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[–] Steamymoomilk 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Aussie here, I've always considered a cheese toasty to be a cheese sandwich that's been toasted in a jaffle iron. A toasted cheese sandwich, however, would be more similar to a grilled cheese.

Not sure if this was just the nomenclature used by my family or is in line with what others call them, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Cool, sounds a lot like a grilled cheese overall.

Way back in the day, when all we had was a space heater, my mom would sometimes crank the oven and then leave the door open. Just another space heater, but in the kitchen.

Often, before school, she would put a few slices of cheese on bread and then put them on a cookie sheet under the broiler (overhead heating element in an oven, in case that's not immediately clear). The cheese melts, the top of the bread toasts, and the underside steams a little bit.

You can eat them in slices, fold them over, or put two melty cheese bread slices together to make a sandwich, which was my favorite. It was one of the only things I knew how to cook for a long while, and I have fond memories of it.

Problem is that I never really knew what to call it. Mom called it cheese bread, but I never really thought that fit. Given my penchant for making sandwiches out of them, I eventually started calling them baked cheese sandwiches. I was hoping maybe cheese toasty would be the thing, but the search continues.

[–] Steamymoomilk 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

See around where i live, we call it a cheese toasty. We had class debates about if its a cheese toasty or a grilled cheese. Most people say a cheese toasty is when you take a pan on a stove or micowave. Then take 2 pieces of bread a sandwitch the cheese in the middle, then "toast it" sometimes including butter on the outside of the bread when using a pan. Grilled cheese is when you grill the sandwitch in the same way as toasting except its grilled.

Honestly its just kinda a silly little argument between people, i mean its bread with cheese! But its just fun to see what others call things. Very simular to coke/pop/soda debate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

If you make cheese toasties in the microwave a small puppy dies

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches 6 points 14 hours ago

Cheese toasty is acceptable.