Sourdough bread, sharp cheddar (the sharper the better) and pepper jack cheese, butter.
Butter both sides of the bread. Apply cheese liberally. Add thinly-sliced fresh tomato if I have any. Lighty sprinkle with red pepper flakes. Add double-buttered top slice of bread. Toss into skillet and cook until brown. Flip and repeat. Serve with tomato soup, or home-made honey mustard for dipping.
rye toast - 2 slices cheddar cheese - slice of tomato (in between the slices of cheese)- spritz the outside of the sandwich with a little olive oil and slam in the George for a few minutes
That stuff could ruijn grilled cheese faster than tomato soup can.
And grilled cheese must always have ham.
Take slice of ham, fry lightly on both sides. Take white bread, plain old white bread, nothing else will do, butter one side of one slice, place in pan, add ham, cheddar or american cheese, place other piece of bread on top butter side that is up.
I usually just pick it up and look to see if it’s cooked enough on the bottom, when it is, I place the pan on the sandwhich and turn the whole thing over together. Not as much spillage.
I’m a food snob, but when it comes to grilled cheese, it’s buttered Wonder-type Bread, Kraft singles, and a can of Campbell’s tomato soup. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, and that’s the way it shall be.
It’s all good. I butter a couple of nice whole grain bread slices on one side and fill with american, cheddar or cheddar-jack cheese. Brown on each side, voila! I make canned tomato soup with whole milk and sometimes a dash of half and half. It makes it more bisque-y that way. I make a good homeade vegetable soup that rocks with grilled cheese, too. Mmmmm. I’ll have to make that tomorrow.
Lay out two slices of good wheat bread, chilled from the fridge for stiffness. Slice butter very thin and lay it atop the bread on a skillet. When the butter melts into the bread, flip both slices of bread and lay cheddar or American on top of each slice. When the cheese gets melty, flip one piece of bread onto the other (cheese in). Flip once or twice more to brown the outside. Serve hot.
Digger’s Cheese Sandwich
Place two slices of white Wonder bread (!) in a toaster until they’re lightly crisped. Place a slice of white American cheese between the slices and mush it down, then put the whole thing in one slot of the toaster. Cook until medium-brown with melty cheese.
Dave’s Cheese Sandwich
Wheat bread, orange American or mild cheddar. Lay bread in a toaster oven with cheese on top. Bake in toaster oven until cheese gets melty and begins to re-crisp. Remove, smush together.
Digger and Dave’s "Jungle Fever"
Place one slice of wheat bread in a toaster oven with white American cheese on top. Cook as a Dave’s. Place one slice of white bread in a toaster. Once it’s hot, lay cheddar cheese on it as a Digger’s. Smash mixed-breed sandwich together, crisp in the toaster, as a Dave’s.
Take a slice of whole wheat. Add five cubes of extra sharp cheddar on top. Add a slice of tomato and another slice of whole wheat. Plop entire sandwich in George Foreman grill for about ninety seconds. Slide on to a plate. Easy and good.