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grate
coarse holes, cheeses mixed together
cheddar + American cheese grated and tossed together. Grating is the whole difference between a sandwich that melts through and one with a solid slab in the middle: more surface area means faster, more even melting, and the two cheeses do different jobs — American carries emulsifying salts that keep the melt smooth, cheddar carries the flavour