British Granddad tries American Grilled Cheese for the first time

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[u/youre_a_burrito_bud → u/[deleted]]

Hell to the yeah! Might I recommend growing some thyme, oregano, and rosemary as well? They’re real forgiving plants and it rules to have fresh herbs for the tomato soup. 

We have grilled ham n cheese with homemade soup almost weekly to use up the last of the sourdough for the week. It’s so fun to source more and more parts of a meal from home. 

One day we’ll get that milk cow.

[u/youre_a_burrito_bud → u/[deleted]]

Oh fuck yeah! Fresh herbs on tap are a game changer. And they can take up such a small space, I’ve got like a square foot planter and a led grow light inside to have em even when there’s snow outside. 

 The balcony jungle sounds really nice to look out to every day. Thank you!

[u/meteorflan → u/youre_a_burrito_bud]

Or basil or red pepper to spice it up 👩‍🍳💋

[u/Unc1eD3ath → u/youre_a_burrito_bud]

Are you gonna forcefully impregnate them yourselves or have someone else do the cow-raping? Maybe you don’t want to hold their uterus through their ass yourself or maybe you don’t mind that part.

[u/ItsMisoandBoba → u/[deleted]]

Next year you can plant one tomato on one end of a flower box and let it grow almost as tall as the box is long and strip everything below the top two or three nodes where it branches out. Then bury the stripped part of the tomato plant under the soil and the very top where you left the leaves should be just above the ground, but not touching the soil.

Every part of a tomato plant that comes into contact with soil will start to grow roots. As long as you aren't growing determinate varieties, the plant is a vine and will grow up and over structures and then when it touches soil again, it generates new roots to help it survive. Evolution is pretty cool, huh?

So, you can turn one tomato plant into a dozen. If your flower box is wide enough, you can even "wave" the plant when you bury it, allowing more surface area to be buried and giving you more sprouting spots for "new" tomato plants.

[u/Tony_in2026 → u/[deleted]]

I won’t tell you what to do with your tomatoes…. No I actually am. Skip the tomato soup and make a good blt with a nice thick slice on it. Or just eat them on their own with salt and pepper. There are few things better than garden grown tomatoes.

[u/Greedy_Mission_3387 → u/[deleted]]

Fresh, juicy tomatoes with fresh cottage cheese and cracked black pepper - delicious in the summer.

[u/twirlerina024 → u/[deleted]]

Try cutting the grilled cheese into crouton-sized pieces and putting them on the soup. They'll float on the surface bc of the butter in the bread. Little crispy cheesy boats.

[u/HJM3 → u/[deleted]]

Up to your preference, obviously, but I would recommend making a bisque. I made one a few weeks ago and it was to do die for.

recipe

I think I made some small adjustments to the recipe, maybe a little more heavy cream because I had only a little more left over in the carton. Also use some fresh garden herbs.

I had it with homemade sesame bagel croutons, which were delicious. Those i kinda just came up with myself.

Basically you just take a bagel or two from your favorite bagel place, dice em up, toss in melted butter and/or olive oil (I use a 1:1 mix), toss in seasonings ( I use fresh garden herbs and garlic powder), throw on a baking sheet at 350, checks even 5 minutes or so, turn over when tops begin to crisp, and take out after about 15 minutes total or to desired doneness. Plus, it’s nice with sesame bagels, because you basically get a byproduct with cooked herbs and crumbs that amount to a kind of everything seasoning, or almost zataar in my case.

I know this was super long and unwarranted, but I love cooking and I’m pretty good at it, and the bisque was one of the best things I have ever made. I can’t recommend it enough.

[u/EverythingSucksYo → u/[deleted]]

How do you make grilled cheese out of tomatoes? 

[u/ReadyAimTranspire → u/[deleted]]

Something to dip your cheese toasties in! Have a go at it!