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"text": "What do you get when you cross a burger with a grilled cheese sandwich? A patty melt! It's not quite either, but with a ground beef patty, caramelized onions, toasted rye bread, and melted cheese, it satisfies fans of both. It is lauded and savored today with National Patty Melt Day!\nRye or marbled rye bread is the standard, but Texas toast, sourdough, or another bread can be used. Swiss cheese is traditionally used, but American and cheddar are also common, and the possibilities don't end there. A ground beef patty is usually fried, with onions being fried separately. Then the sandwich is assembled, with the caramelized onions placed on top of the cheese, and the assembled sandwich being grilled or fried until the cheese is melted and the bread is toasted, using a griddle, frying pan, cast-iron skillet, or panini press.\nPatty melts usually don't have ketchup and mustard, although the bread is sometimes buttered or slathered with Thousand Island dressing, Dijon, or whole-grain mustard. Lettuce, tomato, and pickles are sometimes added to the melt, and chutney, capers, and relish have even been known to make an appearance. Patty melts are usually served with a piece of bread on each side, but they can be made as open-faced sandwiches. There are variations on the patty melt that don't use a ground beef patty. One of the most well-known is the tuna melt, and melts can also be made with chicken, ham, turkey, roast beef, a vegetarian burger, and more.\nSome sources date the patty melt to the 1940s, but it may have been created as early as the 1930s or as late as the 1950s. It was likely created by William \"Tiny\" Naylor, a Los Angeles restaurateur who had a coffee shop in Hollywood that evolved into a restaurant chain, Tiny Naylor's. The patty melt was on the menu there by the early 1950s, and if it wasn't created there, they at least popularized it. Being sold as an alternative to the cheeseburger, it consisted of a beef patty cooked on a griddle, along with melted Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, and toasted rye bread. Tiny's son Biff helped popularize the patty melt at Tiny Naylor's, and it spread from California to become a favorite at diners nationally. Biff Naylor later kept the tradition going at his Du-par's restaurants. Today the patty melt is part of American pop culture and is celebrated with National Patty Melt Day.",
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