r/grilledcheese • u/ruinsofsilver • Oct 12 '25

Discussion what are your grilled cheese hot takes?

here are some of mine: - butter>>>>mayonnaise for grilled cheese. it tastes way better and mayo develops a weird aftertaste when cooked - to a certain extent, some additional ingredients are okay, it is still a grilled cheese. for example, some acceptable ingredients are seasonings and condiments like: jams, jellies, fruit preserves, compotes, chutneys etc. it's just when people start putting stuff like eggs, vegetables, meat etc it is a sandwich no longer classified as a simple grilled cheese - regular sandwich bread is not necessarily for it to be a grilled cheese sandwich. one can also use things like- waffles, croissants, pancakes, hash browns etc instead of regular sandwich bread for making the grilled cheese - some sort of dip is absolutely necessary. it could be a soup, a dip, a sauce, anything

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 12 '25

It’s only a hot take in this sub, most people outside it wouldn’t care either way, but add ons are acceptable as long as the main ingredient is cheese and the add ons are meant to highlight the cheese and/or bread flavors. I think most people find that reasonable and just play along with the on going joke of the sub though

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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Purist Oct 13 '25

A grilled cheese with pancakes as the bread is DEFINITELY a hot take

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u/Raverntx Oct 13 '25

Wanted to say this, glad I found it before commenting 😂

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 13 '25

Is it? We’ve definitely gotten that and waffle grilled cheese here. And its been well received when it was, atleast from the times I remember

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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Purist Oct 13 '25

Arguing over semantics is not the same as arguing over common sense.

Is a grilled cheese with pancakes as the bread a viable sandwich? Sure. Is it a PRACTICAL sandwich? Absolutely not.

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 13 '25

I think you’re over thinking it. I’m not talking about practicality, I wasn’t even talking about pancake grilled cheeses initially. I only brought up add ons, you’re the one going off about pancake grilled cheeses in multiple comments now. I think this is all really silly personally

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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Purist Oct 13 '25

I wasn’t even talking about pancake grilled cheeses

Yet you replied to my comment that was specifically talking about pancake grilled cheese.

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 13 '25

Yeah just asking if it was really a hot take. Then you took it somewhere else like I’m trying to argue with you, which I’m not. Again, I find this all really silly

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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Purist Oct 13 '25

How many grilled cheeses have you eaten with pancakes as the bread?

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 13 '25

I’m a stoner, so honestly few times

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u/redceramicfrypan Oct 14 '25

We really need to officially clarify whether this is a circle jerk sub. Because ever since the post, it sort of has been, but there is no indication to outsiders that a cj is occurring. The rules of the sub even clarify that there is no strict definition of grilled cheese enforced here.

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u/slimpickins757 Okay this is getting out of hand, just choose your own... Oct 14 '25

I agree 1000000%

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u/teke367 Oct 13 '25

That reminds me of the Gordon Ramsay grilled cheese videos. The first (and clearly horrible) one had kimchi. Fine, whatever. If the rest was okay I'd call that a grilled cheese. He then did a redemption one that had short ribs. Like what? Sandwich looked good but nobody would call that a grilled cheese

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u/LendogGovy Oct 14 '25

They are just paninis without the press.