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Delicious Grilled Cheese
hey! I thought in the spirit of loosening post topics i would post a really good grilled cheese sandwich i made today. I dont have an image, cuz i ate it really fastly...but basically it was bread, havarti, roasted garlic, butter, and fresh basil. who what i did was butter the bread, then spread a layer of delicious roasted garlic on the inside part. then i put slices of havarti on it...then tore up some basil and put it on top of that, then put the other piece of bread on...then i put it on the pan on medium heat with the lid on and melted it until one side was toasted, then flipped it until the other side was toasted. i am pretty sure it was the best grilled cheese i have ever had.
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whoa.
Holy shit. That's so tight. I've been LIVING on grilled cheese lately. I've become very expert at the basic chedder and sour dough. You've inspired me to branch out a little. I did make a really good tuna melt the other day with just a little mayo -- I wanted olives with it, but they had turned.
I think more recipes on this site is a great idea. Watching 'Sybil' (1977) right now. Anyone who hasn't seen it should.
I'll catch up on the rest of the posts tomorrow. Chet, the new song is tight, will comment soon.
We should look at The Well for inspiration for blog ideas. It's the oldest of old school internet communities that lots of important fancy writers used to participate in when 'the internet' meant BBS. I think they liked to share recipes too. Keep it loose. Keep it Real.
when it comes to cheese...chester is a bit of a master..i would like to hear some input about delicious grilled cheeses with some crazier cheeses.
actually i just made another one of these and i am eating right now. its so good. there are a few more cheeses that i want to try...maybe some fontina or something.
i've been fucking around in the kitchen a lot lately, exclusively fucksing-round with different combos of meats, cheeses, spreads & breads. Spent sometime on the croque-monsieur model this week, cause i had the goods, but is basically an inside-out grilled cheese samich...so it's like this: pan-fry a slice of buttered rye (or any bread) topped with gruyere (or any cheese)till it starts to melt; this will serve as the sandwich top. Next pan-fry another slice of rye topped with your meat selection and more cheese. Once that gets good and melted top it off with that first slice of gruere crusted rye and let the motherfucker sizzle for a minute. I'm yet to veer from ham as my resident meat of choice, but have experimented with adding bacon, salami, and sauteed onions - on separate occasions! I want to make a sandwich limited to cheese and bread that incorporates Taco Bells 4 food groups: crispy, crunchy, melted, and toasted...Is that right?
I had a cheese called Podda Classico last week that I think would be pretty dynamite in grilled cheese. I have also had a French version of grilled cheese made by melting a shitload of (mostly) gruyere cheese on a piece of toast (with a lot of butter, I think). I don't really know how it was prepared, but it might have been one of the best things I ever ate.
As long as we're on it, there's another cheese called Constant Bliss which I had recently that is pretty much what is suggested by the name. I really is just really fucking tasty. It's a cow's milk cheese that's like a creamy brie cheese on the outside with a delicious young goat cheese on the inside (it ripens from the outside). Yum!
tim...i like that recipe..i dont know if this is what you actually do...i cant tell from the post...but what if you pan fried that shit with the cheese on the outside...cheese side down...let the cheese crisp up a lot...kinda like crispy pizza cheese...but to tha exxxtreme...layered like this
bread
gooey melted cheese
bacon
bread
crisped melted cheese
sizzling hot pan
heat
or to put it another way
toasted
melted
crunchy/cripsy
toasted
crispy
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chester:
grill up them shits and let everybody know how it is...also...what about cheese available at like a regular supermarket...i mean like a regular supermarket that has a decent cheese selection.
My jam with grilled cheese was always making it with swiss on sourdough with onions. Gives me heartburns all get up, but what doesn't? Anyway, if you got the fortitude, I suggest testing the gullet...also , my man Gwaz, in one of the many neutered articles (they have to be...) I'm writing for Plum,I give you a well-deserved shout out. Check it: plumtv.com/vail/article/1162
croque madame is similar, except you fry an egg on it. No joke. Cafe Figaro on N. Vermont in Los Feliz makes it like nobody's buisness. What the fuck does that mean anyway, 'like nobody's business'?
i had a very grilled cheese-esque panini recently - done with mozarella and a ton of anchovy butter. it was intense!
i like doing grilled cheeses w/ bacon and spinach...not so much a grilled cheese then, i guess. more just a grilled sandwich.
croque madame ruuules...anything with an extra fried egg (or even better if it's raw!) is always uber cool....i think 'nobody's business' just means 'like nobody else'. or maybe it means 'so good it's illegal'.
Yea, I think you're closer with 'so good it's illegal'. Because it's almost like you have to hide it it's so good.
I have to agree about the egg. Fatburger (which you guys have to try if you never had -- there is one in NJ I think and one in rochester maybe.. mainly a west coast thing), will put an egg on anything you order there. There chili burgers with everything and an egg may give you a heart attack.
My dad used to drink raw eggs all of the time. Eye of the tiger style. It seems like there is a strange salmonila conspiracy. Like, I'm scared of it. But I almost feel like we shouldn't be.
Fuck salmonella.
I eat a couple raw eggs a day in a delicious egg nog (which is good for washing down a grilled cheese):
Crack two eggs in a blender. Add 2 tablespoons sugar (or honey or grade B maple syrup). Add enough milk (raw, if you're nasty) and/or cream (depending on your tax bracket) to make a pint. Sprinkle the requisite nutmeg and cinnamon. Blend.
OR if you really want to freak out your inner twelve-year-old, switch out the sugar for chocolate syrup. lots! and then say no to the spices, and just drink a wicked awesome super-powered chocolate milk.
"bread
gooey melted cheese
bacon
bread
crisped melted cheese
sizzling hot pan
heat"
H, I'm gonna try it out this weekend.
Fixin' on creating a croque-MONSTER!
I'll take a picture if I'm not shit housed and remember.
dude....john...thanx for the shout out...im pretty psyched out of my mind...i think i can put that on my resume maybe..."alternative easter bunny"...although i do have to remind you that marisa was also responsible for the easter sombreros...
Pizza Grilled Cheese
Take leftover pizza,
Put some bread around it
Microwave it for like a minute or something
Get rid of the bread
Eat the pizza.
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