Many-a-time, I've heard stories of the legendary apple, ham and cheddar sandwich. Recently, I've even come across a melt, featuring the same ingredients on sliced sourdough:

Cheddar, Ham, and Apple Melt
According to the description from "Tales of an LA Addict" on flickr.com, the ham is smoked, the cheddar is sharp, and the bread is smeared with apple butter. The apple looks thinly sliced.

To me, it makes perfect sense. The apple provides sharpness and sweetness to contrast the savoriness of the ham and cheddar. As such, I decided to apply the theory to apple pie.


An unassuming surprisingly good store-bought apple pie

Take a slice and shred some cheese on top

Microwave for 15 seconds and the disaster is complete

Substitute bread for pastry. Substitute mozzarella for cheddar. Substitute fresh apples for cooked.

To borrow a line from the character Ross (played by David Schwimmer) in one of my favourite episodes ("The One Where Ross Gets High") of the sitcom Friends, "It tastes like feet!" While I have no idea what feet really taste like, I feel that the innate disgust from the very idea of tasting feet is appropriate to what I put in my mouth. The hot melted cheese, sweet pastry, and warm apples didn't mix. There was sweet and very little savory. The textures were just wrong.

Back to the drawing board. Please do NOT try this at home!

BTW, if you're interested in the scene that featured Ross' line, youtube currently hosts it:

The episode is yet another classic Thanksgiving special. Personally, I feel that Friend's former writers saved the best material for Thanksgiving, but that may just be me.

This Just In: The day after boxing day, Jenn made me the following ham and cheese melt for breakfast.

Ham and Cheese Melt
She made it in a fry pan with some margarine; hence, the lovely crisp crust. Unfortunately, we had no apples, so I'm still looking to try the apple, ham, and cheese sandwich. This, you should try at home!



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