the taste is fantastic. I make my own split pea soup and sometimes use smoked hocks, sometimes bacon. It's much more porridgey than canned and very easy to make.

And yes, the legume fest becomes...shall we say...enlivening as the evening progresses...:think: :rofl:

[Demoiselle]

7. And I hadn't even THOUGHT of the evening's progress!

Your homemade soup does sound splendid....

[Kali]

9. NNNOOOOOOO!!!!

Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread. Cornbread.

[Brickbat]

10. Regional variant!

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. The regional variant adds cheddar cheese, green chiles & corn kernels to the batter. m-m-m-m-m n/t

[Orrex]

3. I hated grilled cheese & tomato soup day

Wednesdays, in my school district. I always went hungry on those days.

[rurallib]

16. Fridays in the catholic schools - as reliable

a Jesus seeing his shadow on ground hog day

[Demoiselle]

5. As long as we're talking soop and sammitches....

Cooper Sharp American Cheese makes the best grilled cheese sandwich in the world.
And if you mix Campbell's classic tomato soup with a can of skim milk and then garnish it with creme fraiche and chives/scallions, you got a lunch time gourmet treat.
Thank you for your attention.

[HopeHoops]

8. Cooper makes REAL Cheese - not like that Kraft crap.

[tigereye]

11. great comfort food at home- not sure we had it at my

Catholic grade school, though. There my favorite was Grandma Rausch's (Sicilian) pizza!

[suninvited]

15. like red beans on chocolate cake

okay, I have never tried that, but I know several people who eat beans on chocolate cake.

[applegrove]

17. Aylmer's Tomato soup is the best canned soup there is. My dad has had us running all over town

looking for it and I found some across the street from where he lives.