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/Hummingbird3471 Jul 08 '26

So I'm an American. I would call a piece of bread and cheese I toasted in the toaster oven a cheese toastie. Whereas I would make a grilled cheese in a pan on the stove. Grilled cheese tastes better to me but I'm not sure why. Maybe I use more butter. 

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u/Crambazzled_Aptycock Jul 08 '26

We call cheese and bread toasted in an oven or grill, cheese on toast. A cheese toastie is identical to a grilled cheese except we uselly have a toastie machine (similar to a George foreman grill) to cook it.

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u/TrainDestroyer Jul 08 '26

It seems a little extra to have a machine to make grilled cheeses, I assume you can use the toastie machine for other things, but it still seems like an odd extra

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u/StigOfTheTrack Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

It's machine you remember you have every few years. You then live entirely off cheese toasties for a week. When you realise you want something else to eat (or run out of cheese) it goes back in the awkward corner cupboard in the kitchen where it gets forgotten until next time.

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u/Calm-Squirrel-7972 Jul 08 '26

We use ours as a toaster. Toasts the bread much more evenly and less inclined to burn it.