Grilled Cheese Isn't Rocket Science
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
United States
December 29, 2015 3:03pm CST
This afternoon I decided to make myself a grilled cheese sandwich (with swiss cheese cause that's my favorite).
I don't have any kind of new fangled gadget to make grilled cheese and I just do it in my frying pan.
Side one came out all nice and golden brown.
I flipped it over...
Side two I burned.
This happens to me almost all the time. One side comes out perfectly and the other almost black.
Grrrr with all the times I've made grilled cheese you would think I would be able to do it with my eyes closed. Obviously I can't even do it right with my eyes open.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 What, never? I toast the bread first then put the cheese on and wait for it to bubble up under the grill - lovely.
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
30 Dec 15
@jabouk I've never done mine under the grill (or broiler)
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Dec 15
Happens to me too, so now I cook them super slow and they are always perfect.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
30 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 I guess maybe I have my pan too hot and too high so next time I'll have to make sure I cook it a little slower
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 yup low heat and slow is the key. I have learned over the years.
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
I sometimes cook mine in a skillet but other times use the broil on my oven. It seems like when I cook it in a skillet, one side is always a little browner too. I don't know if it's because the skillet is really hot by the time we get to browning the other side.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
5 Jan 16
@Marilynda1225 I usually have to turn the heat down a little to keep it from burning.
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
30 Dec 15
@simone10 you are probably right about the skillet being hotter by the time you flip the grilled cheese. duh I never thought of that 
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
30 Dec 15
@gr8nana I think I get distracted once I flip it over and my mind wanders. Guess I'll have to pay closer attention on my next attempt
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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30 Dec 15
i've never known of any gadget for grilled cheese. i usually use a pan too
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
30 Dec 15
@jillybean1222 I think the gadget I was thinking about is a panini maker but I couldn't think of it when I wrote the post
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
30 Dec 15
And I wasn't even giving lessons in burning food.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
30 Dec 15
Once in a blue moon I make a grilled cheese for my husband, I can't eat cheese so just cooking with it I have to put on a brave face!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 15
Oops sorry for laughing, it sounds like there are kitchen disasters going on all over the world today!
@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
29 Dec 15
A grilled cheese sandwich actually sounds pretty good right now. I think I'll make some with some of my leftover Christmas ham!
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
30 Dec 15
My mom has something to do some grilled cheese. I usually do it in a pan. At least you know how to make grilled cheese. I had a roommate in university who asked my husband how to make one. She had no clue how to make some of the simplest things. Oh well ...
@mawhite (242)
• United States
30 Dec 15
That's me with making pancakes. Always has been. I'm cursed, and I feel my adult children are traumatized by a childhood of half-burned pancakes :)
