Trouble is it makes me feel guilty because I predicted it.
I hope it was not a self-fulfilling prophecy I made and that False Ayesha is just an ignorant arsehole.
Look at the dates on the last few posts, if it appears that it is a dredged from the dead thread and that the dredger upper(moloster) has nothing of merit to add then do not contribute to that thread
Remember DNFTM
Oh, and wherever you are - moloster here’s something for you.
Pay attention now
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you didn’t expect me to drag myself down to your level do you?
You know, Dave, a while back somebody requested that we all please stop hijacking threads to talk about sports or weekend plans. With that in mind, I’d like to post Martha Stewart’s recipe for grilled cheese sandwiches here.
The secret is, she makes them–on a grill! Get it–grilled cheese! Wow!
And they have bacon and tomato in them, too. Mmmm…
P.S. I have no idea what you’re talking about, you know. But that’s okay, it doesn’t matter. Have a grilled cheese sandwich.
I’m a food fan. I haven’t met the fancy, expensive, plain or cheap food I haven’t liked (which would explain my waistline) but some things just shouldn’t be tampered with. The Grilled Cheese sandwich, along with the PB&J is the primal, nay, the UR-sandwich. When our cavepeople ancestors shuddered in the dark, dreaming of food, the Grilled Cheese Sandwich was one of the archtypal foods which they envisioned.
While I normally appreciate most of Martha’s recipes, this one in particular is just…wrong. This is a pale, trendy mockery of all that is good and true about a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
To make a real Grilled Cheese Sandwich, one must coat both sides of each slice of the bread (2 slices = 4 buttered sides) with butter or margerine. The bread must be white bread of the sort that you wouldn’t otherwise eat on a dare. (Certain groups have suggested that non-trendy wheat bread (ie, no 7-grain, rustic loaves allowed) is acceptable. After the great schism of '94, their position won acceptance, but reluctantly)
Far from using the expensive “New York Cheddar” that Martha suggests, I recommend using the cheapest “Processed cheeze-like food product” slices you can find. If it’s not coming at least 50 slices to the pack, it’s too high-grade. Anyway, put another dollop of butter into the pan, get it good and hot and fry the suckers until they’re golden brown and crispy and greasy and the “Processed cheeze-like food product” is molten. Sprinkle lightly with salt and eat at once. Chocolate milk, or a shake is de riguer with this sandwich.
If a grilled cheese sandwich doesn’t clog your arteries and threaten to stop your heart with the first bite, it’s not a real grilled cheese sandwich. The Bacon and Cheese sandwich Martha made looked good, but leave us not pretend that it’s a real Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
Good stuff Fenris, but you forgot to mention to smush the grilled cheese sandwich down with either a spatula or a small plate decreasing sandwich width to just under that of the average pancake.
Otherwise, I’m with you, and down with Martha Stewart’s grilled cheese catastrophe.
You’re using the term “moloster” incorrectly, casdave. A moloster is one who tries to be the last poster to a thread before it dies and sinks into the muck, thus getting the glory (such as it is) of having his/her screen name listed as the last poster. The word itself is derived from “MOst Last pOSTER”–one who attempts to do this a lot. One who posts last to a thread unintentionally is not technically a moloster–so boring that everyone lost interest, perhaps, but not a moloster.
(I’m the one who coined the word–my fifteen minutes of fame here–and I hate to see alternative meanings hung onto it after such a short period of time.)
The correct term for one who dredges up an old thread to cause trouble is “shithead.”
Actually, I’ve had good results with frying the cheese sandwiches in bacon grease. I’ve also had excellent results when I fry potatoes in bacon grease. However, my doctor does NOT approve of this.
You forgot the best part. A grilled cheese sandwich simply must be accompanied by tomato soup. Not some fancy schmancy comes-in-a-glass-bottle tomato soup, but good ol’ Campbell’s Condensed Tomato Soup.
Grilled processed cheese food sandwich and condensed tomato soup - now that’s good eating!
Now, see…unlike Martha’s varient, this is a perfect addition to the cannon of Grilled Cheese. Piffle for what your doctor approves of. We’re not talking about health issues here, this is in the realm of High Art.
BTW: as long as we’re talking about frying stuff in bacon grease, is anything better than camping out and, first thing in the morning, over the campfire, frying up a rasher of bacon, and then frying eggs and bread in the grease?
Sorry Minxsmom, but I only partially agree with you. Grilled cheese must be served with soup, and not any kind of fancy schmantzy soup either. Tomato soup is one tradition, but I’m of the campbells chicken noodle soup clan.
Lynn,
I’m not sure I’d like to meet any doctor that did.
My secret personal ambrosia: Deep-fried onion rings topped with bacon and cheese. First, fry up the bacon and set aside. Then fry the onion rings in the bacon grease. Remove the onion rings, top with the bacon, put some cheese on top and nuke for about 20 seconds.
Ketchup and horseradish sauce for dipping, and a Mountain Dew for sipping.
Grilled Cheese and Soup!!! God, no!! Flashback to childhood Ash Wenesdays and Lenten Fridays!
Grilled cheese sandwiches must be served with apple sauce and should be eaten thusly:
Spoonful applesauce
Bite sandwich
Chew.
Swallow.
Repeat.
You may dip/scoop sandwich in the applesauce.
The only other thing which should ever go on a grilled cheese is sliced tomato after the sandich has been grilled. Just peel it apart, throw in the tomatoes, slap it back together and chow down.
You are absolutely right. The best tomato soup I ever had is served at my neighborhood bar, actually. In Chicago, on the corner of Roscoe and Walcott, you’ll find a place called the Four Moon Tavern.
If you’re in the neighborhood, and you like a nice grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup, I highly recommend stopping by.
