French Onion Soup

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10. It's a texture thing as much as a taste thing for me

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especially because the flavor of the onions tends to drown out subtle differences between cheeses. I want my cheese crouton really gooey although not quite runny. The bottom line is that it works. That's the only real criterion here.

ETA: I repeat myself: this is French fast food. It is in no way supposed to be an elegant soup, although a lot of chefs hasve been trying to make it so, "layering" it with multiple herbs and spices and boozing it up so much you can't taste much of anything. My grandmother used anything she had, so American cheese is a step up from some of it.