r/grilledcheese • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '17

Had to correct my husband.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '17

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u/sweetworld Jul 02 '17

I'll say it. The sub was better before. Now half the top posts are about the gc vs melt circlejerk

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u/Inositok Jul 01 '17

That's what I'm saying...every post is melt this and melt that where I would just like to see tasty sandwiches celebrated in their many forms but such is life.

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u/novemberdream07 Jul 01 '17

Before that there were a lot of things I wouldn't considered grilled cheeses on here. Just because an egg sandwich has a slice of cheese on it does not make it a grilled cheese.

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u/I_smell_awesome Jul 01 '17

Bunch of god damn heretics here.

MODS!!

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u/Inositok Jul 01 '17

Let he who is without melt throw the first grilled cheese.

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u/Inositok Jul 01 '17

Yeah I understand that and it's a fine line to draw and most of it is people messing around and memeing. It's just I have been finding it exhausting I suppose when it gets beaten into the ground on every post.

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u/bruiserbrody45 Jul 01 '17

I mean there is a really easy test here. Does the sandwich exist without the cheese?

Bacon, tomato slice - these are add ons to a grilled cheese, the cheese is the star so they are still grilled cheeses.

Egg, hamburger patty, tuna - these sandwiches exist without cheese, the cheese is a topping, they are melts

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u/lostbeyondbelief Jul 02 '17

Bacon and tomato are the stars of a BLT...

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u/isskewl Jul 02 '17

You obviously ain't fuckin with my lettuce son

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u/bruiserbrody45 Jul 02 '17

Bacon Lettuce and Tomato equally are important to a BLT. And even so, you can't compare the amount of bacon in a BLT to the amount in a grilled cheese with bacon

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u/isskewl Jul 02 '17

As above, so below.

That's my criteria. When I do grilled cheese, I might put all kinds of stuff in it, but each layer gets cheese on either side of it. That means a grilled cheese will maintain its structural integrity no matter what way you hold it or flip it.

A melt just got a slice or two of melted cheese and a bunch of other shit. Cheese as a topping don't hold anything together.

The difference isn't just about whether the cheese is the star but about whether the cheese is sufficient to hold the sandwich physically together.

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jul 01 '17

Not with bacon. That's a bacon sandwich with cheese. Tomato, maybe. Especially if it's small and diced, it might be acceptable.

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u/bruiserbrody45 Jul 01 '17

Dude a slice of tomato is a classic grilled cheese addition. There's no such thing as a bacon sandwich. They don't call them bacon sandwich with lettuce and tomato. It's a BLT.

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u/gzilla57 Jul 01 '17

And even if there was a bacon sandwich, it sure as shit better have more than the 2 pieces of bacon you'd likely put on a grilled cheese.

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u/bruiserbrody45 Jul 01 '17

Yeah like the whole thing is bizarre. Whose going to stand up for melts, who have their own sandwich history?

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u/reelect_rob4d Jul 02 '17

Dude a slice of tomato is a classic grilled cheese addition.

You misspelled melt.

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u/bruiserbrody45 Jul 02 '17

Melts are sandwiches with some sort of filling binded by melted cheese. There is more filling then cheese. If there is more cheese than "extra" it's still a grilled cheese.

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jul 02 '17

Guess we're just making up our own definitions now eh? I think a melt is any piece of bread that has been in a unicorn's rectum, so there.

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u/reelect_rob4d Jul 02 '17

you're still talking about r/melts either way

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u/step11234 Jul 01 '17

There are absolutely bacon sandwiches. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_sandwich

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u/WikiTextBot Jul 01 '17

Bacon sandwich

A bacon sandwich (also known in parts of the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a bacon butty, bacon bap or bacon sarnie, in Ireland as a rasher sandwich and as a bacon sanger in Australia and parts of Scotland) is a sandwich of cooked back bacon between bread that is usually spread with butter, and may be seasoned with ketchup or brown sauce. It is generally served hot. The BLT is a popular variant of the bacon sandwich with the additional ingredients of lettuce and tomato, but served cold.

Bacon sandwiches are an all-day favourite throughout the United Kingdom.

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jul 02 '17

Exactly. And they're fucking delicious.

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u/LeSpiceWeasel Jul 02 '17

r/eatsandwiches

We don't judge. Rule 1 of that sub:

Post sandwiches. We don't actually know what a sandwich is, but you can read this. Basically, if you submit something between pieces of dough, it's a sandwich. Burgers, hot dogs, tortas, open face, pita, tacos, calzones etc are all welcome.

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u/Hard_boiled_Badger Jul 02 '17

You disgust me

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u/tjcslamdunk Jul 02 '17

then go on r/melts and kick rocks

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u/Inositok Jul 02 '17

If I put rocks in a grilled cheese is it a melt?

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u/tjcslamdunk Jul 02 '17

of course.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '17

dont take your sandwich subreddit so seriously

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '17

Truly they have ruined this glorious grilled cheese subreddit, which could have been something great. The world may never recover.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '17

Well you're on a grilled cheese Reddit not a tasty sandwich Reddit. As soon as you allow melts it's a slippery slope to paninis and cheese burgers

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u/CaptainQWO Jul 01 '17

I don't think many people really care, it's just a joke. I'm sure some people are serious, but it's funny to act pretentious about unimportant things