In reply to aln:
> I had a girlfriend in the 80's who used to toast bread, butter it, salt it, put cheese on it, grill the cheese, then butter and salt the whole thing.
My father in law, fries bacon in cheese when we're camping. The cheese melts and the fat is enough to fry and some of the cheese bits sorta caramelize. As a vegetarian I'm both repulsed and in reverence, of such a concoction.
The Americans do things like cheese fried chicken or steak, but they would, wouldn't they.