Croque Monsieur

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The croque monsieur with a tomato garnish ? Photo by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A croque-monsieur is a French sandwich made of ham, Gruyère cheese, French bread, and Dijon mustard. Croquer means "to crunch" in French, so the name literally translates to "crunch-mister." Another translation might be "crunch on this, my man."

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