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I admire the consistency
First thought: now I want grilled cheese and tomato soup Second and all-consuming thought: holy carp that is my exact stove
Cheese louise!
I’m not a fan of his cuz of his politics, but this bit is really funny.
You have friends over, right? … RIGHT???
No one wants to admit they ate 19 grilled cheese.
The first 2 dont even count
Meal prep
Gaddammit Stamets I asked you not to take pictures of me after I smoked a bowl and have the munchies. I’m not liable for any of my actions
And I asked you to share. But here we are
this is what I came home to. This was 9x9 brownie sheet thursday and now its 1/8 the size. Also I ate the pasta on you :O I should have told youQuick update: The brownies are all gone.
What is the tomato sauce for?
It’s tomato soup. The natural companion of a toasted cheese sanga
Sorry, I’m not yankee. What you do with it? Pass it on bread? Before or after toasting?
It’s important to note that American style grilled cheese absolutely requires the bread to be toasted in fat, not dry.
This is traditionally done by smearing one side of each bread slice in softened butter before grilling the assembled sandwich on a (ideally cast iron, in my opinion) pan with the buttered sides facing out. Some alternative fats include mayonnaise and (my favorite) bacon grease from American-style bacon.
The resulting toast shouldn’t look like it was made in a toaster, it should look something like this:
The sandwich should still be greasy enough to leave a thin film of butter on your fingers when picked up.
Also, if not using American “cheese” which has emulsifiers added to make it melt well, it’s important to include a cheese that melts well, typically paired with a second, slightly more flavorful cheese like cheddar.
Thank you for the details. This is a really wholesome community. Can I use cheddar + mozzarella? Also, in my country real cheddar is very expensive and hard to find. Can I use processed cheddar? How many slices, if so?
Yes cheddar and mozzarella is perfect. Processed cheddar may even be preferable especially if it’s the kind that comes in individual wrapped slices for sandwiches. Two slices is probably plenty but you can do more if it’s larger slices of bread, you just run the risk of the cheese spilling out of the sides while cooking it. If this happens just flip the sandwich onto the cheese until it sticks to the outside of the bread. Garlic salt is also pretty crucial. Low heat and slow is the way to go it’s pretty easy to overshoot and burn the bread, if this happens and you catch it in time you can use a butter knife to scrape the black part off until you get to good bread underneath.
Cut the toasted cheese into a triangle by cutting corner to corner, then dip it in the tomato soup directly before consuming. Much like chips and salsa.
Hm. Seems good, I will try that someday. Can I use tomato sauce instead of tomato soup?
That’ll taste fine, but it’s not the same experience, so I recommend the soup.
You can but if you don’t want soup a marinara sauce is also a good choice for dipping your grilled cheese sandwich into
After a root canal I was told to stick to softer meals. I was recommended tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich.
I got a fancy feta cheese tomato soup, sourdough bread and 3 kinds of cheese.
Instead of dipping the sandwich I cubed it and dropped it into the soup.
It was heavenly. Reminded me of a Gourmet pizza.
Yes; and since everything is tastier than tomato soup, tomato sauce will be better too.
The consistency might be a little thick, but you can thin it with some milk to get it smooth.
BRUH
Tomato soup is disgusting. Keep that heated ketchup shit away from my grilled cheese.
Agreed
Tomato basil soup, not the Campbell’s nonsense.
Still no.
Then you’re doing it wrong, esp if you’re eating canned tomato soup.
Try a homemade tomato bisque, with roasted fennel or something. Absolutely rocks.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/234914/how-to-make-tomato-bisque/
Bruh
Guilty
Ok Danny
You can but if you don’t want soup a marinara sauce is also a good choice for dipping your grilled cheese sandwich into
Edit I hit the wrong reply button but I’ve now replied to the correct comment with the above message. It’s now a little game for you to play if you are reading this edit
I thought this was /c/trees
My apologies. I wouldn’t mind a joint right about now.
I see nothing wrong here
Except there’s not nearly enough cheese in those grilled cheeses.
Looks like someone has lost control of their life
You’ve got to add some ham and onion in there to make it a true grilled cheese.
Do we have a new rollie pollie discourse evolving? Where you from that your grilled cheese needs ham and onion?
If you add anything other than cheese, it stops being a grilled cheese. You wouldn’t call a tuna melt a grilled cheese sandwich, would you?
Don’t get me wrong, I love melts, but I also call them by their proper name.
It’s a grilled cheese with tuna.
Anything other than cheese on a grilled cheese makes it a panini, not a grilled cheese.
We don’t call it a grilled cheese in the UK. It would be a toastie, even if you added ham it would still be a toastie. A panini is something else I believe.
I think a toastie and a panini are very similar, but a panini typically uses a stiffer bread and the toastie is kind of sealed on the sides. A grilled cheese (US) is typically a cheese sandwich toasted in a pan, so kind of somewhere in between a toastie and a panini
It’s 100% based on the bread. If I ask for a ham and cheese panini and get a regular toastie I’m gonna be upset
I can get behind these rules to be honest. I think panini would be a ciabatta or something like that.
I hadn’t realised that the American grilled cheese was basically a sandwich toasted and you’re quite right to point out toasties are sealed all around.
I wonder do Americans eat toasties. I’m reluctant to assume your country of origin.
If we do we don’t call em that, what makes a toastie?
Well you can just fuck right off.
What aren’t you a fan of grilled cheeses?
Yeah and what you’ve described is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with onions
Do you get off on policing what people call their sandwiches and gatekeeping the ingredients in a sandwich you’ll never eat?
you were literally gate keeping grilled cheese sandwiches with your ham and cheese comment so I do enjoy it in this case yeah
Don’t forget the onions.
I will think of you when I make my next grilled cheese without ham and onions
Then again when I make one with ham and onions to see if it’s worth the fuss but that’s the last time damn it
Sounds good it’s your life so I’m not going to tell you how to live it.
A little bit of garlic powder and it’s like eating grilled cheese and garlic bread at the same time 🤤
