Miller & Rhoads' Missouri Club


8 club sandwiches *
4 cups medium white sauce **
1/2 pound grated sharp cheese ***
8 1-ounce slices American cheese
8 jumbo stuffed olives OR 16 slices crisply cooked bacon

* At Miller & Rhoads Tea Room, the sandwich layers were:
toast, turkey, Virginia ham, about 2 tablespoons of cheese sauce,
toast, turkey, Virginia ham, tomato, toast.

** When white sauce is thickened and smooth, stir in grated cheese until melted.

*** Colby has been most recent choice.

Place sandwiches on individual ovenproof serving plates.
Ladle 6 tablespoons cheese sauce over each.
Top each with slice of cheese and insert a toothpick in center.

Place under preheated broiler about 4 inches from heat source
just until it begins to bubble and brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
Top each toothpick with olive or crisscross bacon slices.
8 sandwiches. Suggestion: Serve with Mustard Pickles.

When I wasn't eating lunch at Thalhimers, I was eating in Miller & Rhoads' Tea Room.
This and the pot pie were favorites.