# I Pit "Cafe Society" people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-02-08T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/161 "2025-02-09T20:36:09Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Americas Test Kitchen is saturating the airwaves… I’m so sorry you are tied to a chair and being forced to watch TV. No wonder you’re grumpy and incoherent. As to grilled cheese sandwiches, they need to have dill pickle slices inserted after cooking. No further condimentation is required. But tomato soup is a nice accompaniment. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/162 "2025-02-09T20:40:09Z")
Tomato jam or sundried tomato tapenade/spread goes great on grilled cheese sandwiches, but both are hard to find outside of Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/163 "2025-02-09T20:40:37Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > But tomato soup is a nice accompaniment. I blinked at just the wrong moment and read that as “tomato poop” the first time. Oops. 😉 And yeah, dunking in the soup is a decent alternative to ketchup. In fact I suspect as a kid I tried ketchup as a substitute once when the traditional soup wasn’t on offer. And found ketchup works real well too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/164 "2025-02-09T20:49:50Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Tomato jam or sundried tomato tapenade/spread goes great on grilled cheese sandwiches You know, tomato spread on grilled bread with melted cheese sounds kind of like something you could get New York style or Chicago style… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/165 "2025-02-09T20:50:15Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > As to grilled cheese sandwiches, they need to have dill pickle slices inserted after cooking Yeah, pickles go good. Mustard is good, too, but I like dipping in ketchup. There is something about cheese and ketchup I like, which is a condiment I typically use very sparingly. Sliced tomatoes in grilled cheese I don’t like. Nothing appetizing to me about a warmed slice of tomato in a sandwich. Otherwise, I love tomatoes on cold sandwiches. Even with burgers I generally don’t prefer tomatoes unless they’re reasonably cool. Like on a McDLT! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/166 "2025-02-09T20:50:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > but both are hard to find outside of Amazon. Trader Joe’s and Sprouts both carry sundried tomato tapenade. But yeah, some benighted backwaters don’t have such vendors of Wonderfulness. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/167 "2025-02-09T21:17:12Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. That’s just wrong. Sorry you had to find out this way. Your dad and I were planning on having The Talk with you, but _ain’t it funny how time slips away._ 🎶 * * * > [@CairoCarol](#): > > As to grilled cheese sandwiches, they need to have dill pickle slices inserted after cooking. No further **condimentation** is required. My bold. A fresh and badly needed new word: _condimentation._ 👏🏼 Pickles with a grilled cheese sandwich are okay, but _on the side_. Dill (whole or slices) or – better – sweet gherkins. I will go on record as saying that thinly sliced tomato is also okay on (that is, inside) a grilled cheese sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/168 "2025-02-09T21:27:40Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I’m choppin broccoli Ha! I understood that reference. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/169 "2025-02-09T21:29:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > or – better – sweet gherkins. The only use for sweet pickles or relish made from same is to ballast your trash cans so they don’t blow away. So there! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/170 "2025-02-09T21:31:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Even with burgers I generally don’t prefer tomatoes unless they’re reasonably cool. Like on a McDLT! 🙂 I miss those. If they still had them, I’d forgo the BOGO menu on my rare visits. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/171 "2025-02-09T21:35:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I will go on record as saying that thinly sliced tomato is also okay on (that is, inside) a grilled cheese sandwich. Ah yes, I concur. I’d forgotten about that acceptable variant. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/172 "2025-02-09T21:36:34Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Huh? WTF??? I’ve never even _heard_ of one with that on it! Whiz, Provolone or American are the only options they even have at a good steak place…& I prefer mine ‘widout’. > > So my only question is can we hang you before we draw & quarter you? [Cooper Sharp](https://coopercheese.com/pages/our-story) (a type of American cheese) is the [ideal cheese for cheesesteaks](https://billypenn.com/2022/03/07/cooper-sharp-history-philadelphia-cheese-angelos-korshak/). My nephew (a culinary school trained Philly native chef) turned me onto it years ago. It takes steak sandwiches to the next level. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/173 "2025-02-09T22:03:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The only use for sweet pickles or relish made from same is to ballast your trash cans so they don’t blow away. My feelings exactly. I _never_ eat pickle relish because it’s made with sweet pickles (I mistyped “ickle” — appropriate). When I was a kid I didn’t know why I didn’t like it. I later found it. Does anyone know of an easily available sour/dill/sharp pickle relish??? I usually chop up garlicky dill pickles if I want a relish made of pickles. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/174 "2025-02-09T22:17:03Z")
I’ve got a pretty good recipe for dill chips if you want it. But I’m one of “those people” who _like_ sweet relish. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/175 "2025-02-09T22:26:44Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > When I was a kid, I loved reubens, just not with thousand island, so I would ask for them with deli mustard, You might like the Reuben rolls at my local german restaurant, Mader’s (serving german dishes for over 120 years). They make a pretty good Reuben Roll: Corned Beef, Sauerkraut and Swiss cheese inside a wonton wrap, with crispy spinach and Dusseldorf mustard sauce. Try 'em if you’re in Milwaukee. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/176 "2025-02-09T22:49:15Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > NO ketchup or mustard on grilled cheese! 😱 And NO mayonnaise! Just cheese, bread, and buttered outside. > > Well, really! Until I read this thread, I had no idea people put any sort of condiments on grilled cheese. That’s just wrong. At my place, we’ve been known to add pepperoni to the inside (I favor mozzarella for grilled cheese), and add Parmesan to the outside of the sandwich prior to grilling. I do agree that sauces or dips just seem wrong. > [@carrps](#): > > My feelings exactly. I _never_ eat pickle relish because it’s made with sweet pickles (I mistyped “ickle” — appropriate). When I was a kid I didn’t know why I didn’t like it. I later found it. > > Does anyone know of an easily available sour/dill/sharp pickle relish??? I usually chop up garlicky dill pickles if I want a relish made of pickles. I have a bottle of Heinz brand dill relish in my fridge (I hate sweet pickles and derivatives thereof too). Pretty sure that can be had at most good-size grocery stores, or on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/177 "2025-02-09T22:52:38Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I have a bottle of Heinz brand dill relish in my fridge (I hate sweet pickles and derivatives thereof too). Pretty sure that can be had at most good-size grocery stores, or on Amazon. I have both a jar of dill and a jar of sweet Vlasic-brand relish at home. I don’t ever remember it being difficult to find around here. I typically use dill, but my wife and kids like the sweet, so I’ll use that for some stuff. I see the Heinz squeeze bottles around, too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/178 "2025-02-09T22:55:01Z")
I stand proudly and loyally by my sweet gherkins. 🥒 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/179 "2025-02-09T22:57:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Trader Joe’s and Sprouts both carry sundried tomato tapenade Not my local TJ’s. They have sliced sundried tomatoes. Also good. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/180 "2025-02-09T23:10:44Z")
Thanks all! Aw, @ThelmaLou, I already knew you were a sweetie. 😚 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=10)