This is one of those perplexing recipes that you see over and over again in church cookbooks and recipe cards across the country. In any case…a perfectly American yet off-putting sounding retro appetizer that folks will stand waiting for the next tray to come out of the oven. Try it…you will see. Not healthy, not hip, but strangely tasty.

Ketchup Cheese Fingers

Mix grated American cheese with tomato ketchup, using about 2 tbsp. ketchup to each quarter pound of cheese. Cut sliced bread in narrow strips, toast on one side, spread untoasted side with cheese mixture and run in oven for a few minutes. Serve hot at once.