Gravy's Cooking Thread
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Vitality
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1.) Fuck bread
2.) He likely wanted to grill both sides of the bread
4.) Who cares?
I normally make my grilled cheese by buttering both sides, browning one side of two slices of bread, sandwiching the cheese with the browned sides of bread, and then browning the remaining side. Both sides browned, and gooey cheese in the center
I put the cheese on the outside of the bread because the best part of a grilled cheese sandwich is the cheese that runs of the side and sits on the pan, so I just make that the whole sandwich.
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Apologies up front I have an electric stove and didn't use a thermometer so I can't give exact temperatures.
So I made chips last night, and I'm only posting this because I did this totally mess free and produced very few dirty dishes. So here's a good home method -
1. Yellow potatoes. About 2 lbs will do you.
2. Mandolin them. They should be so thin that they develop a transparency. (Dishes - Mandolin & Plate underneath it)
3. Use a Wok and heat canola oil to medium high (see my apology in the opening sentence) (Dish(es) - Wok)
4. Add one handful of sliced potatoes to the hot oil
5. After 2 minutes scoop the chips out onto paper towels (Dish(es) - Spoon)
6. Repeat steps 4-5 ensuring the oil has time to reheat after removing a batch a chips.
Total dishes - 4
Total paper towels - 6
Total time - Nil
Salt? I like to salt a serving size at a time.
So I made chips last night, and I'm only posting this because I did this totally mess free and produced very few dirty dishes. So here's a good home method -
1. Yellow potatoes. About 2 lbs will do you.
2. Mandolin them. They should be so thin that they develop a transparency. (Dishes - Mandolin & Plate underneath it)
3. Use a Wok and heat canola oil to medium high (see my apology in the opening sentence) (Dish(es) - Wok)
4. Add one handful of sliced potatoes to the hot oil
5. After 2 minutes scoop the chips out onto paper towels (Dish(es) - Spoon)
6. Repeat steps 4-5 ensuring the oil has time to reheat after removing a batch a chips.
Total dishes - 4
Total paper towels - 6
Total time - Nil
Salt? I like to salt a serving size at a time.
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If you want a good layer of cheese it's hard to get it all melted without burning the bread. This way just ensures the the bread won't be burnt and the cheese will be fully melted. I have tried making grilled cheese with 2 slices of cheese instead of one but to get the cheese well melted you usually need to microwave it for a couple seconds (although wrapping it in foil and throwing it back on the stove might work as well). The oily cheese thing is why I defend american cheese for grilled cheese and quesadillas. It isn't the most flavorful cheese, but it does melt nicely unlike cheddar. I imagine the gruyere was in there to cut down on the greasiness from the cheddar. Monterey jack melts well, but it's about as bland as American. I like the idea of adding spices to the cheese though.
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That's funny, because several years ago I noticed that my brother-in-law would smoke something and use tons of foil. I always thought it was ridiculous how much foil he used.
Sure enough, I got a smoker and now I go through rolls of foil like a conspiracy theorist. It's crossed over into everything else I cook, really. Foil for baking, foil for food storage, foil for covering foods to warm. It's incredibly useful, and I don't know how I didn't use more of it before.
And now that I know that Alton Brown has a YouTube channel, I figured out what I'm doing the rest of the day at work. Thanks.
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A very quick melt on fattier cheeses helps from separation issues. It's the process of leaving it on the heat for too long that causes it.
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that is what grilled cheese should be. Doubt I could take more than a few bites but I bet they are damn good bites.
that is what grilled cheese should be. Doubt I could take more than a few bites but I bet they are damn good bites.
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That looks delicious. I think that's the first thing I've ever seen that made me want to visit Cleveland.
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Reasonably efficient. But seriously, get to know your heat source and bread. I'm 100% certain that Alton could have achieved optimal cheese meltage and bread browness without those stupid spatulas and extra steps. Move the coals around, put less in, cut the bread thinner, so many different variables.
Elurin, foil is useful, sure, I just hate the one time nature of it.
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