# Grilled cheese sandwich enhancer drops 11/6/2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 6, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614 "2025-11-06T00:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/61 "2025-11-08T01:37:04Z")
It has more sugar than mayo. That might help the bread brown nicely. It’s also a little more sour, which might make it taste better or worse, depending on your preferences. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/62 "2025-11-08T01:37:30Z")
Good to know. I imagine it adds an interesting sweetness to the sammich. ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/63 "2025-11-08T19:00:20Z")
I like to use American slices in mine and if I have time, I will sautee a couple slices of onions in butter and place that between the bread and cheese. Now having said all that, Mrs. Sb likes velveeta cheese sliced VERY thick and she prefers to toast the bread under the broiler in the oven rather than frying it in a pan. to each their own i say ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/64 "2025-11-08T19:04:42Z")
I like a good open-faced cheese sandwich (broiled, of course), but I consider it a different thing than a grilled cheese. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/65 "2025-11-08T19:19:42Z")
Rightly or wrongly, any mention of Velveeta brings to mind a lecture by a certain doctor at one of our corporate retreats, back in my working days. He was talking about the general idea of staying in good health, and chose to mention Velveeta in the context of clogged arteries and heart attacks. I’ll always associate Velveeta with a thing he displayed on the stage – the largest hypodermic needle I’ve ever seen, which allegedly the paramedics will jab directly into your heart in a last-ditch effort to save you if you eat too much artery-clogging food, like Velveeta! But back on the topic of grilled cheese, I tend to keep Kraft singles around because they’re great on hamburgers and keep practically forever, and I think a couple of slices (or at least one thick slice) make perfectly fine grilled cheese sandwiches. I’m not looking for quality cheese here. In deference to the good doctor with the gigantic hypodermic needle, I don’t eat very much of it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/66 "2025-11-08T19:23:23Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I like a good open-faced cheese sandwich (broiled, of course), but I consider it a different thing than a grilled cheese. But that’s what i grew up calling “grilled cheese”. I was surprised to learn about the fried cheese sandwich most people call “grilled cheese”. I agree they are different things, though. And i like them both. I only cook the open faced, unbuttered, grilled cheese, though. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/67 "2025-11-08T22:34:47Z")
I like to put mustard on one inside slice, a Dijon or stoneground. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/68 "2025-11-08T23:39:07Z")
Yes..my kids called that cheese toast. They all went thru a phase of “yuck, it looks greasy” and wouldn’t have sautéed grilled cheese sammich. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/69 "2025-11-11T13:28:19Z")
I hadn’t had butter in my home for decades and used to use margarine, and wondered why I couldn’t grill up a decent grilled cheese. Then I used butter, and wow. I quit buttering the bread and just melt a puddle and lay the bread in it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/70 "2025-11-11T14:54:57Z")
I will stand on my Velveeta hill! It’s the only “cheese” I’ll use for a grilled cheese sandwich. I like the meltiness and the flavor. AND lately, I’ve been using the Great Value version with the same results as Velveeta. Fancy breads, fancy cheese, and mayo are not for me. I just need white bread, Velveeta, and some butter, and I’m happy! ---
**Author:** ![DreamsOfACheetah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/71 "2025-11-11T17:52:28Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Mayo must also be spread on the outside of the bread for crispness and even more flavor Erm…that’s… (backs out of the room slowly). I think I wandered into the wrong discussion by mistake… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/72 "2025-11-11T19:05:10Z")
I get it, I’m not generally a fan of mayo on sandwiches. If there’s enough mayo on a sandwich that I can actually see it, I’m grossed out. But it’s a different story with grilled cheese. A little bit of mayo fries up nicely, you won’t even know it’s there. But your grilled cheese will be magically better. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/73 "2025-11-12T00:23:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Mind you, I found that Velveeta did make good fish bait, so there’s that. Quoted for truth. I have caught many a fish (usually fresh water) on a hook baited with Velveeta. Mullet and catfish in particular seem to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/74 "2025-11-12T03:12:04Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Mmmm. Tillamook. Good Jerky Shack, too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/75 "2025-11-12T03:18:32Z")
I buy Velveeta for my grilled cheese. Slice it a quarter inch thick. 😋 I usually include a thick slice of left over ham. But, a plain grilled cheese is good too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/76 "2025-11-12T06:30:29Z")
Is that near the _“Sugar Shack”?_ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/77 "2025-11-12T16:41:27Z")
Where can I get these enhancer drops, and are they applied to the bread or the cheese, before, or after, grilling? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/78 "2025-11-19T17:20:15Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I just made a grilled cheese for lunch. I didn’t have the spice blend, but I did have Kewpie mayo already in the fridge and mixed it 50-50 with salted Irish butter. For the cheese, I used a medium cheddar, and grilled it on medium-low ([as recommended by America’s Test Kitchen](https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/3068-5-ideas-to-improve-your-grilled-cheese-game) which experiments with this stuff endlessly). The Fries Szn spice blend arrived and I whipped up a double batch of the Butternaise recipe. I ended up using 1/2 teaspoon of the seasoning instead of the 2 pinches called for, as I could otherwise not really tell that it was there. In one of those weird scenarios where I love the ingredients, but don’t like the final product, I have never really liked grilled cheese. I’ve always found them too greasy and too cheesy (which is odd to me as I love cheese). Based on my previous experiences, I decided that my first attempt at the Butternaise would include some thin sliced ham as well to move it a bit out of grilled cheese territory. I had sourdough on hand as well as all of the Tillamook brand ingredients that they include in their kit. I went pretty heavy on the butternaise and used 1 slice of medium cheddar and 1 slice of the sharp, instead of the 2 each that they call for. One slice below the ham, one above, so both cheese slices melted into the bread. It was really good, but did seem a bit greasier than I’d like and the cheese sort of took over the flavor of the ham. Probably great if you like traditional grilled cheese. I cooked it in a non-stick pan over medium low heat (3 out of 10 on the induction), flipping frequently until it was evenly and deeply browned but not burned in any way. The low and slow method was a definite winner. For my second attempt, I used a much lighter touch with the butternaise, spreading it thinly but still careful to get full coverage. I also tried with Kraft deli slices instead of the cheddar. This one was very well balanced and ended up perfect for me. I love cheddar cheese so it will get eaten, but for now I have a new favorite way of making a ham & cheese sandwich. I’ll add that if anyone wants to make that [Butternaise recipe](https://www.tillamook.com/recipes/classic-tillamook-grilled-cheese), using Seasoned Salt with a tiny pinch of cayenne is probably a pretty close substitute for the [Spiceology Fries Szn](https://spiceology.com/products/alvin-cailan-fries-szn?variant=44221670850756) that they call for. Also, the Japanese version of Kewpie mayo has a drastically different flavor profile from both the American version and normal mayo so while any mayo might work, it would definitely have a noticeable affect. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/79 "2025-11-19T19:22:40Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > The low and slow method was a definite winner. Yes, indeedy. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614/80 "2025-11-19T19:48:00Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > 1. Mayo must also be spread on the outside of the bread for crispness and even more flavor > > These are facts, not opinions, and if you feel differently…well, I feel bad for you son. You can leave 99 things off grilled cheese but mayo ain’t one That has to be one of the most bizarre ideas I’ve ever heard. I think the only things I do with mayonnaise are egg salad and tuna salad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-cheese-sandwich-enhancer-drops-11-6-2025/1024614.md?page=5)