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The Grilled Cheese Invitational

Spark_a_liscious — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:02:56 GMT

Hello cheeseheads! If anyone is within flamethrowing distance you might want to check out- http://grilledcheeseinvitational.com/norcal/

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GCI call for performers!

that_girl — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:13:38 GMT

Do you love Grilled CHEESE?
Do you love to Sing and Dance about Grilled CHEESE?
Share your love of all things Grilled CHEESE?

The Grilled Cheese Invitational wants to hear from you!!!

That's right, The Grilled Cheese Invitational has a great big ol' stage just itching to be filled with performers and their love of all things Grilled Cheese at the 1st 7th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational!

Got a sammy you want to demo? - Bring your cheese up onto the stage to share your cheese grilling wisdom with the masses!
Inspired to build Mount Cheesemore out of sandwiches? - We wanna see it!
Got odes to cheese or melodies on guitar? - We'd love to hear them!

Towering Grilled Cheese Sculptures, Grilled Cheese Fashion, Hot Flaming Juggling Grilled Cheese!!!

Bring IT!

Contact entertainment@grilledcheeseinvitational.com with details about your love of Grilled Cheese to reserve your space in the halls Bread, Butter, Cheese and Victory!!!

Free Admission with Performance!!!
The 1st 7th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational
http://grilledcheeseinvitational.com/
April 25th, 2009 12noon-5pm

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fontina + rudi's organic

stephanie_phillyjawn — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:08:29 GMT

trader joe's fontina + rudi's organic colorado cracked wheat = deliciousness

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Jack in the Box.

Paynie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:27:44 GMT

Did you know ...

The Sourdough Breakfast Sammich (sans egg) is a grilled cheese sammich.

Just sayin'.

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grilled cheese and tomato soup...

SweetP — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:06:08 GMT

...it's what's for dinner tonight, and I can barely stand still being here at work!

It's really been too long since I've had a grilled cheese sammich. I've been stuck on these *amazing* tortillas my hubby found a few months ago (Mis Abuelito's torts, made here in Sacramento), and have been eating the crap out of those lately. It's almost like having a grilled cheese sammich, but then I remembered ~smacks forehead~ that's just a quesadilla, you silly biotch! : )

sprouted wheat/butter/sharp cheddar/butter/sprouted wheat

C'mooooon dinnertime!

<drooling>

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Photos are up from the Oakland Regional!

mmm — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:53:40 GMT

http://flickr.com/photos/mmendelson/sets/72157602726854662/

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not exactly grilled cheese ...

stephanie_phillyjawn — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:35:21 GMT

... but it's delicious & quick!

take any soft taco size tortilla ( flour, corn, whole wheat ) and **carefully** toast both sides on the stovetop.

add the finely grated cheese of your choice ... and roll into a quicky, melty cheese burrito.

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Grill Cheese and onions.

Julia — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:31:26 GMT

Have you tried grill cheese with a bit of chopped, raw onion? That's how I like them.
I had one for dinner last night and it was wonderful.
I order them in restaurants too, I've never had a problem having them add onions to a grill cheese sandwich. But sometimes they cook the onions. Then its different.

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add Tomato

bombay13 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:56:42 GMT

one thing I like to do, is add a slice of tomato in the sammy, oh, and a dash of fresh ground black pepper

it's f*in good

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tuna melts

contactMOD250 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:51:24 GMT

a derivation of grilled cheese, to be sure.

but i make a fantastic one- i use bumblebee tuna in oil, 'cuz it tastes better.

i mix a spoonful of bob's big boy bleu cheese (or use your fave organic- i just find that if you're lucky enough to have a place that still sells bob's big boy dressings, you are soooo lucky), two spoons of mayo; today's sammich was whole grain wheat with a slice of sharp cheddar on each piece of bread; thick blobs of tuna and two dashes of garlic salt, one dash of pepper. grill in real butter. enjoy!

i made these for me and the hubby (the boys got plain grilled cheese on white- they're so vanilla, those children of mine) and he ate his before i had even finished slicing mine. he wanted another; i put my foot down.

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4th 2nd ANNUAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL

sparktrue — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:48:09 GMT

I am now registered to compete in the 4th 2nd Annual GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL.
This will be... my first time. Oh my Gawd this is so exciting...

So support my Sammich
or face the competition.
This will be massive hilarious good times. See ya!
www.grilledcheeseinvitational.com/

Saturday February 24th, 2007
Downtown Los Angeles
Doors open 7:00pm
COMPETITORS MUST ARRIVE BY 7:30PM to complete registration
CHEESE FLOWS PROMPTLY at 8:00PM

all best
revRob

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goat cheese & baguette!

stephanie_phillyjawn — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:27:47 GMT

with a side of tomato soup ... hurrah!

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poll: Naked or dressed

Thu, 06 May 2004 19:20:34 GMT

So how do you like your gc? Naked or dressed? What are your favorite add-ons to your gc (assuming you're not a naked fan)?

Is toasted acceptabe when a pan isn't available?

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Ketchup Dippers Anonymous...

MonkeyDude — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:18:56 GMT

Ok-

Who here's done it?
I thought I was alone until I shared a meal with a friend a few weeks ago and she caught me dipping the corner of my grilled cheese sammich in the ketchup before each bite. Then she confessed to me that she did it too!

Any other defilers of the sacred grilled cheese out there?

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Grilled Cheese Pictures

Paynie — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:26:10 GMT

http://homepage.mac.com/paynie/PayniePix/PhotoAlbum68.html

Paynie

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National Grilled Cheese Month

WiSH — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:42:51 GMT

It starts Saturday.

How will you celebrate?

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fun on alice radio this morning

lobolance — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:55:54 GMT

I caught a bit of a discussion of grilled cheese sammiches on the radio this morning! A synopsis of the suggestion includes (beside the basic tomatoe soup): putting grated parmesan in the melted butter you cook the bread in to make it cheesey crusty, sprinkling the outside of the bread with Italian seasoning before cooking, adding ham (and others who thought that meant it was no longer a grilled cheese sammich), a Welsh caller suggest the Welsh rarebit addition of a bit of ale mixed into grated cheese which then fills the sammich.

All told, it was a nice addition to the Monday morning commute.

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Woman Downs 26 Grilled Cheese Sammiches!

jory — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:41:54 GMT

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/01/national/a175727S73.DTL

(02-01) 17:57 PST New York (AP) --

A 100-pound woman ate 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes Wednesday at a New York restaurant, winning the World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship.

Sonya Thomas won $8,000 for the contest at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square but said she was disappointed in her performance.

"I could have done better," she said, adding that she was aiming for 30 sandwiches.

Thomas said she had to catch a train shortly after the contest to make her shift at a Burger King on Andrews Air Force Base in Virginia, where she is a manager.

She said she has a naturally big stomach capacity and heavily soaked her sandwiches in water to make them easier to swallow. She said to train she drinks large amounts of water to expand her stomach capacity and practices relaxing her throat.

Thomas, whose normal weight is about 100 pounds, estimated she gained 10 pounds during Wednesday's contest.

It was a close win. Her nearest competitor, Joey Chestnut, ate 25 1/2 sandwiches.

On the eating contest circuit, Thomas is known as the "Black Widow," apparently because she has defeated so many larger men.

She holds numerous world eating records, including 46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes, 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes, 48 chicken tacos in 11 minutes, 37 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and 56 hamburgers in 8 minutes.

The event was organized by GoldenPalace.com, an Internet casino and poker room.

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Soup?

gypsy_scholar — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:24:53 GMT

What is your favorite soup to go with a grilled cheese sammich?

Cream of potato, leek, tomato, bean w/ bacon, split pea w/ ham, cream of celery, scotch broth......?

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Where to go out for a Sammich?

GrrrArgh — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:54:01 GMT

Huuuuuuuuhhh!!! I am so craving a glorious grilled cheese right now. I shall probably make one in a few minutes (american/sourdough/butter/George Foreman Grill).

But, before I do, I thought I'd ask, does anyone have a favorite place to go *out* and eat a GCS? In the SF Bay Area, in particular.

My favorite place is the cafe on the California College of the Arts campus, in Oakland. I don't go ther any more, but I'm tempted to stop by just for a grilled cheese one of these days. They made huge ones, on big, oval sourdough, with whatever cheese you wanted. Maybe it was their grill, but the sammiches always turned out sublime <sigh>.

For now, off to the kitchen, though. And maybe some tomato soup to go with....

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Kitsch

jory — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:07:48 GMT

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?m=/c/pictures/2005/11/30/fd_kitch_7.jpg&f=/c/a/2005/11/30/FDGRGFSLGD1.DTL

'nuff said.

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Muenster Cheese

gaytha — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:25:47 GMT

Yestreday I wanted a Grilled Cheese, so I made one with Muenster cheese.
Friggin kicked ass!
Have anyone tried this or Havarti on thier sammiches?
MMMMMMmmmm.

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Mayo anyone?

amylicious — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 23:07:02 GMT

Just had dinner. Mmmmmmmmm Was wishing I wasn't out of mayo. Try grilling your cheese sammich with REAL mayo instead of butter. OMG... soooooooooo good and doesn't scorch at all. :-)

Amy~

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The Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwich in America Contest

gypsy_scholar — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:07:25 GMT

Looks like the contest is over but they have recipes from all 50 states. Should be interesting to compare regional variations...

http://www.grilledcheese-contest.com/index.cfm

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Boycott Grilled Cheese Sammiches

artifex — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:04:32 GMT

http://www.oddlyzen.com/2005/11/el-salvadore-police-cut-cheese

Do your part.

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remember

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:08:36 GMT

remember the grilled cheese they used to make in school lunch rooms? THey are still my favorites. I've often thougt about just walking into my old highschool and seeing if I could get one. or three.

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The sammich song!!!!!

Dawn — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:20:56 GMT

done to 'do they know its christmas time at all?'

http://www.goldenpalace.com/welcome.php

have your volume up.

lol you can mp3 it. ;)
enjoy

here's to you, mayo cheese and bread...here's to you with the virgin mary's head....
*singing loudly*

golden palace has a gimmick goin'

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method

contactMOD250 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:36:22 GMT

okay, i know we all have a grilled cheese method, all the way down to what you drink and how you cut the sammich.

kristen's method:

1- heat cast iron skillet on medium and drop two pats of butter per sandwich (but never more than three sandwiches at once)
2-cheese on bread- one cheese on each bread (usually white and american, i'm a simple girl)- but a dash of garlic salt on one slice
3-put sammiches on skillet- add a pat of butter on each uncooked side of the sammiches
4-here's where i get OCD- i actually.... swirl the sammiches around. clockwise for two turns, flip; counterclockwise for two turns. this prevents burning and any stickage and usually yields a nice, golden sheen and crust.
5-remove sammiches; for me, i slice my sammich once diagonally; my husband likes his whole; my twins share a sammich slice twice diagonally; my eldest takes his american child's standard: sliced into four pieces shaped like squares.
6-serve with your chip of choice (nacho cheese doritos for the men, salt & vinegar lay's for me) and crack open a diet coke! (kool-aid for the boys)

and you?

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lament for grilled cheese!

jolayne — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:26:01 GMT

today i started a 15-day cleanse for liver, kidney, blood, etc. part of the regime is limiting my body to fruits, veggies, whole grains (in limited quantity) and absolutely no refined sugar, caffiene, meat or dairy. yikes! 2 whole weeks without the ooey gooey goodness of melted cheddar between slices of soft buttery bread!
<pout>
enjoy them for me, will ya1?

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ahhhh...

paintbreath — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:06:02 GMT

...grilled fucking cheese. the ties that bind us all together. what do you like to drink with your sandwich?

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Simple, but good!

gophlyn — Thu, 12 May 2005 00:04:20 GMT

Sourdough bread with pepper jack cheese.

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What the...

paintbreath — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:06:34 GMT

...hell is going on around here? Doesn't anyone eat grilled cheese anymore? You all must still be recovering from the holiday overdose I suppose...and that's just fucking weak.

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the tragedy of cheese

msdynomite — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:04:03 GMT

I love grilled cheese sammiches, but I'm dairy intolerant.
(sigh) enui.

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Virgin Mary Sammich on display!

jory — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:45:16 GMT

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/17/SANDWICH.TMP

If you live in the Bay Area, the Ripley's Believe it or Not! museum will be hosting the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sammich on display! The sammich will arrive, accompanied by bodygards, on Wednesday, and will be on display for 5 days only!

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The Big-Assed Toaster Routine

mang — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:08:13 GMT

Hope this guy gets funding for his grant proposal:

http://borg2.org/BigAssToaster/BigAssToaster.html

If you give me enough money I can put on an aluminized fire suit with a few dozen cheese sandwiches covered in tin foil wired to the suit's exterior and walk in to a burning structure. The structure ressembles a 8-foot tall egg, which looks quite arty as it burns. I stay in the structure for about 5 minutes and then walk out with toasted cheese sandwiches ready for snacking.

This something that I've done before, but not at Burning Man.

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sombody had a healthy alternative?

Dawn — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:56:41 GMT

for a sammich????

neeeeeeed sammmmmich.

(however am making neato progress with diet/excercise so don't wanna backtrack my eating some gooey goodness)

someone had some healthy alternatives???

neeeeeeeed sammmmmmmmmich

thanks much
D

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On the menu for Christmas Dinner.....

Dawn — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:59:11 GMT

grilled garlic cheese bread.

bruchetta.

cheese pizza.

(no I'm not kidding) we serve "what everyone's favorite is"

so I am gonna have a cheesy holiday

*doing the sammich dance*

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lipstick, lolipops and limburger...

paintbreath — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 01:58:59 GMT

...I am rarely smitten by someone at first interaction, let alone first glance. I was in the cheese aisle when it happened, so I'll bring this to you...my peeps.

When I go to the market, I typically get in, grab a cart, fill it with stuff, pay for it, and pull out of the handicapped spot that I usually park in (because there are more than just physical handicaps as you're about to read...)

But as I was groping a small innocent bag of mozzarella, I saw her working her way over to the same section of cheese that I was in. My peripheral vision told me someone was rapidly approaching, but her fragrance wafting high above the limburger was what caught my attention.

I looked up and literally gasped for air. Thank God I work out on regular basis otherwise she would have heard nothing more than a wheeze and a gulp. She looked right at me. I felt like I was in 5th grade for about 4 seconds. Her eyes batted a couple of times and the most amazing smile was radiating from a face that was as perfect as a winter morning and as flawless as a summer night. She had all of the physical attributes that I find attractive...and about a dozen more I had no idea existed.

"Hi. How are you?" She asked. "I'm doing well...and you?" my voice quivered. "I'm just trying to get some last minute shopping done before my family comes into town tomorrow..."

There was no ring on her finger, but more importantly, no tan line where her ring would go lending to the notion that she may be recently divorced. (I don't know, that just where my head goes.)

"Nice, good luck with that..." I told her. Her smile still on full blast was just killing me. "I hope you have fun with them...have a beautiful day," as I started backing my cart around the organic bananas and strawberry displays. "You too...thanks..." was the last thing I heard fall from her lips, resonate off of the fruit and dance into my ears.

I started to make my way towards the front of the store, when I didn't yield to the other carts whom were already moving with the flow of traffic when I saw her again and she acted like she was going to crash into my cart. We both kind of laughed, she smiled, I cowered for safety in the nearest checkout stand. By the time the guy behind the register gave me my total, bagged my groceries and had a conversation with me that I have no clue what was about. She was just getting into the line next to me. I made my way out of the store looking over at her and she smiled at me while I made my way back out into the big, bad world.

FUCK! was the only thing I could think to myself. I'm sure a girl like that gets hit on all the time, and the last thing I want to do is make her uncomfortable by asking her out. Well, I thought I could go back into the store and act like I forgot something, but that would be obvious. Then I thought, I could act like I was on the phone and when she came out, pretend I didn't see her and rear-end her car lightly so we would have to exchange information...but that would just be plain creepy. So I left, and started on the trek home...

My question to you guys is: What the fuck do you do in a situation like that? Ask her for her number? Quickly ask some probing questions to find a common ground to talk about? What I really felt like telling her was..."Hi, I may never see you again and I think you're really pretty and I'm just wondering if you'd like to have coffee with me sometime..."

I'm really not good at that stuff. At the risk of sounding like some pompous prick, I haven't been going out with many girls lately because I got tired of hearing..."I normally don't do this on the first date, unless I really like the guy..." I figured the only way to stop hearing that was to stop going out with girls who work in certain "venues", drive expensive sports cars, live on the beach and always seem to have an abundance of single dollar bills on their person while working only 3-4 nights a week.

Any suggestions for the next time?

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make your own sandwich of mystery

dread_pirate_rackham — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:06:41 GMT

http://www.goldenpalace.com/grilledcheese/welcome.php

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eBay bidding ends at $28,000 for 10-year-old sandwich

jory — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:05:35 GMT

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/11/22/state2203EST0154.DTL

(11-22) 19:03 PST HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) --

Looks like Diana Duyser's going to get some really nice bread for her eBay item -- $28,000 for a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that she believes bears the image of the Virgin Mary.

Bidding on the Internet auction house closed Monday night. The winning bidder wasn't disclosed on the Web site, but was identified by The Miami Herald as GoldenPalace.com, an online casino.

Photos posted on the site show what can be viewed as a woman's face emblazoned on the triangular half-sandwich, a bite taken out of one end.

GoldenPalace.com executives said they were willing to spend "as much as it took" to own the 10-year-old half sandwich with a bite out of it.

"It's a part of pop culture that's immediately and widely recognizable," spokesman Monty Kerr told the newspaper in a story on the Herald's Website. "We knew right away we wanted to have it."

The new owners of the sandwich didn't want to risk it getting lost in the mail, so Kerr and Steve Baker, CEO of GoldenPalace's management company, Cyberworld Group, flew to South Florida on Monday to meet Duyser and make arrangements for a sandwich handover.

"I'm numb right now," Duyser told the Herald right after the auction ended. "I can't comprehend that this is all happening."

Duyser, 52, had the sandwich up for bids more than 10 days ago before eBay pulled the item on Nov. 14, saying it didn't post joke items.

The page was restored on the eBay Web site on Nov. 15 after the company was convinced that Duyser would deliver on the bid, said eBay spokesman Hani Durzy.

Duyser has received national publicity for the half-sandwich, which received more than 1.6 million first-time visitors since the new posting. She set up a pre-approval process for bids after receiving some outlandish offers were determined not to be legitimate, Durzy said.

Durzy said the novelty has "captured the imagination and the fancy of society."

"We've sort of followed the listing of this with kind of amusement over here. It's fun to watch," Durzy said from San Jose, Calif.

Duyser, of Hollywood, thought eBay would be the best place to show off the sandwich, made on plain white bread with American cheese, no butter. She said she took a bite after making it 10 years ago and saw a face staring back at her.

Duyser put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her nightstand. She said the sandwich has never sprouted a spore of mold.

At first, she was scared by the image, "but now that I realize how unique it is, I wanted to share it with the world," Duyser earlier told the Herald.

There was no published telephone listing for her and she didn't immediately respond to an e-mail sent Monday via e-Bay.
On the Net:

Virgin Mary sandwich auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5535890757

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My Style

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:48:19 GMT

I use a thick slice of beard, homemade is best. Butter both sides. Use Kraft grilled cheese slices for the base, then cut small strips of marble and space accordingly. Use a toaster oven and put in openface single piece of beard. First step, use just the top browning setting to get the cheese a head start. Then switch the setting to both top and bottom. You wanna time it so the cheese on top gets a nice brown and bubbles but doesn't burn to a black color. The marble cheese cooks at a different rate so the strips will allow the slice underneath to cook up. Hope you enjoy.

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OK I GOTTA DO IT!!!!

Dawn — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:22:51 GMT

gc with mayo here I come!!!!

I have some yummy wheat bread I am going to use, white american cheese, shredded mozz. and gonna add some jack for good measure....

GOING RIGHT NOW and COOKING IT UP!!!

will post with the results of my cheesy goodness.

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Grilled Cheese Conspiracy!

Budgie — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:16:39 GMT

Hey everybody...

A lot of you may remember that DuPont Grilled Cheese Contest a few months back... I, myself, entered the contest and didn't win... Being the passionate grilled cheese lover I am, I wasn't about to let it go lightly.... I've posted my torrid tale of cheese in my blog for your entertainment!

http://www.budgie.tv/blog/blog_grilledcheese.htm

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GRILLED CHEESE SAMMICHES vs EBAY

blank — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:11:04 GMT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5535890757&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

...eBay reopens auction for cheese sandwich.

"Diana Duyser, of Hollywood, put the sandwich up for sale last week, drawing bids as high as $22,000 before eBay pulled the item Sunday night. The page was viewed almost 100,000 times before being taken down." MIAMI (AP) —

N'joy !
Hetzel

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Alternatives to butter?

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:38:58 GMT

I got the idea courtesy of Gina Boo bonna on the "dud sandwich" thread.

Some possible topics of the conversation include:

Realizing the variety of ways that grilled cheese sandwiches can be made, what other coatings for your bread would you use? Olive oil? Vegetable oil? Water in the form of a very fine mist to coat your pan? Do certain breads react better than others when it comes to trying out alternatives?

Let's discuss.

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When discussing...

paintbreath — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:33:50 GMT

...the who, what, where, when and why's of our Holiday party, we discussed what we will be serving. In these types of situations, I typically lean back in my chair, cross my legs and let people of the more manic stripe take command.

"Given the business that we are all so painfully...I mean gainfully employed in, as always, we should do things in a more unorthodox fashion...there is no need to go over the top with trying to impress people that I know none of us really like anyway...they are record industry people for Christ's sake...cheap beer, boxed wine, finger foods, and several 6-foot grilled cheese sandwiches will suffice..."

I can't remember the last time I had so many people staring at me with that scared-deer-in-the-headlights look. The sound of a few dozen batting eyes was deafening.

I again, leaned back in my chair, put my hands behind my head and just smiled...

...just thought you all would appreciate that one.-r

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Last time you ate grilled cheese?

Sinja — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:16:42 GMT

I cannot recall, but I am hoping to have one tonight.

*lip smack*

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Testing the limits ....

Jess-my-pet — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:52:42 GMT

So what's the weirdest addition you've ever made to the classic plain grilled cheese sammich perfection we all know and love?

I know there's tuna-melts - and ham and melted cheese ... but has anyone ever put anything *really* unusual on there? Like Herring? Peanut Butter? Broccoli??

Spill your guts .... we're all friends here .... :)

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On the Side??

Jess-my-pet — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:25:23 GMT

Man, going through these cheesy sammiches is making me hungry - and leads me to ask: What's your all-time favorite "side" for a grilled cheese sammich?

I'd have to say mine is Campbells Cream of Tomato Soup (and NOT the low-salt crap)

comfort food-squared.

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heaven

contactMOD250 — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:35:56 GMT

i just made the most perfect grilled cheese sammich and i didn't get to eat it!

my twin boys are 13 months old, and every other day they get a classic (2 slices of american on white) grilled cheese sammich split between the two of 'em.

they get a banana and wash it all down with apple duce. can you get more american than that?

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Velveeta is a sin...

paintbreath — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 01:17:56 GMT

There are very few absolute truths in life. Here are just a few...

1+1=2
Bill Hicks was really fucking
64 colors to a box of crayons
Grilled Cheese is made with real cheese...

That's it. I know a few of you may be fans of the processed cheesefood Velveeta variety, but with all due respect, that is not cheese! Even the Mexican variety of "Quesadilla" cheese is processed. Processed cheese, just like margarine, is the same as eating plastic...

...I'm just sayin'.

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A hello and question.......Foreman vs. Skillet

Mr. Chad — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:57:21 GMT

Hello to everyone......my name is Chad and I am down with GCS.

Here are my thoughts on the Foreman Grill (often call the "Foreskin" around the house) vs. Skillet.

The skillet is just traditional and make the best sammich in my opinion. Takes a little more time due to the flipping, and sometimes it is hard to get the cheese fully melted without buring the bread.

The Foreman has a lot faster cooking time and that is nice.....the draw back for me is the lid is so heavy it tends to smash the bread, thus causing bread to loose some of it's beloved fluff under the crisp toasted outside. Lastly the Foreman is a S.O.B. to clean.

Jusrt wondering what athers opinons are.....

PS- Wish i was at home so I could cook me one up right now.

Chad

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Grilled tomato & havarti

Sinja — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:51:59 GMT

Toasted or grilled bread with mayo, slices of tomato and havarti are delicious.

In fact, I'm craving one now as I type this at work.

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dud sammich.

Dawn — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:41:02 GMT

got a sharp cheddar, and used sourdough...
fried it up.

dunno what happened...it was a dud.

sour sammich for me. =(

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Need more recipe's?

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:40:44 GMT

Just wondering if any of you knew about the big grill-cheese contest that Du Pont had. Well anyways, the results are in.

http://www.grilledcheese-contest.com/index.cfm

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Grilled cheese grows up

jory — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:23:37 GMT

The Marin-IJ has published yet another GC article!

http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~24409~2449203,00.html

By Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune

Kid favorite gets tweaked to create panini - American-style

HE DOESN'T LOOK like a bully, nor does he talk like one - most of the time. But ask Cafe 817 Chef Sandro Rossi to change his perfect recipe for grilled panini, and Rossi becomes the panini-Nazi.

"Sometimes, they ask for more mustard or more cheese or something," says the Oakland chef. "No! We are very dogmatic about our panini. We have studied the balance of things and we know best. If they want us to change it, we tell them they are ruining the sandwich."

Rossi's Italian-style grilled cheese sandwiches were a novelty when he opened the cafe 12 years ago. People liked them, but orders were sporadic because most people had no idea what they were. Since then, panini have become the hot, toasty sandwich of choice not just at Cafe 817, but at restaurants all over the country.

Panini grills, once a rare find, are everywhere. Krups now sells more panini grills than coffeemakers. And to go with those grills, cooks can find two new cookbooks devoted entirely to American-style panini - grilled cheese.

Marlena Spieler, author of "Grilled Cheese: 50 Recipes to Make You Melt" (Chronicle Books, $17.95), maintains that while other countries have their own grilled cheese traditions - the French with their croque monsieur, the English with their Welsh rarebit, the Spanish with their bocadillo - none of those sandwiches are quite so passionately embraced as the American grilled cheese.

"In America, grilled cheese sandwiches are a total culinary icon," says the London-based author. Italians, for whom panini is synonymous with weekday lunch, may quibble with Spieler, but America's appetite for grilled sandwiches with cheese is unquestionable.

In its infancy - as a kid food American grilled cheese is a simple equation: Bread plus cheese plus heat equals pure melty, crunchy bliss.

But both Spieler and San Francisco author and cheese expert Laura Werlin are convinced that Americans are ready for American-style panini - a totally new invention that takes the European idea of a toasted sandwich filled with cheese and savory fillings such as meat, veggies and condiments, and combines it with the all-American tradition of mixing ingredients from different cuisines. The result: A new generation of utterly inspired melted cheese sandwiches.

Spieler, whose enthusiasm for grilled cheese bubbles over, tucks all manner of edibles into her grilled cheese: Preserved lemon, pineapple, cumin seeds, dill, bacon, chorizo, duck, ham, roast beef, pickles, peppers, onions, mushrooms and olives.

"Think of your grilled cheese sandwich as a little black dress," she writes in her book. "Or for guys, a pair of jeans. Dress it up or dress it down. ..."

To entice readers of her cookbook to give fancy grilled cheese sandwiches a try, the London-based author packs the first chapter with five-minute ideas that require just five ingredients.

One of the most important decisions, she says, is what kind of cheese to use. Emmantaler, blue cheese, jack, cheddar, mozzarella, feta or brie are all fine choices. But it is important to know and consider how each cheese melts. Brie, for example, melts so easily that it is best added to an open sandwich. Others, such as feta, barely melt at all.

Choice of cheese should complement the choice of bread, as well as the other ingredients in the sandwich.

"A good melted cheese has contrasts of tastes and textures and yet it melts together into a delicious cohesive whole," she says. Cohesiveness, she notes, is also dependent on the balance of ingredients - the amount of cheese should match the thickness of the bread and the amount of condiments and relishes.

Rossi, who has been grilling panini since he opened Cafe 817 a dozen years ago, is convinced that the balance of ingredients in a great panini is the reason Americans are so drawn to the sandwich.

"Panini is true Italian cooking. It is not based on the American or the Italo-American philosophy of abundance. Real Italian food is a cuisine of scarcity. It's about small quantities of more delicate, higher quality food.

Taking a much simpler approach to the topic of grilled cheese is Werlin, who claims to eat more than her share of the 2.2 billion grilled cheese sandwiches that are made in the United States every year.

Since Werlin launched her book "Great Grilled Cheese: 50 Innovative Recipes for Stovetop, Grill and Sandwich Maker,"' (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $16.95), she's been elbow deep in grilled cheese. Recently, she made and tasted 200 grilled cheese sandwiches for a contest in Washington D.C.

"The thing about grilled cheese is that it has really stood the test of time," she says, citing a poll that found 30 percent of Americans say grilled cheese is their favorite sandwich.

Werlin believes her book, although it taps into the rich, international tradition of grilled cheese, celebrates - and perhaps stretches - America's definition of grilled cheese.

"Me, I love those ooey, gooey cheese sandwiches where the cheese drips out onto the grill and you have to eat up the little bits," she says. "When I was growing up, I ate one every day, and sometimes two."

Now that's she's grown up, Werlin still eats grilled cheese, but now she dolls it up with different cheeses and adds things like ham, shrimp, tomato and even fruit.

"I don't really go in for highfalutin ingredients that are hard to find," she says. "Grilled cheese is a simple food. It should be easy to make with easy-to-find ingredients."

Simple doesn't mean boring, Werlin adds. Nor does it mean the grilled cheese can't show up at a fancy affair.

"I just had a dinner party last week where I served salad with tiny grilled cheese, cut up small. They were like adorned croutons," she says.

Even more whimsical are Werlin's suggestions for dessert panini - brioche stuffed with brie and apricot jam, with Nutella and goat cheese, or with ricotta and marmalade and draped in chocolate.

"When I was working on this book, I just got to thinking that there was no reason why every recipe had to be savory," she says. "I started playing around I found these recipes that really worked. I see it as a sort of extension of America's love of bread pudding."

RECIPES

Apple, Ham and Cheddar on Sourdough

Serves 4

Cheddar and apple is a classic combination as is cheddar and ham. So why not combine America's favorite cheese with apples and ham and grill them? From "Great Grilled Cheese" by Laura Werlin.

2 tablespoons butter, room temperature

8 slices sourdough bread, 1/4-inch thick

1/4 pound smoky ham, such as Virginia country ham, cut into 4 slices

1 small green apple (about 5 ounces), such as Granny Smith, cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices

6 ounces medium or sharp cheddar, coursely grated

Using a table knife, butter one side of each slice of bread and lay butter-side down on your work surface. Place a slice of ham on each bread slice, folding to fit if necessary. Top with 4 to 5 apple slices per sandwich, followed by the cheese.

Place the remaining bread slices on top, buttered side up. (If the sandwich seems quite thick, press it down to compress the ingredients slightly.

Stovetop method: Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. put the sandwiches in the skillet (in batches if necessary), cover and cook for 2 minutes, or until the undersides are golden brown and the cheese has begun to melt.

Uncover and turn the sandwiches with a spatula, pressing firmly to flatten them slightly. Cook for 1 minute, or until the undersides are golden brown. Turn the sandwiches again, press with the spatula, and cook for 30 seconds, or until the cheese has melted completely. Serve immediately.

Sandwich maker method: Preheat the sandwich maker. Follow directions for sandwich assembly,a nd cook according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Gas grill method: Brush the grill rack with oil and preheat the grill to medium-high. Follow directions for sandwich assembly. Put the sandwiches on the grill and follow directions for the stovetop method.

Nutrition information could not be calculated.

Mozzarella, Artichoke and Pepper Panini

Recipe courtesy of Sandro Rossi, Cafe 817

Serves 1

2 baby artichokes

1/8 cup sliced roasted red bell pepper in oil

1/4 cup cubed fresh mozzarella

2 pieces focaccia bread

Clean, trim and core baby artichokes. Boil in salted water until tender. Cool. Place cooked artichokes in a jar with olive oil. Grill peppers until skin is charred. Place in a plastic bag and allow to steam for several minutes. Peel, core and slice the peppers. Store in good quality extra virgin olive oil.

Cut focaccia into desired sandwich size.

Thinly slice artichokes and place about 1/8 cup on one side of the bread. Top with an even layer of peppers. Top with fresh mozzarella. Place second piece of bread on top. Cook on panini grill for about 3 minutes.

Nutrition information could not be calculated.

Fresh Mozzarella, Prosciutto and Fig Jam

Fresh, milky mozzarella melts into a puddle of soothing, stringy cheese, with a hit of salty prosciutto, and a smudge of sweet fig jam to balance it all. From "Grilled Cheese: 50 Recipes to Make You Melt" by Marlena Spieler.

Serves 4

4 soft French or Italian rolls (or half-baked if available)

10-12 ounces fresh mozzarella, thickly sliced

8 ounces prosciutto, thinly sliced

1/4-1/2 cup fig jam or fig preserves, to taste

Soft butter for spreading on bread

Split each roll, and layer with the mozzarella and prosciutto. Spread the top slices with the fig jam, then close up. Lightly butter the outside of each sandwich.

Heat a heavy nonstick skillet or panini press over medium-high heat. Place the sandwiches in the pan, working in two batches depending on the size of the pan. Press the sandwiches or close the grill and brown, turning once or twice, until the bread is crisp and the cheese has melted. Though the rolls start off as round, once pressed they are considerably flatter and can be easily turned, albeit carefully.

Serve right away, cut on the diagonal.

Per serving: 490 calories; 24 g fat; 34 g protein; 34 g carbohydrate; 1g dietary fiber; 103 mg cholesterol; 2,062 mg sodium.

A Hot Muffaletta

Serves 4

Muffaletta is a New Orleans sandwich - a sandwich that is as loud and snappy with its flavors as is the legendary night life of New Orleans itself. While it's usually eaten cold, the cheese, vinegarette and other goodies make it perfect for heating and grilling. From "Grilled Cheese: 50 Recipes to Make You Melt" by Marlena Spieler.

4 soft French rolls

Extra-virgin olive oil

A few shakes here and there of red wine vinegar

4-6 cloves garlic, chopped

3-4 tablespoons capers, drained

2-3 large pinches of dried oregano, crumbled

1/2 cup chopped or diced roasted red pepper

4 mild pickled peppers, such as Greek or Italian, sliced

1/2 red or other mild onion, very thinly sliced

1/2 cup pimento-stuffed green olives, sliced

1 large tomato, thinly sliced

4 ounces dried salami, thinly sliced

4 ounces Westphalian ham, smoked turkey or mortadella

8 ounces thinly sliced provolone cheese

Open the rolls and pull out a bit of their fluffy insides. Sprinkle each cut side with olive oil and vinegar, then with the garlic, capers and oregano. On one side of the roll, layer the red pepper, pickled peppers, onion, olives, tomato, salami, ham and finally the cheese. Close tightly and press together well to help seal.

Heat a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and lightly brush the outside of each roll with olive oil. Place the sandwiches in the pan and weigh down (see note), or place them in a panini press. Cook until golden brown on one side, then turn and brown the second side. Sandwiches are ready when they are crisply golden and the cheese has oozed a bit and crisped in places. Cut into halves, and eat right away.

Note: Weighting sandwiches presses the bread with the fillings and makes a crisper, more compact sandwich. Press them with something heavy, such as a skillet or wide-bottomed saucepan, or a flat lid to fit snugly on top of the sandwiches and a weight laid on top. A few cans of food work well as weights, as does a tea kettle filled with water or a brick.

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A nice twist....(one of my faves) Bruschetta

Dawn — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:44:22 GMT

take some french bread, or sourdough baguette is even better...cut into round slices

grill it with butter or olive oil (butter is sooooo yum)
top it with the fresh Buffalo Mozzerella (and before anyone asks)

"Buffalo mozzarella is a delicate but flavorful fresh cheese with a stringy or fibrous consistency -- indeed it's the aristocratic European cousin of America's beloved "string cheese".

so melt the mozzerella goodness on your bread, then top with the bruchetta:

3 cloves minced Garlic
3 diced Tomatoes
1 cup chopped fresh Basil
Salt And Pepper
1/2 cup Olive Oil
(make this ahead so it is marinating in the basil/olive oil and is cold)

open faced cheesy tomato goodness!!!!

VIVA LA SAMMICH!

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Ever tried...

snazzygina — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:24:36 GMT

...Grilled Brie cheese sammiches. I slice thickly the Brie, and put it between two buttery slices of Sourdough and grill to perfectness. YUM. Even my kids will eat it.

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Quesadilla....

Dawn — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:04:15 GMT

Cooked it in butter...used grated cheddar, mozerella, pepper jack and queso fresco....

Viva la sammich!

=)

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Jam & processed cheese

Sinja — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:44:17 GMT

Try it, you may like it.

My favourite is strawberry jam with a processed cheese slice on bread.

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peanut butter and jelly?

Troy — Tue, 25 May 2004 05:04:54 GMT

Hey yall first time here so how is every one ? How about this lose the cheese not that there is anything wrong with lots of cheese but put some peanut butter and jelly in the place of cheese, and munch on some of that grilled goodness

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gesundheit

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:16:31 GMT

holy grilled cheesies
late night munchies for us all
who drank much vodka

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QUESO

lily_rocks — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:50:42 GMT

you can get it at whole foods, and at mexican markets, i don't know where you get it if you don't live in southern california, but you could try. it's made specifically to melt, especially for quesadillas, and to drop into soups, and i'll be goddamned if it doesn't make one of the best grilled cheese sammiches on god's green earth!! it's called QUESO DE QUESADILLA and it melts sooooooooooo perfect. it's a white cheese, of about the consistency fresh mozzerella, and tastes like if jack and mozzerella had a baby, only better, not exactly a gourmets chees but a wholly inoffensive, and lovely creation.

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Grilled Cheese Invitational

el_gato — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:14:18 GMT

Anyone ever gone to this thing? I haven't but heard it rocks! check it out:
http://www.grilledcheeseinvitational.com/

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just had my first of the day

Czarina — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:07:00 GMT

on wheat, with tomatoes inside. mmm.

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I like to use

Steenarie — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:48:12 GMT

Milton's bread (is like 98% fat free and f'n delish), colby jack, butter and mayo in the pan and a little italian cream chees with some honey smoked ham thinly sliced.
sometimes I add tomatoes, sometimes I dip it in either creamy tomato soup or tomatoe sauce - the acidity breaks through some of the fat of the cheese

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on the side

Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:06:46 GMT

w/ tomato soup
w/ chili
w/ lotsa ketchup
w/ fresh tomato
w/ potato chips
w/ movies
w/ jude law

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not half bad...

alVacado — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:56:54 GMT

Ok, trying to get on the low-carb band wagon and am reduced to eating the low carb bread but I made myself an acceptable for now substitute:

Heat up my cast iron skillet to medium - medium high

Toast 2 slices Oroweat Carb Counting Multi Grain Bread to a medium toast (where you'd be able to lightly scrape the toastedness)

thinly slice your favorite cheese. I used this yummy low-fat munster (truly, this is good stuff! Can't even tell the difference)

Place between toasted bread.

Spray pan with butter flavored cooking spray and lightly spray each surface of bread. Using spatula, lightly press bread to pan and flip & repeat on other side until cheese melts. I had to flip to each side twice.

If you are low-carbing, it beats a sharp stick in the eye by more than just a mile and going without just plain sucks.

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The BEST Grilled Cheese

laney — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:48:04 GMT

Just thought I would express the best Grilled Cheese Sandwich I have ever experienced in my life. I was in Buffalo, NY (For a wedding), and there was this little coffee shop (Cafe Coffee??) on the corner of W. Chippewas St and Delaware Ave (across from Starbucks) it was Sooooooooo good... a mix of cheese grilled to perfection on focaccia bread.... YUM!!!!

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110 of 'em!

Ed — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:10:52 GMT

We had 110 of 'em delivered for everyone's lunch at the office today. Yellow and white american singles combo on toasted white. On the side? Cream of tomato soup and an optional dollop of tuna salad. Extra mayo available! Pretty darn tasty. (And there's about six sammiches left. Gotta go...)

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what i wouldn't give

Luscious — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:45:45 GMT

for a grilled cheese sammich. on my foreman grill. but right now i can't have bread or cheese!!! heeeeeeeeelllllllllppppppppp!

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desperate cheese

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 00:42:55 GMT

a friend in college who used her clothes iron to make a grilled cheese sandwich. it wasn't half bad. that and the ramen noodle hotpot were definitely her appliances of choice.

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Mmmmm....Swiss!!

Chad — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:05:49 GMT

First meal of the day...but when I went to the fridge, NO CHEDDAR!! After frantically rummaging around found some swiss and feta. Grilled up nicely on some oat nut bread. It was quite tasty....I think I'm going to make another.

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I just fixed a second, because the first was so good!!

Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:16:48 GMT

Take one medium thick slice of country style bread loaf. Add the "Cheeses from Britain" brand Goat's Milk Cheddar (Trader Joe's), grill in toaster-oven, open face, until cheese starts to drip off. Now sprinkle on a generous amount of ground Ancho Peppers (McCormicks et al.) and cut sandwitch with a sharp knife into bite size pieces. Ancho peppers otherwise known as poblano peppers (people's peppers) have a mild, raisin like dark quality and are medium in strength. Combined with the goaty quaiity of the cheddar this is a truly interesting bite.

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greatest GC sandwich contest

ladygoat — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:35:24 GMT

DuPont, the makers of Teflon, is running a grilled cheese sandwich contest: http://www.grilledcheese-contest.com/index.html

These are the categories:

Gourmet: For discerning palettes, add specialty ingredients or gourmet spices to your recipe.

Kids’ Favorite: This category is for recipes that are fun for kids, whether it’s the ingredients, taste or presentation.

Culturally Inspired: Create your own recipe that has a cultural or international flavor to win this prize.

Regionally Influenced: Combine your ingredients to bring the taste of a region to life!

Most Original: Enter your recipe here if there’s nothing else like it.

Low Carb: Develop the grilled cheese sandwich with low carb ingredients with a whole lot of taste.

Anyone going to enter?

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Arg!

Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:12:35 GMT

Ok, so, y'all are makin' me hungry, and I've been wanting a gc since Sunday anyway... so, I went across the street to a little restaurant, which I *know* has, bread, cheese, and a grill- and they "don't do" grilled cheese!!!

I... I don't understand...

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HAM!

gomez_pdf — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:24:05 GMT

Anyone ever put a slice or two of deli ham in their gcs? Outright abomination to some of you, I know, but if I want a grilled cheese and also know I'm in need of some serious protein, I'll actually do this. And it tastes just fine.

Random post. If this is awarded a single reply I'll be impressed.

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4star GCS

alVacado — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:40:52 GMT

MMMMM

on Hollis St. Emeryville, at Semifreddie's (a hometown bakery in the east bay)
the kind and friendly employees have one of those panini grills and just this week I noticed that they'll also make it out of pepper jack. Before I just saw swiss (a no for me, though I know some of youse guys are fans) and something else that failed to gain my interest. Any kind of bread you want and being a bakery they have it all and it's FRESH. Melty toasty heaven. MMM YES!!

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Exploding GC

Budgie — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:33:39 GMT

OK- so I was makin' me a GC in my Foreman Grill yesterday and I got distracted making a post on Tribe... The next thing I know- my grill was oozing out melted colby jack cheese all over the counter!!! It was a sad sad day for me and the GC...

;(

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AGONY!!!

snazzygina — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:34:32 GMT

I just started the South Beach Diet last week to lose about 15lbs, and I am DYING for a GC Sammich! The first thing I'm gonna eat after the strict "no carb" stage is a big, greasy, grilled cheese Sammich!!!!!

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Apple Cheddar Bacon Sammich

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 20:49:43 GMT

monichristo a couple o'slices of bread and then layer with cheddar cheese (yum), granny smith apple slices, and bacon.
then powder sugar over the top.
searve with a dill pickle and some cheese polenta...
enjoy.

so far i've never made it as well as Rockford in downtown Raleigh NC.
i've had this before with almost carmalized sugar inside it as well...

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I'm a GCS FREAK

snazzygina — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:02:02 GMT

Okay, it's approximately 7 am, and I want one. Does anyone else eat them for breakfast?

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OMGosh !!!

Ms_Tamara — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:05:41 GMT

I can't believe there is this Tribe, and I found it!!! Grilled Cheese Sammiches, the ULTIMATE comfort food!!!

I am so happy to be here :-)

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seasonings...

amylicious — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:23:36 GMT

Yummmmmmmm Love to put Montreal seasoning on mine... just so yummy!

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Sausage

d00fuss — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:52:12 GMT

My roommate made me a sandwich over the weekend.... cooked up a few sausage patties and threw them in a grilled cheese sandwich... It was like heaven in a sandwich. Simply delectable.

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A wonderful Menu Item

Chuck — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:50:29 GMT

I know that McAllister's Deli's are growing around the counrty. We just got ours a little over two years ago.

Anyway...they have a wonderful menu item called "THE BIG CHEESE" which is a onion roll with three cheeses of your choices melted inside. YUMMY!!!!

I always get mine with Moz, Swiss and Cheddar.

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to relay a story...

Mon, 31 May 2004 03:05:34 GMT

this really happened:
I went to lunch with someone years ago...
We went to the deli and he said,
"Can I have a grilled cheese sandwich
with bacon lettuce and tomato please?"
I said, "that's not a grilled cheese....that's a BLT with cheese!"

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Cheddar N Bacon

Sun, 30 May 2004 03:15:33 GMT

Mmmmmnnnnn thick sourdough squishy bread toasted w/butter on outside, healthy slices of melted cheddar on the inside, and best of all BAAAAYYY-CON. Slobber slobber.

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'Welsh Rabbit'

Gurl — Mon, 24 May 2004 12:11:27 GMT

..it's waht they call mini grilled cheese sammich. has anyone tried it? use any kind of bread, but into cube size, place cheese according to size of bread and grilllllll..........try it, it's yummy, melts in ur mouth!

;P yummmmYYY ^.^

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Grilled Cheese at Spring 2004 PDF

Kazoo — Mon, 24 May 2004 20:50:47 GMT

Don't forget! Grilled Cheese Sammich madness will be happening again at PDF. Sat. and Sun. look for the dedicated cooks at Camp Hon, who will be bringing you tasty melty cheese and bread combos. Have a special ingredient you want to add? Bring it along and they'll cook it right into your own personalized sammich.

Camp Hon will be in the "quiet" tent camping area - we'll have our street sign up again if you need a marker.

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Ooey Gooey Goodness!!!

Budgie — Fri, 21 May 2004 03:17:40 GMT

OK- so today I went down to Noah's Bagelry to get me one of those fab grilled cheese sammiches I've mentioned before and to my suprise- they had taken it off the menu!!! Well, a bagel just wasn't going to cut it, so what does a Budgie do? I went down to Albertson's and bought me some colby jack cheese, some cream cheese with chives, and some extra sourdough bread.... I then went truckin' over to Sav-On's and bought me a mini George Foreman grill.... And can I just tell you that I made me one of the best damn grilled cheese sammiches I've ever tasted.... It was SO OOEY GOOEY, I ALMOST went to get me a knife and fork to eat it..... We're talkin' cheese drippin' through my fingers and scoopin' it back up off my plate with the crust.... And normally I'm a big fan of the butter, but I think if I had used it- I would've gone into cardiac arrest!!! The grill actually made the bread all nice and crispy with golden stripes..... Not to mention- it "officially" made it a GRILLED cheese sammich! NUMMAS!!!! I so totally just had to share my ooey gooey goodness moment with you all! ;)

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Grilled Grievance

Kelly — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:15:41 GMT

I had this grilled cheese sammich the other day and the bread was so thick that it completely overshadowed the cheese, resulting in inferior sammich. Luckily I had tomato soup to console me. It is important to remember to have a good bread/cheese ratio!! That's what I get for trusting the cafeteria with my sammiches...

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Not your traditional but fancy grilled cheese sammich

TheArchitect — Mon, 17 May 2004 20:10:13 GMT

So yesterday...after much driving ...in and around the city...we found ourselves at the Universal Cafe near Blowfish Sushi. I discovered a very yummy sammich....indeed. Abolone Mushrooms with yellow squash and zucchini grilled with goat cheese on sourdough... The Mushroom are marinated in olive oil and the veggies are grilled and pressed. The ingrediants are then placed in the sourdough and goat cheese bed and grilled. Dam good grilled sammich...a little steep in price..10with salad.. worth checking out or at least attempting at home.

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i'm sure this has been asked before!

larissa — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:10:41 GMT

what's everyone's favourite kind of cheese, for a grilled cheese sammich????

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Call it...

Sat, 08 May 2004 14:04:48 GMT

i've heard so many cute names for grilled cheese sammiches...("sammich" being one...)
grilled cheesy
cheese toasty

anyone else heard any other names for a good ol' grilled cheese sandwich?

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cheese n banana toastie

zoogrrrl — Mon, 10 May 2004 13:31:04 GMT

i've heard this is delicious!! will need to try it out, can anyone verify this for me? always looking for new tasty combos haha

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Sammich side

snazzygina — Wed, 05 May 2004 23:18:37 GMT

What is your favorite side when ordering from a restaurant? I like extra crispy french fries please. Oh, you have seasoned fries? Even better. Oh, and a side of ranch for dipping, please.

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Best bread & worst bread?

Thu, 06 May 2004 19:23:32 GMT

What is your favorite bread for your cheese? Are there any breads or bread like substances that you just can't stand with your cheese?

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Government Cheese

paintbreath — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:42:00 GMT

My family was dirt poor when I was a kid. Kool-Aid with only half a cup of sugar, and grilled cheese SANGWICHES were standard fare. There was more government surplus cheese in my neighborhood than I care to think about. The problem with those long carboard 5 lbs. boxes of cheese is that the shit doesn't melt. Instead it kind of loses it's rigid demeanor and just becomes a bit more plyable while collecting some weird kind of cheese sweat all along the surface.

Fortunately, I've moved far from government surplus food and now enjoy one of my all time favorite meals the way I like them. Butter on the outside of both slices of sourdough bread, pepper-jack cheese, and parmesan cheese sprinkled on both sides of the bread before cooking...okay, gotta go I'm hungry now.-Loving you all like the very reason we're here...R

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y GRILLED cheese??

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:57:53 GMT

hi ya'll,

i'm new here! love the tribe...but

why do we call them GRILLED cheese sammiches

when we lightly fry them stove top or bake them
in the oven but NEVER grill them on the grill???

hmmmmm.....

Tink

I grew up on cheerios, cornflakes, PB & J sammiches...and my mothers BEST grilled cheese sammiches :)

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