August is National Panini Month

Sandwich Time!!! Ohhh yea!  It's time for us to master our sandwich pressing skills. lol! August is National Panini Month and Yes a Panini is a type of hot pressed sandwich. I've often wondered why a hot pressed sandwich was picked to be observed in the hottest month of the year instead of a cold cooling sandwich.? But hey, August must identify with it somehow. I just couldn't find out how.

This food observance slides right in with August being National Sandwich Month too. Now let's talk about the Panini Sandwich and how to make it... so here we go...... 
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About The Bread
In many English-speaking countries, a panini or panino (from the Italian meaning "small bread, bread rolls") is a grilled sandwich made from bread other than sliced bread.

Examples of bread types used for panini are baguette, ciabatta, and michetta. The bread is cut horizontally and filled with deli ingredients such as cheese, ham, tomato, mortadella, salami, or other food, and often served warm after having been pressed by a warming grill.

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Grills That Press and melt
A panini press or grill is a contact grill for heating sandwiches, meat products, vegetables, and specialty menu items, nearly always with electric elements, comprising a heated bottom plate that is fixed, and a heated top plate that closes towards the bottom plate and comes in contact with the food. The function of the panini grill is to heat food to an appropriate internal temperature with desirable external characteristics (i.e. melted cheese, crisp finish, grill marks).

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