Cheese On Toast
By Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
February 9, 2011 4:21pm CST
I thought that cheese on toast would be the same all over the UK. Not so. The Cumbrians do things differently and I should know because I'm married to one.
When I do cheese on toast I toast one side of the bread under the grill, then, I turn it over, grate some cheese and grill that until the cheese has melted into the bread. To me, that's a normal way of doing cheese on toast.
When my Cumbrian husband does cheese on toast he doesn't bother toasting the bread on one side. He just slaps a couple of slices of cheese on the bread, grills it (not for very long), then he kinda wraps it up so it's all gooey cheese melting into the bread, rather like a very poor cheese wrap lol.
Absolutely no way would I eat cheese IN toast like the Cumbrians do. The very idea makes me feel sick.
So, my friends, my question is this:-
Who's normal?
When my Cumbrian husband does cheese on toast he doesn't bother toasting the bread on one side. He just slaps a couple of slices of cheese on the bread, grills it (not for very long), then he kinda wraps it up so it's all gooey cheese melting into the bread, rather like a very poor cheese wrap lol.
Absolutely no way would I eat cheese IN toast like the Cumbrians do. The very idea makes me feel sick.
So, my friends, my question is this:-
Who's normal?5 people like this
21 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Awh dawn beat me to it but that is the only way we/I have ever had Grilled cheese and so love it. Sometimes we will add ham also, then you ham & cheese Yummy!
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Feb 11
Hubby likes to slice tomatoes thinly between the cheese on the bread.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
Sounds gorgeous!
Beans on toast, love them as well but, again, John doesn't toast BOTH SIDES of the bread.
Weird man. Oh, and he doesn't bother buttering the toast if I don't mention it. That's the best part, beans swimming in butter!
Haha!
Beans on toast, love them as well but, again, John doesn't toast BOTH SIDES of the bread.
Weird man. Oh, and he doesn't bother buttering the toast if I don't mention it. That's the best part, beans swimming in butter!
Haha!@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
10 Feb 11
LOL Janey I just went through all the responses and wrote down all the different ways and added extras. Yummy I will be much more creative with our grilled cheese sandwiches here on in.
Yummy I will be much more creative with our grilled cheese sandwiches here on in.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
9 Feb 11
Ugh yuk! That is toasted cheese not cheese on toast! (And I'm sure it's not the traditional Cumbrian way, either!)
I have a black plasticky-woven looking bag (well, two, actually) into which one can slip a cheese sandwich and then pop it in the toaster (for a little longer than normal). It comes out nice and crispy and hot with the cheese melting nicely in the middle.
When I do cheese on toast properly, however, I mix the grated cheese with a little butter, some mustard/Worcester sauce/chopped onion/mayonnaise/chilli/tomato concentrate (depending on how I feel) until it's a stiff paste, adding a little milk if necessary. Then I toast the bread (under the grill) on one side and spread the other as close to the edges as I can with the cheese mixture and toast until bubbling and beginning to brown.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Feb 11
No, this is not about recipes, but it is a discussion about similarities and differences. It is a how to discussion. I want one of Owlwings sandwiches right now. They sound so yummy.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
12 Feb 11
Yes, I'm thinking I'll have to remember how he does this mixture thingy. I'm not sure about the black, plasticky-woven bags in the toaster though...think I'll give that a miss.
I do grilled cheese on toast...I toast 2 slices of bread, cut 4 slices of tasty cheese and put it on the buttered toast, pop it all under the grill till the cheese melts. Sometimes I put pepper and salt on before I grill the cheese, sometimes paprika.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
Very nice too. I hope this discussion doesn't get deleted as we're not on about recipes here..just methods of doing cheese on toast.
I'll be most upset if it gets deleted as I'm having fun reading about the different ways such a basic food is created.
I hope this discussion doesn't get deleted as we're not on about recipes here..just methods of doing cheese on toast.
I'll be most upset if it gets deleted as I'm having fun reading about the different ways such a basic food is created.2 people like this
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Neither of you makes it like I would. Of course mine is called a grilled cheese sandwich. I would probably eat yours before his. Another bad way to go is to pop bread in the toaster, and when it is done put a slice of cheese on it and microwave it. I put my cheese between slices of bread and toast each side on a hot buttered grill.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
Looks like you and Dawn are "singing from the same hymn sheet" with this lol. I sense a US pattern developing and it sounds yummy as it's just like our cheese toasties we do in sandwich makers.
I must say I've never tried to do cheese on toast in our toaster but I bet a lot do. I'm not sure how the cheese would stay on the bread!
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@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Feb 11
Yer both nuts!
Everybody knows you slap some cheese between two pieces of bread, butter the outsides and fry the whole thing up in a pan! 
@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Feb 11
Actually, both methods are too time consuming. Let's just nuke the cheese on a rice cake and be done with it.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
That sounds a bit messy if you ask me.
I will try your method if you try mine. Deal?
I will try your method if you try mine. Deal?1 person likes this
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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9 Feb 11
You are both normal for yourselves!! Personally I do what you do. It is a long time since I ate cheese on toast and i can't see it happening soon. I have another 20lbs to lose before I can start eating that sort of thong again. I don't grate my cheese. I simply cut it into squares. The best cheese is of course cheddar but I have tried melting others too.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
If you ever get the chance to eat cheese again try some crumbly Lancashire on toast. It really is divine and Lancashire cheese has been voted the best to use on toast...but Cheddar will do, love that as well.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
9 Feb 11
We do grilled cheese sandwiches, and here's how I was taught to do it. Butter both sides of two slices of bread. Grill one side, turn it over, insert cheese between the two grilled sides, then, one at a time, grill the two sides that haven't been grilled. Yum...
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
That sounds normal to me my friend. John wouldn't do it that way, though. He wouldn't grill the two sides that haven't been grilled.
How gross is that?
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@jwfarrimond (4473)
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10 Feb 11
I just think he's being lazy.. I'd make it the way you do - grill the bread first. Incidentally, my mother was Cumbrian, from Workington, so I'm half Cumbrian. Maybe I should half grill the bread..
I'd make it the way you do - grill the bread first. Incidentally, my mother was Cumbrian, from Workington, so I'm half Cumbrian. Maybe I should half grill the bread..@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
Or, as they say round here, "wukn'n" something like that! My MIL is from Maryport and when I first met her I couldn't understand her. FIL is fine as he has a Carlisle accent like hubby. Worryingly, I can understand MIL a bit more now. It would be interesting to see what concoctions those two come up with in the kitchen!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
Or cheese toasties as we like to call them...usually on a contraption shown below.
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@margerydaw14 (735)
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9 Feb 11
ooh my favourite food. Cheese on toast !!!! yum, I toast both sides of the bread and put the spread on and then the cheese and then back under the grill. I don't know of any other way to do cheese on toast, or Welsh rabbit(rarebit??) as my mum used to call it. And she came from Yorkshire. Changing the direction of this discussion slightly, have you tried cheese on toast with brown sauce or worcester sauce drizzled over the toasted cheese, or even better, a poached egg or scrambled egg on top of the cheese?
@margerydaw14 (735)
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9 Feb 11
I have high chlolestoral( sorry cant spell it very well!!!
) so at the very beginning when i started the medication, I had to cut cheese, spread and eggs out, but I must admit the forbidden items have snuck back into my diet but I do limit myself to only once or twice a fortnight!
) so at the very beginning when i started the medication, I had to cut cheese, spread and eggs out, but I must admit the forbidden items have snuck back into my diet but I do limit myself to only once or twice a fortnight!@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
9 Feb 11
I'm a bit weird in the fact I don't like eggs, not in the flesh if you see what I mean. Obviously, they are in a lot of foods and I wouldn't bake a cake without eggs..but, alas I don't like them.
I have used Worcestershire sauce or HP on my cheese on toast but I have to be in the mood. I prefer it eau naturelle lol.
I have used Worcestershire sauce or HP on my cheese on toast but I have to be in the mood. I prefer it eau naturelle lol.
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
10 Feb 11
Take a slice of bread, spread butter on one side, open a can of tuna, spread on the side that's already buttered. Put a slice of cheddar cheese on top of tuna & just chuck the whole thing into the toaster oven, yummyy
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
Wow, I've never heard of that before. It's a good job I've just eaten!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
10 Feb 11
Hiya Janey,
I used to do Cheese on Toast a lot over in England and I loved it with "Daddies Sauce" yummy. I would eat two or three pieces of it and I loved every bit of it.
I don´t do any here. Grill is no good so that is the reason otherwise I could do something similar.
I used to go out with a "Geordie" from up Sunderland I don´t know what his habit about Cheese and Toast was though.
I used to toast both sides first one more than the other and the lighter toasted side I added all the Cheese I could and grilled it till it bubbled. Good Days those were gal miss them a lot sometimes.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 Apr 11
Hiya Janey,
Oh yes I love England very much. I know that might sound corny but I do and I love it as well. Just because I am here it does not mean to say that I forget about my Homeland never ever you can bet on it.
I love Cheese on Toast grated or in Slices well small slices actually.
Love the taste and the smell of it Grilling away yummy yummy yummy.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
I always put loads of cheese on as well - grated of course. Can't be doing with slabs. Haha!
I'm glad you miss England because it's nice that someone likes the place so much..makes a change my friend.
I'm glad you miss England because it's nice that someone likes the place so much..makes a change my friend.
@sunshine37 (450)
• United States
10 Feb 11
My father slaps a piece of bread on aluminum foil in the oven , then adds a slice of sandwich style cheese. He loves them for breakfast. Now, I will butter two pieces of bread, on one side, put a slice of cheese in the middle and put it in my George foreman grill, and we have grilled cheese. It is so yummy cause the cheese is melted well. Now I am hungry and that would be good lol
@sunshine37 (450)
• United States
10 Feb 11
oh yeah, add a piece of ham in between the two slices of bread and you have a grilled hot ham and cheese melt.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
10 Feb 11
Me...I'm normal. You and John? I've never done a grilled cheese sandwich or cheese on toast the way you two do it. I just butter one side of two pieces of bread. Stick some cheese, usually cheddar, in between the two pieces of bread and grill, with the butter side to the pan. You flip and grill both sides. Sometimes I stick ham and green chile in and then I have a green chili ham and cheese sandwich. In fact that sounds so good, I'm going to make one now. Thanks for the idea for supper.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
It's amazing how something simple can be done differently Across The Pond. Most Yanks seem to do it the way you suggest. I need some Brits to back my version up lol.
Enjoy your supper..sounds yummy!
@lacieice (2060)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I have three different ways I fix toast and cheese, or toasted cheese, or cheesy toast, or whatever you want to call it.
First, as someone else said, butter one side of two slices of bread, place the cheese between them, and grill to taste, butter side down. Second, toast two slices of bread, butter one side of each slice, put cheese on unbuttered side, put it together and microwave for a few seconds. Thirdly, toast bread, spread with butter and cheese spread, and enjoy. All are good and quick.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
If you want proper cheese it's gotta be cheddar! I'm not a big fan of Kraft Foods for a number of reasons, which is why I don't touch their Philadelphia spread..those suggestions do sound awesome though, thanks.
I'm not a big fan of Kraft Foods for a number of reasons, which is why I don't touch their Philadelphia spread..those suggestions do sound awesome though, thanks.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
19 Mar 11
Hi. Janey1966. I guess you are the normal one! I love mines grilled by the pan too. Now I may be Cumbrian, in a way, too. I love my cheese melted on my bread in the oven. I have been doing it this way for many years now. It is very delicious too. The bread gets toasted at the same time that the cheese is melted as well.
I love my cheese melted on my bread in the oven. I have been doing it this way for many years now. It is very delicious too. The bread gets toasted at the same time that the cheese is melted as well.@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
19 Mar 11
Hi cream97, nice to see you.
Yes, you can be an honorary Cumbrian if you like my friend as I don't think you toast the other side of the bread like me do you?
Oh, well, each to their own!
Yes, you can be an honorary Cumbrian if you like my friend as I don't think you toast the other side of the bread like me do you?
Oh, well, each to their own!
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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12 Feb 11
Hi Janey,
Well I do chessed on toast same way as you, the way your hub does it sounds a lazy way of doing it, at least your hub does it, but my hub just lets me do it for him all the time, I am fed up of doing cheeese on toast, lol!
Tamara
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
12 Feb 11
LOL! Fortunately, John is quite good in charge of the grill. He did me some bacon sarnies earlier and told me his "new" way of grilling the bacon as it was all more yummy than usual! It was all very interesting I must say..well, as far as grilling goes lol.
Fortunately, John is quite good in charge of the grill. He did me some bacon sarnies earlier and told me his "new" way of grilling the bacon as it was all more yummy than usual! It was all very interesting I must say..well, as far as grilling goes lol.
@angelsmummy (1696)
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10 Feb 11
You are normal haha!!! Cheese on toast done your way is the way to go! Defo cheddar cheese too!! From Cheddar Gorge!!! Sooo yummy!!! Hmmm Im very hungry now so Im goingto go and make some.
I was wondering what to do for lunch!!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
Thanks for saying I'm normal, that's a relief lol.
I agree with another poster who said that my hubby was just being lazy in the way he was doing the cheese on toast. He used to do beans on toast without the butter on the toast, I mean, it just wasn't the same!
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
10 Feb 11
For me it is good but it can add cholesterol in your heart so be careful of it.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
Thanks for the advice..don't worry I don't have many of them.
@LeighB (700)
• Thailand
10 Feb 11
Hi Janey,
I do my cheese on toast the same as you, except for a couple of things.
I toast one side of the bread, then remove the bread and butter it, add the grated cheese and then sprinkle Lea and Perrins worcestershire sauce over the top. Place it back under the grill and wait for the cheese to melt and bubble before removing and eating.
The worcestshire sauce just adds that extra bite, flavour and tang to it.
If however, you are doing Welsh Rarebit (which a lt of people confuse with cheese on toast) then,
You need to Melt butter in a pan, add flour, ale, mustard, cheese, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Then spread this paste over one side toasted bread and grill until mixture melts and bubbles.
Personally I prefer just cheese on toast.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Feb 11
So do I lol. The Worcestershire Sauce bit you mention reminds me of an advert I saw a few years ago..featuring what you did with the sauce.
Yummy!
@classicalgeek (185)
• United States
13 Feb 11
I eat cheese on toast, or cheese in toast, or whatever, any way someone will make it. I live in a part of the world where cheese melted on tortilla chips (nachos) is very common, and I love that, too (as a matter of fact I think I'll make some today!).
