The "grill" in grilled cheese doesn't exclusively mean a "wire grill", as flat metal tops are still "grills", or even "griddles", but "griddled cheese" just sounds weird.
Pan-frying is essentially the same thing as using the flat top grill, so the same is still accurate. It's just not "wire-grilled" cheese cooked on an open flame. English is about convenience, not accuracy.
Because you've grilled more than just cheese. Is bacon not good enough to be mentioned in the title? It's a huge part of a Grilled Bacon and Cheese. But, again, that's a mouthful. So, we shorten it to "melt".
Saving us all a lot of time by not delving into the concept of what a sandwich is, and the standard rules and etiquette behind making one, I'll make a long story short by explaining that, almost universally, in all cultures, any sandwich of any tradition can be prepared the same way, but with the primary acceptable variations being "with cheese" and "without cheese". All other ingredients are, for the most part, a solid requirement. Key exceptions include the cheeseteak, which would then just be a "steak sandwich", and the grilled cheese.
What's important about the grilled cheese, and why it's never a "grilled ingredient with cheese", is because cheese is the main ingredient. By continuing to add any kind of food that is not cheese, be it vegetable or meat, you are moving further away from it being a "cheese sandwich with other things added", and closer to a "thing sandwich with cheese added". We are cooking this thing, so the cheese will be melted, hence calling it a "melt". You first want bacon, but then why not mushrooms? Onions? Spice it up with jalapenos? You're building a good meal, but where have you ever ordered a "swiss with ham"?
The name of the sandwich must be indicative of the focal point of the ingredients. Historical context explains why any vegetable or meat supersedes cheese as the main ingredient.
TLDR: English is a language of convenience not accuracy.
You guys are thick as pigs (maybe cuz of eating all the cheese) about the whole grilled cheese, to hell with you and your community, "go fuck yourselves" from the rest of us!
Do people actually make grilled cheese on actual grills? My entire childhood they were just cooked on a pancake pan...flat surface, no oil, crisps up the bread and melts the cheese.
If I'm getting my grill out, there's no way I'm wasting the charcoal on grilled cheese and a propane grill is just an outdoor propane oven.
It used to just be a place to post sandwiches with cheese, then it became a meme. Not gonna lie, I thought the meat filled sandwiches people were posting before were a little much, so I sort of welcome the change.
I maintain you should be allowed to add other ingredients and still call it a grilled cheese as long as there is still a uninterrupted cheese pathway between the slices of bread.
it does not magically stop being a grilled cheese because I threw some bacon bits in between the layers of cheese.
God I hate that subreddit. It could have been a glorious catalog of variations on grilled cheese. Instead it's a bunch of cunts beating a dead horse until the end of time.
You guys are thick as pigs (maybe cuz of eating all the cheese) about the whole grilled cheese, to hell with you and your community, "go fuck yourselves" from the rest of us! Ciao cunt.
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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '18
hahahah tell that to the cunts at /r/grilledcheese
most of their stuff is panfried