# Your perfect grilled cheese sandwich **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254 "2005-10-08T00:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 8, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/1 "2005-10-08T00:15:16Z")
I can tell summer’s over because I had the sudden, intense need for tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Now, my grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty mundane. Yes, I use Velveeta, so sue me! I love them anyway, but am willing to expand my horizons. So, how do you make your grilled cheese? Cheese, bread, techniques, all modifications are welcome. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/2 "2005-10-08T00:20:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/3 "2005-10-08T00:21:52Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I can tell summer’s over because I had the sudden, intense need for tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. > > Now, my grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty mundane. Yes, I use Velveeta, so sue me! I love them anyway, but am willing to expand my horizons. > > So, how do you make your grilled cheese? Cheese, bread, techniques, all modifications are welcome. 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 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/4 "2005-10-08T00:29:10Z")
Butter two slices good rye bread, with caraway seeds. One side only. Heat tomato soup. Assemble: Butter side down bottom Swiss cheese to cover, not more than three slices think anywhere. Butterside up top. Grill on a gridle, flipping regularly until bread is toasty and cheese is melty. Cut diagonally. Discard that nasty soup. Enjoy stringy, melty sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/5 "2005-10-08T00:58:45Z")
Rye bread??? Sourdough??? Pure insanity… 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. Serve with ketchup to dip it in. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/6 "2005-10-08T01:10:18Z")
Ketchup? **Ketchup?!?** Barbarian. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/7 "2005-10-08T01:18:31Z")
I prefer to have a crusty image of the Virgin Mary on mine. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/8 "2005-10-08T01:23:14Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Rye bread??? Sourdough??? > > Pure insanity… > > 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. > > Serve with ketchup to dip it in. ham - sure white bread? in a pinch but ketchup?? NEVER!! Mustard, maybe. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/9 "2005-10-08T01:24:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/10 "2005-10-08T01:33:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Ketchup? **Ketchup?!?** Absolutely! Sourdough bread, cheddar cheese, grillled sanwich dipped in ketchup…YUMMY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/11 "2005-10-08T01:43:39Z")
Alternately, try mild cheddar cheese, banana nut bread slices and chilled grape juice and okra/tomato stew. Throroughly delicious. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/12 "2005-10-08T01:45:31Z")
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.** ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/13 "2005-10-08T02:11:18Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ham - sure > white bread? in a pinch > but ketchup?? NEVER!! Mustard, maybe. Mustard is for cold sandwhiches hot sandwhiches need a tomato based product. Either pizza sauce or ketchup it’s a unwritten law of food ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/14 "2005-10-08T02:13:19Z")
1. **Jurph’s Cheese Sandwich** 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. 1. **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. 1. **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. 1. **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**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/15 "2005-10-08T02:29:01Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > 1. **Jurph’s Cheese Sandwich** > > 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. > > 1. **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. > > 1. **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. > > 1. **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**. How many toasters has **Digger** ruined with the cheese that inevitably melts out of the sandwich and onto the toaster parts ---
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/16 "2005-10-08T02:59:48Z")
Muenster cheese. Rye bread. Never look back. ---
**Author:** ![Novalyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/17 "2005-10-08T03:18:12Z")
White bread, Kraft singles, with sliced or diced chile peppers in the middle. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/18 "2005-10-08T03:34:28Z")
Grilled cheese sammiches are totally awesome with butterkaese. All kinds of yum. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/19 "2005-10-08T03:40:14Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > How many toasters has **Digger** ruined with the cheese that inevitably melts out of the sandwich and onto the toaster parts If you’ve got a decent toaster oven, it shouldn’t be a problem. In this case, I’m personally with **pulykamell** , although I prefer cheddar or colby-jack instead of Kraft singles. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254/20 "2005-10-08T04:04:10Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-perfect-grilled-cheese-sandwich/325254.md?page=2)