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A few grilled cheese questions. (beehaw.org)
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  1. Why is fat spread on the bread different than fat poured in the pan? The sandwich comes out different depending your method here. 1A. Which method do you prefer?

  2. What fat do you use? Butter? Mayonnaise? Some super cool other thing that I haven't tried? Again the sandwich comes out different, both in flavor and texture depending on the fat of choice.

  3. Best cheese and bread for the sandwich?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fat poured into pan doesn't guarantee the kind of pristine coverage necessary for a good crusty grilled cheese simply because it doesn't get the opportunity to penetrate as far into the bread, only the outer most bit of bread catches a sear and then that sear prevents further fat penetration and also mayonnaise is best IMO because you get the best crisp to fat ratio, you can use much less mayonnaise than butter and still get wonderfully crispy results.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Sure it's crisper, but it don't taste like butter