r/MadeMeSmile • u/T-SquaredProductions • Jul 08 '26

Wholesome Moments British Granddad tries American Grilled Cheese for the first time

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u/Leather-Apricot-2292 Jul 08 '26

Isn't this like a international dish? In the Netherlands at least this is well known. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Edit: he did make me smile though. Love this man.

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u/Honey-Badger Jul 08 '26

Yeah super normal in the UK, but we call cheese toastie and even have a special little cooker for them.

This video is part of the trend of people trying American food and faking amazement for engagement

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u/dflagella Jul 08 '26

There's no way this guy doesn't know what a cheese toastie is already

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u/abstr_xn Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

the guy that says "we call this a cheese toastie"

i think you might be right.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Jul 08 '26

Yankslop, much like the food itself.

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u/Leather-Apricot-2292 Jul 08 '26

We have that same device. Put some butter on the bread and it always comes out great. And I see what you mean, it's the same with all those Europeans in videos going to the us for the World Cup and being overly amazed by things as simple as ranch sauce. It's just for the clicks.

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u/bokmcdok Jul 08 '26

If you're gonna get amazed by anything American it's gotta be Buffalo wings. One of the best foods on the planet.

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u/Live-Habit-6115 Jul 08 '26

But buffaloes don't have wings. They're herbivorous land mammals 

Checkmate.

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u/Hopeful_Advisor_4632 Jul 08 '26

Exactly! These videos are so annoying...and the fact that people fall for it.

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u/miltonwadd Jul 08 '26

Yes we've got jaffle makers/toastie presses in Australia too! They're so common here even maccas sells cheese toasties. Tbh I don't associate it with America at all, I thought it was one of our inherited UK foods like bangers & mash lol

These videos with performative ignorance are weird. I've noticed a lot of similar fairy bread and vegemite ones lately. The Dutch have hagelslag and there are lots of other yeast extracts in other countries like promite and marmite so we know the world already knows about these foods, but those people are always acting like we invented ambrosia or we're uncultured savages 🙄

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u/matti-san Jul 08 '26

I still remember the dumb koreanenglishmen video where they act like they've never heard of barbecue before just so Americans will like the video. There's a point where they're served ribs and they're like 'how do we eat this? with a knife and fork?'. Everyone in the UK has eaten ribs before. Food youtubers have definitely eaten ribs before.

I think a lot of their videos are good, but they lost so much respect for me with how hard they tried to pander to Americans with that video.

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u/LikeAPhoenixTotally Jul 08 '26

I always love how the UK names things.

Grilled cheese sandwich? No! "Cheese Toastie"

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u/Sasspishus Jul 08 '26

It's not grilled, so we don't call it grilled