# I use olive oil, not butter, when making a grilled cheese sandwich.  Am I alone?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-use-olive-oil-not-butter-when-making-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-am-i-alone/489598 "2009-03-16T05:09:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-use-olive-oil-not-butter-when-making-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-am-i-alone/489598/41 "2009-03-17T22:08:12Z")

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“Toasted cheese sandwich” is common on menus I’ve seen.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-use-olive-oil-not-butter-when-making-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-am-i-alone/489598/42 "2009-03-17T22:24:37Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> I haven’t made actual _grilled_ cheese in years–I just place cheese on both slices of bread, stick 'em in the toaster oven until the cheese melts, and slap 'em together. Yum. The cheese itself provides all the fat I need!

This is what I do, except I zap the sandwich in the microwave for five seconds to make the cheese extra gooey.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-use-olive-oil-not-butter-when-making-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-am-i-alone/489598/43 "2009-03-17T23:01:16Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> “Toasted cheese sandwich” is common on menus I’ve seen.

Yeah, but toasting the sandwich (as opposed to frying it up on a griddle or pan) makes it taste WAY different (and much inferior). So I think there should be a separate term so the diner knows which way it was prepared.

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