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[–] 26 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You have friends over, right? ..... RIGHT?!?!???

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I thought this was /c/trees

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago*

    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

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Looks like someone has lost control of their life

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (20 children)

    What is the tomato sauce for?

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  • [–] 43 points 11 months ago (17 children)

    It's tomato soup. The natural companion of a toasted cheese sanga

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    Sorry, I'm not yankee. What you do with it? Pass it on bread? Before or after toasting?

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Hm. Seems good, I will try that someday. Can I use tomato sauce instead of tomato soup?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Tomato soup is disgusting. Keep that heated ketchup shit away from my grilled cheese.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    First thought: now I want grilled cheese and tomato soup Second and all-consuming thought: holy carp that is my exact stove

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I admire the consistency

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Cheese louise!

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (21 children)

    You’ve got to add some ham and onion in there to make it a true grilled cheese.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Anything other than cheese on a grilled cheese makes it a panini, not a grilled cheese.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Well you can just fuck right off.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    What aren’t you a fan of grilled cheeses?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah and what you’ve described is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with onions

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Do you get off on policing what people call their sandwiches and gatekeeping the ingredients in a sandwich you’ll never eat?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    you were literally gate keeping grilled cheese sandwiches with your ham and cheese comment so I do enjoy it in this case yeah

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)