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IHN we may disagree on the primacy of the sealed toastie but
That reuben looks effing lovely.
You're not wrong.
Anyway, can someone confirm whether the Lidl thing seals tbe toastie ot not?
It won't, it's a Panini press, not the triangle thingy.
It looks like it's this one
Hold horses! Jam is ok in certain circumstances. Foreign cheeses are wrong and just pretentious. Chilli is foreign and you can’t make jam from it. Jam is made from strawberries, or raspberries or blackcurrant. Apricot is a conserve and is continentalist.
INSIDE the toasted pocket of joy
The toasted pocket is small for a reason. It perfectly allows teaspooning of the baked beans and a slice of British cheese. Two ingredients max. Anything more means micro-loading faffism and will (as you’ve shown) begin introducing continentalistic so-called foodstuffs. Stick to the baked beans and cheese, it’s the best for all the right reasons. Brown sauce is also the right sauce. Ketchup and cheese are every kind of wrong.
Oh god. I am vexed. I both agree with you, and, yet, at the same time disagree with you. What am I to do? How on earth do I vote on this Brexit thingemejig??? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Chilli is foreign and you can’t make jam from it. Jam is made from strawberries, or raspberries or blackcurrant.
You sir, do not know your jams. Damson jam, plum jam, gooseberry jam, rhubarb jam, tayberry jam, greengage jam, cherry jam, your list is the list of a blinkered soul, I bet you like ketchup too.
extra vintage cheddar and kimchi
your list is the list of a blinkered soul, I bet you like ketchup too.
We agree at least that there can be only one sauce. And that is brown sauce.
As for your ‘Waitrose’ jams? Sorry but you can keep them. Don’t get me wrong, I very much enjoy the taste of a damson or a gooseberry or a stick of rhubarb. I pick them yearly. And I like them better than any number of those foreign fruits. BUT, and a big BUT - tasty jams they do not make. They make sugary tasteless jams, albeit with posh-sounding labels.
On the other hand, just remember the permissible ‘alternative’ jam which is blackcurrant jam. That is a very good jam.
Oh god. I am vexed. I both agree with you, and, yet, at the same time disagree with you.
Oh you agree alright. It’s just that small nagging voice of almost self-awareness that wants you not to agree. Pay no mind to the bleating poshooes boasting about foreign stuff. Elitist effluent. Garlicy gobbledegook. Ponsensical prattle about Emperor’s new clothes. If you’ve ever smelled a goat then you know why no sensible person would eat ‘cheese’ made from such a beast. To be British is to be sensible. Continentalism is just pretension, so remember when they little voice bleats ‘try a foreign something? You could tell your friends about it!?’ just think about the most annoying continentalist that you know. And kick that tiny voice right in the mush lest it embolden itself and so change you from a sensible person into a damp-powdered loose-can(n)on of continentalistic claptrap.
As for your ‘Waitrose’ jams?
Waitrose?! How very dare you. Garden picked and kitchen made*.
And damson and gooseberry jams are delicious.
*My mums garden and kitchen.
You’re both wrong because you’ve neglected fig, unquestionably the champion jam.
You’re both wrong because you’ve neglected fig
Those seedy-immigrant tree-testicles require no mention therefore they might only aspire to be ranked even so unworthy of note as to be ‘neglected’ by the British.
Kindly leave those little Levantine bags of bilge where they belong. Which is in the Sea*. Your jam will thank you.
*Not even in this Sea.
Pay no mind to the bleating poshooes boasting about foreign stuff. Elitist effluent. Garlicy gobbledegook. Ponsensical prattle about Emperor’s new clothes. If you’ve ever smelled a goat then you know why no sensible person would eat ‘cheese’ made from such a beast.
Garlic's been used in British cooking for over a 1000 years, even the word comes from Old English... And someone who would turn down goat cheese... Your dislike for ketchup I could accept as a quaint eccentricity, but clearly your failings go far beyond that, and your opinions on all things toasty can be safely ignored.
And thinking about it: a garlic bread cheese toasty could be worth a try.
Anyone ever tried a macaroni cheese toastie? It's great in a pie, so......
p7eaven - I absolutely disagree with everything you say, but absolutely applaud the way you say it. Chapeau!
(Sorry, I mean 'Hat!')
Anyone ever tried a macaroni cheese toastie? It’s great in a pie
A US/Italian affectation. The vast herds of noble bison are gone from those great American plains, only to be replaced with humans of the ‘gimme mac n’ cheese’ ruminant order. Unable to gauge neither tastefulness nor their own Body Mass Index, they look to such pale mushy carbocide as their deliverance. The ‘Mac n’ Cheese’ (it even hurts to say it, you must agree) is in every way inferior to the British Baked Potato With Cheddar.
If a Brevilled sandwich is required to deliver a second carbohydrate (along with some cheese) then I respectfully suggest that a well-baked potato is mashed, buttered and added along with the grated cheddar. Pasta on the other hand enjoys exactly the same business inside of bread as it enjoys inside of Britain. ie no business, and no enjoyment. The same can be said of cheese ‘sauces’. Awful things.
p7eaven – I absolutely disagree with everything you say, but absolutely applaud the way you say it.
Why thank you? I am momentarily flattered almost to the point of overlooking your ‘disagreement’ (alas, if only said disagreement was not born of continentalist affectations)
Notwithstanding, I wish your sensibilities a full recovery as you sound like a decent Brit just itching to get out 🇬🇧🍞🍳🥓
OP, have you thought about a ‘chip-butty’ toasty?
Why thank you? I am momentarily flattered almost to the point of overlooking your ‘disagreement’ (alas, if only said disagreement was not born of continentalist affectations)
Notwithstanding, I wish your sensibilities a full recovery as you sound like a decent Brit just itching to get out 🇬🇧🍞🍳🥓
OP, have you thought about a ‘chip-butty’ toasty?
I am the bloody OP!
^ How dreadfully dim of me. No harm done I trust? You seem like a decent sort.
Anyway nonetheless I’m thinking that x3 chips* (x4 if cut thinner, but not so thin as to resemble a ‘French fry’) might just fit inside of a Breville toastie.
Butter, vinegar, salt? Pickled egg on the side. Job (as they say) jobbed.
*Be sure to crinkle-cut one’s chips, thereby presenting a greater surface-area. This is ideal for the desired subtle crisping of the ‘epidermis’.
A US/Italian affectation. The vast herds of noble bison are gone from those great American plains, only to be replaced with humans of the ‘gimme mac n’ cheese’ ruminant order. Unable to gauge neither tastefulness nor their own Body Mass Index, they look to such pale mushy carbocide as their deliverance. The ‘Mac n’ Cheese’ (it even hurts to say it, you must agree) is in every way inferior to the British Baked Potato With Cheddar.
Utter drivel, away an take yer face for a shite!
The PB, cheese and sriracha is a hit btw, though I reckon less PB and more cheese and sriracha next time.
Good stuff.
^ My alter-ego bought some sriracha sauce last night in order to try a (vegan) version of the PBCS. Am genuinely curious.
You could try vegan cheese, the stuff my local vegan cafe does is pretty good melted, not sure what it is though. It's basically a nice melty, salty edge to the satay type other flavours. Grand.
Because of this thread for the first time in ages I have pan grilled a cheese, spring onion and ham toastie with mayo on the outside.
Beans and HP sauce on the side.
Thanks to the OP for getting toasties back on my radar..'
Anyone ever tried a macaroni cheese toastie? It’s great in a pie, so……
... Macaroni cheese pie toastie. I'm in.
Beans and HP sauce on the side.
* Claps with a knowing nod*
Macaroni cheese pie toastie. I’m in.
That's definitely no fitting in my breville.
Wee bakers in town does awesome macaroni pies, ye can only imagine how much fat is in there. And you get a free cake with every pie or pasty.
That way lies early death.
The classic chicken, bacon, brie and pesto. Will never be beaten
Difficult to know where to start with how wrong that statement actually is.
I think you'll find it can be very easily beaten by simply using some proper cheese and throwing the pesto in a pond, where it belongs.
The king of cheese toasties is Warbies toastie bread, mature cheddar, corned beef, onion, and Worcester sauce 😛
Pesto? Pfft!
I think you’ll find it can be very easily beaten by simply using some proper cheese and throwing the pesto in a pond, where it belongs.
Well that pond comment just cost me some red wine I'm now mopping from my jumper 🤣 chapeau @binners
Although, I must disagree with Warburtons. Buy an unsliced white loaf, slice thickly, and fill yer boots... Or your toastie if you will 😜
mmm might try some of these.
Children have been off self isolating, and their favourite so far is;
Using a wrap, tuna mayo, loads of grated cheese. Drop of Worcestershire sauce, chopped onions.
Flat plate panini press, ribbed is not always pleasure. Easy to clean. Can use normal bread or rolls or whatever.
Most lunches it classic cheese and marmite. Sweat treat, nuttela and bnanna.
Whisked egg and grated cheese if using one of those horrible edge crimping units, or egg and beans.
Cheese ham and chutney is a favourite in the flat Panini thing.
Ham, German salami, stilton, french mustard, on multigrain was a tasty treat earlier in the week.
I could imagine some left over chorizo and bean chilli with some pungent cheese and jalapenos in one would be good too if only we ever had any leftovers...
This thread has cheered me up on a rather grim day
Surely the burning question tho is "where do we stand on the croque monsieur / croque madame?"
Waaaaaaaaaay back in the day while most of you callow youth had not been born we used to have one of these for toasted sandwiches
Today's effort consisted of ham, mozzarella, watercress and English mustard. Tomato & chilli relish on the side. Mmmmm. Trying to decide what tomorrows will be after a morning pedal.
I fry mine in a normal frying pan. Can't be bothered with another gizmo in the kitchen and you can do a good job with external cheese (Jamie Oliver grilled cheese style).
Waaaaaaaaaay back in the day while most of you callow youth had not been born we used to have one of these for toasted sandwiches
got one of those for waffles. We use them for Hong Kong style waffles. Diabetes
Stilton and peanut butter makes the tastiest toastie ever
I think you need to take a moment to think about what it is you've just said
Today's my birthday,and without any prompting or mention of this thread,a brand new grill/toastie machine (Tefal) landed this morning.
My family must be telepathic.
I am so excited . 🙂
I'm old enough to remember when a new toastie machine in the house meant agonizing minutes spent trying to find a plug and then attempting to attach it to the cable.
TJ that toasting device is genius! Us proles only had toasting forks, admittedly we had an extendable one which was somewhat 'upmarket'
Ridgemonkey make the modern equivalent which are really good when camping;
https://ridgemonkey.co.uk/product/the-classic-deep-fill-sandwich-toaster
Just tried srichacha on my vegan cheese, red onion and tomato toastie - it's an inspired addition
Had (Invented?) a scrambled egg and cheese toastie at the weekend. I can recommend it!
For a low brow quick lunch I like Red Leicster (cheeper seems to melt better) and sliced peperami on white.
This is getting my taste buds going. I have never owned a tostie maker and just bung it under the grill. From the conversation, this seems inferior...
Without hijacking the thread what tostie maker is the STW one of choice??
You could try vegan cheese, the stuff my local vegan cafe does is pretty good melted, not sure what it is though. It’s basically a nice melty, salty edge to the satay type other flavours. Grand.
Have been trying allsorts of late and my favourite has been the Veganzola that Mrs P was sent for xmas. I got a small taste test and it was top notch. A bit of a surprise tbh - like a very silky, creamy feta combined with a delicious blue gorgonzola.
Have only found one Cheddar/smoky one so far that I like and that’s the Applewood. Will also be giving this a watch: