# How Do You Want Your Grilled Cheese Sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310 "2012-09-20T19:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/81 "2012-09-23T14:54:59Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Also, am I the only grilled cheese aficionado who _never_ had tomato soup–milky or otherwise–as a child? Not that I think it’s a bad combination, but it doesn’t hold any special significance to me. If I were to pick a soup to accompany my sandwich, I’d be more likely to go with French Onion. No, you’re not. I never even heard of grilled cheese and tomato soup being a “thing” until I was well into my 30s. And I love tomato soup. And the idea of dipping the sandwich in soup is really off-putting. Simultaneously ruins a good sandwich and a good soup. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/82 "2012-09-23T16:52:49Z")
I don’t like tomato soup anyway, and find the idea of deliberately ruining my sandwich by getting the bread all soggy and icky a bit queasy-making (I can’t deal with soggy bread/pastry). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/83 "2012-09-23T17:26:48Z")
Rye bread with american cheese. Or, for a good contrast, make it with a really strong rye and cream cheese. It’s a sweet/salty thing that works for me. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/84 "2012-09-23T17:27:57Z")
I wonder if “grilled cheese + tomato soup” came from the same place as “chili + cinnamon roll”? Maybe standardized (?) school lunch menus? ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/85 "2012-09-23T18:33:23Z")
OK, without wading into the “added stuff? Not a grilled cheese!” debate, I just polished off a delicious, ummm, grilled sandwich with cheese and other stuff: White bread, butter ever-so-thinly sliced Gruyere, ever-so thinly-sliced leftover ham ever-so thinly-sliced apple just a wee bit more ever-so thinly-sliced Gruyere Grilled up in a big ol’ cast iron pan. And it was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/86 "2012-09-24T01:53:26Z")
American cheese, wonder bread, butter. Fry until golden brown. Any other combination of cheese and bread is equally good as well. (Except blue cheese… Terrible idea.) I don’t understand this making of tomato soup with milk, though… Sounds disgusting. Condensed tomato soup made with water is the only way to go. Add pepper, though. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310/87 "2012-09-24T01:56:11Z")
> [@geneb](#): > > I don’t understand this making of tomato soup with milk, though… Sounds disgusting. Condensed tomato soup made with water is the only way to go. Add pepper, though. Sounds like you’ve never tried it. Once you have, tomato soup made with water not only sounds, but tastes disgusting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-grilled-cheese-sandwich/635310.md?page=4)