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Lettuce? Whaddya, crazy? Why? It adds nothing. Maybe some arugula (strong flavor) under the burger if you need a built-in salad, but plain old lettuce would just disappear.

But tomato in the grilled cheeses sounds good. Gotta have tomato on a cheeseburger.

I'm thinking maybe blue and swiss/Gruyère/Comté for the cheeses (one each), if not all extra-sharp cheddar. If using jalapeño cheddar (or better yet, habanero cheddar), only in one sammy, plain cheddar on the other. Otherwise the chiles will overwhelm everything else.

Bacon only if using cheddar. And not too much. Still have to taste the burger. Balance is important.

When I lived in Seattle, I would dream about having a lunch truck with several kinds of tamales, along with red and green chile sauces and chili con carne to top them with. Still appeals to me 20-something years later.

I was gonna say okonomiyaki, but someone beat me to it.

I might do a congee truck, if only because I could eat that stuff every day. I'd park near dorms Fri-Sun to get the hungover crowd in the morning.

I would love to have my own cart. I'd take a lead from the street vendors of the India and try a chaat cart that are found all over India. Or maybe a noodle cart like in Hong Kong? Ah... the possibilities are endless :)

@bareneed: I'd definitely include paella in the rice truck's rotating menu. It's one of my favorite rice dishes. Would skip the mussels, though. I love 'em but quality is hard to find around here.

@hungrycrystal: Would certainly include a wild rice option at some point. This Wild Rice Cranberry Pecan Salad from Simply Recipes is an example of a veg option I'd serve in the early fall. I'd likely limit the menu to three items a day, two meat dishes and one vegetarian. Got to keep costs down.

Last year whilst visiting a market in Avignon, Provence, I saw a couple of trucks selling paella - the pans were HUGE, and filled with delicious looking paella complete with mussels on the top - the vendor would scoop some of the paella into a styrofoam cup, with a fork. I thought it would go over in North America.

Log time reader - first time commenter...

Love the idea -

Much to the shargin of my wife I am going to try this idea out tonight. The biggest challenge to me is to ensure proper timing so that everything is at the proper heat to ensure that the butter, cheese and beef blend together properly and not congeal.

Cheers!

This is the number one most fantastic American innovation.

@Adam,..

That didnt mean I wasnt going to eat it all the same! lol

Has anybody else tried the Fatty Melt Cheesy Western?

Grilled Cheese (Seriously Strong Cheddar) w/ Jalapenos
Fried Egg (yolk still slightly liquid)
Patty
Grilled cheese

My husband and I mad these last week and they were delicious, if somewhat difficult to get the mouth around.

well my diet gets pushed back one more day, GOTTA have one today. my TO DO LIST 1. schedule by-pass surgery
2. go to store for ingredents
3. make and eat this erotic burger porn (maybe two)
4. take a nap
5. check-in to hospital
6. recover
7. repeat

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. im going to make this asap.

@smo10: I have tried the regular burger at Applebee's, and it was enough to turn me off *any* Applebee's burger. If you can't get a regular burger right, you have no business branching off into creative burgers. As they say, "You've gotta know the rules in order to break 'em."