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3-cheese (Gouda, cheddar, monteray jack) or cheese and sliced pickled onions.
Toasted Sandwiches
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Soldato
Christ, i remember being a kid and a mates mum made us a toastie. I was expecting ham/cheese so bit into it to find beans. I'd never heard of beans on a toastie and to this day i've never known pain like it.
Soldato
I'm with you on that. I like baked beans but in a toastie? Nah.
just tried ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce...in a panini machine but just with slices of bread so same idea really, I thought the tomato/lettuce would just go to mush with the heat but was quite nice and made them seem a bit healthier 
mushroom and sausage or bacon might be nice but would have to fry the mushroom first i think...
and yeah, you need to be careful, a toastie can be just as dangerous as a pop-tart
mushroom and sausage or bacon might be nice but would have to fry the mushroom first i think...
and yeah, you need to be careful, a toastie can be just as dangerous as a pop-tart
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Now I want one, what's a good one to go for? Would like removeable plates for the occasional waffle & panini.
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Made a ham and cheese for lunch today. Specifically Wiltshire cured ham and Jarlsberg on white bloomer.
I just do mine in a pan rather than a machine.
I just do mine in a pan rather than a machine.
That's not a toastie, its a fryie?
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Soldato
Are these things really worth it as I've been thinking about getting one for ages. I remember we had one when I was a kid and I remember we didn't have it long due to the mess they made and the need to clean it after each use that in the end it never got used.
I think they're great tbh. Get one with removable plates and they are easy to clean.
Pretty sure it's still called a toastie
I'm not seeing it, the machine crimps the bread and keeps the filling inside. Not sure how you do that in a pan!
Yes - you need the compression and heat from the upper plate in a purpose machine to moltenize/melt the filling.
Our just has flat plates, so full slice, and you don't get much outflow, even if you don't reduce the filling much at the edge,
which, I guess you need to do with crimping ones too.
Our just has flat plates, so full slice, and you don't get much outflow, even if you don't reduce the filling much at the edge,
which, I guess you need to do with crimping ones too.
Isn't that more of a panini press rather than a toastie machine?
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Sure, you don't get the crimping effect in a pan but as far as I'm aware that doesn't stop it from being a toastie. A quick Google image check supports my hypothesis
A pan is very much capable of achieving melted filling.
I always used to put mine on the George Foreman grill, like said it doesn't crimp the edges to seal but a ham, cheese and pickle sandwich was lovely, alas the George died a death and we never replaced it, keep hankering for a real toastie now after reading this dammit, can't justify another kitchen gadget.
