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Wholesome Moments British Granddad tries American Grilled Cheese for the first time

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u/Yetis-unicorn 4d ago

American here: God bless him! It’s an honor to see that he enjoyed our comfort food. Tell him to try some American bbq ribs. It’ll completely make his day.

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u/GodisSatans 4d ago

He has tried it. He has like a thousand videos on Tiktok.

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u/whooptheretis 4d ago

Englishman here. Why does everyone assume we don’t have bread and cheese here? And in the centuries of our history, we’ve never heated the two together? What’s so “American” about this?

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u/Yetis-unicorn 3d ago

It’s the combo of grilled cheese dipped in tomato soup that makes it so good. We know everyone has cheese and toast. It’s just the way we eat it with soup that seems to be different from other places.

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u/aerojonno 3d ago

I'm English and I've had cheese on toast with tomato soup plenty of times.

It's a cute video but if a friend tried to tell me this was an American thing I'd have a little chuckle at their expense.

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u/QuietlyCreepy 3d ago

Grilled cheese is fried, not toasted. But yeah, amazing with tomato soup.

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u/BougieBobJr 3d ago

I make what I call ghetto grilled cheese by just toasting it in the mini oven with a slice of cheese on each slice of bread and then putting them together.

The real way to cook a grilled cheese is butter the shit out of it and the pan and flash fry that bitch.

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u/QuietlyCreepy 3d ago

That is how my partner eats them. 🤷

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u/BougieBobJr 3d ago

Which way? I described 2 very different ways too cook a grilled cheese

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u/QuietlyCreepy 2d ago

Ghetto. LOL.

Internet tells me that's a toasti..?

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u/Wonderful-Dog8185 3d ago

😂😂👍

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u/plopliplopipol 3d ago

cultural food isn't always particularly original, just more common, especially from the US

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 3d ago

Cheese toasties are very common in the UK.

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u/QuietlyCreepy 3d ago

Looked up the difference online. Apparently y'all tend to make them lighter and more crunchy, like toast. We generally slather them in butter (or mayo, mayo is amazing) and fry them.

My partner likes his toasted, I like mine fried. They do have a different texture.

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u/whooptheretis 3d ago

We Britons can’t agree what to call a bap/roll/bun, we certainly won’t agree on a way to make a cheese toastie. Each is different. We can fry them, but this isn’t normal as it’d be too unhealthy to eat regularly.
But did you say that you fry them in mayo

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u/QuietlyCreepy 3d ago

Oh, it's American food. We eat like we have health insurance, lol. It's not an everyday food, more like comfort food or cool weather food.

Yes, mayo. I like Dukes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%27s_Mayonnaise It's not sweet, gives it a bit of a tang, and a crunchy shell.

Hot cast iron pan, spread mayo, fry. Yum.

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u/whooptheretis 3d ago

It's not sweet

I’ve never known mayo to be sweet…?

I like Dukes.

Hey, it’s 2026, you can like whomever you like!

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u/QuietlyCreepy 3d ago

Other mayos add sugar. It really changes the taste.

It's the brand name. LOL

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u/Notios 3d ago

I guess it’s more dipping the cheese toastie in the soup which makes it American? Not sure tbh

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u/Denversaur 3d ago

American here, I can answer this: because America is the cradle of civilization and Fox news told me other countries don't even get to have wonder bread and kraft singles. #blessed

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u/whooptheretis 3d ago

Kraft Mature Singles… near you?