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August is National Panini Month

August 6, 2009 | Written by Diana

My husband and son would declare every night sandwich night if it will get them out of cooking. Some nights I make Panini though I don’t consider it sandwich night then, it’s real food. My husband asked what the difference is between grilled cheese and Panini; my daughter said, “it’s the grill marks”. Yes, grill marks make all the difference – and the cheese. I’m not a big American cheese food fan, I like delicious flavorful cheese. Sargento’s has some nice cheese in the dairy case to try out in your Panini.

Panini is actually the plural of panino. According to Wikipedia -A panino (Italian pronunciation: [paˈniːno]) is a sandwich made from a small roll or loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta or a rosetta. The loaf is cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, cheese, mortadella or other food, and sometimes served hot after having pressed in a grill. I cheat because I don’t own a Panini grill. I use my grill pan and put a pot on top of the sandwich. When it’s done, I turn it over and put the pot on …