# How do you like your grilled cheese sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102 "2005-03-18T03:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/101 "2005-03-21T03:24:25Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > On tortillas with pico de gallo and sour cream… Hmmm…that’s more of a quesadilla. Delicious to be sure, 'specailly with some tomatos and carmelized onions, but I’m not certain if it qualifies as a sandwich any more than a calzone would. However, I have to admit I would have staved my freshman year in college without quesadillas (cooked in between parchment paper with a clothes iron). Dorm food is worse rotgut than Gilbey’s Gin… Stranger ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/102 "2005-03-21T19:32:44Z")
I usually use either American or Cheddar, sometimes with a crumbling of some special cheese (Harlech Horseradish is especially good) on potato bread. Put it on the oven rack for a bit so as to melt all the cheese, then grill it with olive oil or butter till thoroughly melted. Top with dill pickles (the presliced kind) and/or veggie bacon slices. Sometimes I add a dash of McCormick’s Cajun Seasoning, or if I’m feeling really ambitious, I whip up my Cajun sauce (my attempt to duplicate the Creole remoulade served by a restaurant where I once worked). Yummy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/103 "2005-03-21T21:36:48Z")
Whole-wheat bread, American cheese, and a coupla slices o’ tomato. Thats the only way. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/104 "2005-03-21T22:09:14Z")
Mrs. Baird’s Large white bread, 1 slice of Kraft American. Butter on the outside of both slices of bread, grill in medium hot skillet until light golden brown. Serve with Campbell’s tomato soup, made with milk. Throw lots of crumbled saltines into soup, after dunking the first bite of sandwich. Mmm, mmm good. ---
**Author:** ![laurelann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@laurelann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurelann)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/105 "2005-03-22T05:01:38Z")
I like it plain, too. This is the only situation in which I will willingly consume “individually-wrapped” cheese. I like it with tomato soup, or even better, Spaghetti-Os. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/106 "2005-03-22T15:01:59Z")
Serve mine with sides of Miracle Whip (yes, I said it!) and grape jam (not jelly). Use a spoon to apply a dollop of either, or both, prior to taking each bite. mmmmMMMMMmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/107 "2005-03-22T15:11:53Z")
Wow. More than 100 replies and I’m the only guy that likes HP Sauce on his grilled cheese sandwich. Hmmmm, maybe my wife’s right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/108 "2005-03-22T15:12:07Z")
[Blessed be the cheese sandwich maker.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&ncid=583&e=3&u=/nm/20050321/od_nm/britain_sandwich_dc) We also had toasted cheese sandwiches for dinner last night, with spinach salad on the side. (I needed some vegetable matter in my day’s food.) 'Twas delicious! Long live the humble, or not so humble, toasted cheese sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/109 "2005-03-22T15:30:58Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Wow. More than 100 replies and I’m the only guy that likes HP Sauce on his grilled cheese sandwich. I’m the only guy who likes Vegemite on mine. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/110 "2005-03-22T16:50:21Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Hmmm…that’s more of a quesadilla. Delicious to be sure, 'specailly with some tomatos and carmelized onions, but I’m not certain if it qualifies as a sandwich any more than a calzone would. Mmmmmmm, quesadillas… Well, they’re closer to a grilled cheese sandwich than to “Mexican pizza” which is how a local chain tried to market 'em. :dubious: I don’t like regular grilled cheese sandwiches because the bread gets all greasy. Tortillas don’t suck up the grease like bread does… ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/111 "2005-03-22T20:45:22Z")
Lay slices of bread on counter, take a drinking glass and sqwoosh a circle in the center of them. This makes space for more cheese. Put a large dollop of real butter in pan, melt it. Cook inside, sqwooshed, bread until golden brown and then flip. Add lots of cheese. wait for a few, then flip pieces together, make sure it is brown on both sides. Yum! -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102/112 "2005-03-22T22:57:26Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I’m the only guy who likes Vegemite on mine. There’s room in the world for all sorts of unusual tastes. But not yours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/295102.md?page=5)