So I have this MFP friend...

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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Some of you have just made a very powerful enemy. A very powerful enemy, indeed. *narrows eyes to angry slits*

    The Truth of the Enhanced Grilled Cheese shall not be sullied by your mundane grilled cheese rhetoric, Wronger!
  • TheDoctorDana
    TheDoctorDana Posts: 595 Member
    Ewwww.... tomatoes. They're so gooshy. They would contaminate a grilled cheese for me and make it un edible.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Whaat?? yeah that's a deal breaker right there.

    Bacon grilled cheese w/ketchup are better IMO......drooolll miss those
    Will you marry me?

    Are we going to be polygamists? IN
    I just want multiple wives and husbands.
  • dvelocity
    dvelocity Posts: 309 Member
    Mine usually have mozzarella and tomatoes and basil that have been marinated in balsamic vinegar. My grilled cheese sandwiches kick average grilled cheese sandwich *kitten*!

    I must make this. Why did I not think of that before? Sounds scrumptious.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    No tomato on grilled cheese. Dipping in ketchup is okay, but putting ACTUAL tomato on a grilled cheese is an abomination.

    I agree, although a grilled tomato sandwich with cheese is delicious.

    Thanks! I was just about to point out, that unless the cheese is the only ingredient, protocol dictates that the sandwich is named by what other ingredients are involved.

    Examples:
    A Ham sandwich with cheese.
    A cucumber sandwich with cream cheese
    A roast beef with Cheddar.
    A tomato sandwich with cheese.
    Onion sandwich with cheese.

    Grilled Cheese is just cheese.

    Incorrect. It depends on the ratio of the ingredients. If cheese is the dominant ingredient, it remains a grilled cheese+.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Do they dip it in ketchup or tomato soup? I thought that was pretty standard with grilled cheese.

    Ketchup is where it's at (when it's a particularly greasy grill cheese, anyway).
    Especially on texas toast. Oh lawdy that hits the spot.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    Some of you have just made a very powerful enemy. A very powerful enemy, indeed. *narrows eyes to angry slits*

    ETA - My avatar makes this threat less intimidating. UNTIL YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A TIGER!!!
    If they do not recognize Daniel Tiger, they deserve their fate. Meow-mew-myow-myow-myow! :happy:
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    My "grilled cheese"
    2 pieces sourdough
    some turkey
    some proscuittio
    1.5 pieces Muenster
    1.5 pieces smoked gouda
    2 pieces sharp cheddar
    half an avocado

    It's hefty and fancy but it's better than anything you've put in your mouth.

    That is just a grilled turkey sandwich with avocado and cheese.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Ewwww.... tomatoes. They're so gooshy. They would contaminate a grilled cheese for me and make it un edible.

    In for un edible.
  • dessertlover27
    dessertlover27 Posts: 385 Member
    The beautiful simplicity that is a grilled cheese sandwich, should not be sullied by other ingredients. I'm sure they are nice sandwiches, but you have to call them something else. I will not stand by as you pervert the good name of Grilled Cheese with your Ingredients of Evil.

    Hear Hear! Band together against evil abominations.

    Wait. Is this a dvisive topic?

    Yes, all we are waiting for now is the lock. So, in before the lock!
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member

    I only do raw tomato. It heats up nicely during the grilling process, just slice them thin. :)

    For sure, that would definitely work.

    Lots of fruit, like pear for example, goes well with cheese so I don't know why tomatoes seem so strange...
  • lostdogg
    lostdogg Posts: 450 Member
    Sure, just call it a grilled cheese, why not just throw all the rules out the window.

    friendlys-Grilled-Cheese-BurgerMelt.jpg



    Cheese bread, side bowl of tomato soup. Just end it there.

    I have the weirdest hard-on right now.

    I also like onions on mine.

    I will be making one tonight. Sitting in the bedroom floor. Savoring every last as I sit there in a state of Nirvana
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    tomato on a grilled cheese is great but spread a little hummus on the bread, and it will be the best grilled cheese ever
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member

    I only do raw tomato. It heats up nicely during the grilling process, just slice them thin. :)

    For sure, that would definitely work.

    Lots of fruit, like pear for example, goes well with cheese so I don't know why tomatoes seem so strange...
    No.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Whaat?? yeah that's a deal breaker right there.

    Bacon grilled cheese w/ketchup are better IMO......drooolll miss those
    Will you marry me?

    Are we going to be polygamists? IN
    I just want multiple wives and husbands.

    We'll have to make a schedule for who is bringing the nutella and bacon on which nights.
  • RobTheGourmet
    RobTheGourmet Posts: 189 Member
    I see a trend of hate in the world of food with this processed cheese product and processed boxed frozen toasts! and no other mentions of wine reductions! blasphemy!

    where is the love?
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member

    ETA - My avatar makes this threat less intimidating. UNTIL YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A TIGER!!!

    Yes, a rather sophisticated tiger who wears a wristwatch it would seem.

    I am literally shaking...in...my...boots....
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Some of you have just made a very powerful enemy. A very powerful enemy, indeed. *narrows eyes to angry slits*

    The Truth of the Enhanced Grilled Cheese shall not be sullied by your mundane grilled cheese rhetoric, Wronger!

    Continue to eat your Sandwich from the Island of Dr. Moreau. You will pay the price...
  • momjmd
    momjmd Posts: 296 Member
    It is bacon AND tomato that makes a grilled cheese really awesome! :)
  • catneon
    catneon Posts: 911 Member
    Whaat?? yeah that's a deal breaker right there.

    Bacon grilled cheese w/ketchup are better IMO......drooolll miss those
    Will you marry me?
    Of course I will! :flowerforyou:
  • sakuragreenlily
    sakuragreenlily Posts: 334 Member
    Clearly MFP is divided into two camps. The Right Side, and the Wrong side.

    All you Wrongers are heathens.
    Well, some people like cilantro too. They're wrong, of course, but I don't rub it in their faces or try to convert them.

    Now just wait a *&%$ minute! Who said you could bring cilantro into this? Cilantro isn't even here to defend itself! This is about grilled cheese. If you want to start making hateful statements about other DELICIOUS food items you can take your hate elsewhere, friend.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member

    ETA - My avatar makes this threat less intimidating. UNTIL YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A TIGER!!!

    Yes, a rather sophisticated tiger who wears a wristwatch it would seem.

    I am literally shaking...in...my...boots....

    Mock not the tiger named Daniel. Heathen! He is an ally of King Friday!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member

    ETA - My avatar makes this threat less intimidating. UNTIL YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A TIGER!!!

    Yes, a rather sophisticated tiger who wears a wristwatch it would seem.

    I am literally shaking...in...my...boots....

    He likes to know the correct time. The fact that he is punctual shouldn't make him any less frightening.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    I put sweet pickles on my grilled cheese and have for ever. I see no issue with tomato on a grilled cheese.


    Edit: I do take issue with my spelling. Errors fixed.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    My "grilled cheese"
    2 pieces sourdough
    some turkey
    some proscuittio
    1.5 pieces Muenster
    1.5 pieces smoked gouda
    2 pieces sharp cheddar
    half an avocado

    It's hefty and fancy but it's better than anything you've put in your mouth.

    That is just a grilled turkey sandwich with avocado and cheese.
    I'm inclined to agree with OP on this one. If you promised me a turkey sandwich and offered me this instead, I would kick you in the... well, no, I love smoked gouda, so I would be ok, but it still wouldn't be a turkey sandwich just because it has a little bit of turkey, any more than it's an avocado sandwich because it's got half an avocado (which is far from a little bit!).
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    I put sweet pickles on my grilled cheese and have for ever. I see no issue with tomatoe on a grilled cheese.

    UGH. Sweet pickles are an abomination in the eyes of the food gods. Of pickles, you shall only consume dill is the 13th commandment.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member

    I only do raw tomato. It heats up nicely during the grilling process, just slice them thin. :)

    For sure, that would definitely work.

    Lots of fruit, like pear for example, goes well with cheese so I don't know why tomatoes seem so strange...
    No.

    Looooool - you're missing out. Pear and gouda go well together and the cooking causes the sugars in the pear to caramelise a little...

    2012-01-11_PearPanini.jpg
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member

    ETA - My avatar makes this threat less intimidating. UNTIL YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A TIGER!!!

    Yes, a rather sophisticated tiger who wears a wristwatch it would seem.

    I am literally shaking...in...my...boots....

    He likes to know the correct time. The fact that he is punctual shouldn't make him any less frightening.
    Yes, he will mess you up. Right on time.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I see a trend of hate in the world of food with this processed cheese product and processed boxed frozen toasts! and no other mentions of wine reductions! blasphemy!

    where is the love?

    Part of the beauty of a grilled cheese is its simplicity. Doing a wine reduction is overkill.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member

    I only do raw tomato. It heats up nicely during the grilling process, just slice them thin. :)

    For sure, that would definitely work.

    Lots of fruit, like pear for example, goes well with cheese so I don't know why tomatoes seem so strange...
    No.

    Looooool - you're missing out. Pear and gouda go well together and the cooking causes the sugars in the pear to caramelise a little...

    2012-01-11_PearPanini.jpg
    More for you then, and you might as well put some devil weed on it too, because fruit does not need cheese funkin' up the place!