season with salt, pepper, and plenty of paprika until cheese
melts.

Other popular American recipes simply add grated cheese to lima
bean or split bean soup, peanut butter soup, or plain cheese soup
with rice.

Imported French _marmites_ are _de rigueur_ for a real onion soup _au
gratin_, and an imported Parmesan grinder might be used for freshly
ground cheese. In preparing, it is well to remember that they are
basically only melted cheese, melted from the top down.

CHEESE SALADS

When a Frenchman reaches the salad he is resting and in no hurry.
He eats the salad to prepare himself for the cheese.

Henri Charpentier, _Life & la Henri_,

Green Cheese Salad Julienne

Take endive, water cress and as many different kinds of crisp
lettuce as you can find and mix well with Provolone cheese cut in
thin julienne strips and marinated 3 to 4 hours in French
dressing. Crumble over the salad some Blue cheese and toss
everything thoroughly, with plenty of French dressing.

American Cheese Salad

Slice a sweet ripe pineapple thin and sprinkle with shredded
American Cheddar. Serve on lettuce dipped in French dressing.

Cheese and Nut Salad

Mix American Cheddar with an equal amount of nut meats and enough
mayonnaise to make a paste. Roll these in little balls and serve
with fruit salads, dusting lightly with finely grated Sapsago.

Brie or Camembert Salad

Fill ripe pear-or peach-halves with creamy imported Brie or
Camembert, sprinkle with honey, serve on lettuce drenched with
French dressing and scatter shredded almonds over. (Cream cheese
will do in a pinch. If the Camembert isn't creamy enough, mash it
with some sweet cream.)

Three-in-One Mold

3/4 cup cream cheese
1/2 cup grated American Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Roquefort cheese, crumbled
2 tablespoons gelatin, dissolved and stirred into
1/2 cup boiling water
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt
Pepper
2 cups cream, beaten stiff
1/2 cup minced chives

Mash the cheeses together, season gelatin liquid with lemon, salt
and pepper and stir into cheese with the whipped cream. Add
chives last Put in ring mold or any mold you fancy, chill well
and slice at table to serve on lettuce with a little mayonnaise,
or plain.

Swiss Cheese Salad

Dice 1/2 pound of cheese into 1/2-inch cubes. Slice one onion
very thin.