Classic Cheese Toast - Taste of the South (2024)

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What do the British call cheese on toast? ›

The classy classic toasted sandwich with cheese is called a toastie in the UK. Toasties in Great Britain can have a variety of cheese on them, but often most common are cheddar-like cheeses.

Grilled cheese vs cheese toastie – Fundamentally they are both toasted bread with melted cheese sandwiched between them. But toasties are made using a sandwich press or toastie maker, while grilled cheese is made on the stove in a skillet, griddle or pan.

Today “toasted cheese” is British English for what Americans call “a grilled cheese sandwich.” But in the days before sandwiches were formally known and named as such, “toasted cheese” existed in a variety of guises.

In culture. The notion that toasted cheese was a favourite dish irresistible to the Welsh has existed since the Middle Ages.

Typically, grilled cheeses are called jaffles in Australia, named for the type of iron used to make them.

Welsh rabbit and rarebit are the same dish – hot cheese served on toast – but the original 18th-century name was supposed to be a joke (there was no rabbit in it at all) so it became known as rarebit. This recipe, a Scots version, is based on one in Margaret Dods' The Cook and Housewife's Manual, published in 1828.

We call them toasties (or toasted sandwich in full). Never heard Jaffle or Breville before. And because it's a quick and easy snack it usually has simple fillings like cheese, ham and cheese or best of all, canned spaghetti! Egg is pretty good too, if you can get the yolk just right.

So both started with “toasted cheese sandwiches”, and both changed it in their own ways: Britain made the name more cutesy, representing their home-based cooking efforts, while America tried to sound a little more sophisticated and asked for their cheese “grilled” rather than toasted.

Because its manufacturing process differs from traditional cheeses, federal laws mandate that it be labeled as "pasteurized process American cheese" if made from more than one cheese.

There are two basic colloquial words. “Sandwich” is fine, as per Ian T's answer, but if you're in the South of England a frequent version is “sarnie” (Bacon Sarnies, Fried Egg Sarnies, for example). If you're in't North, it's often Butty or Buttie (Chip Butty, Ketchup Butty, for instance).

What is the slang cheese on toast? ›

As has been mentioned elsewhere, “cheese on toast” is the name that we in the UK give to what people in the USA call “grilled cheese”.

Fancy a panini, Reuben sandwich, quesadilla, croque monsieur or Welsh Rarebit? The grilled cheese sandwich or toastie has many names and comes in many forms around the globe.

The shortest crossword solution for CHEESE ON TOAST is 7 letters long and is called RAREBIT.

Cheese on toast consists of toast (toasted on both sides or just one side), with cheese placed on it and then grilled. Further toppings are optional; the most basic being chopped onions (raw or grilled with the cheese), brown sauce or ketchup.

Marmite has traditionally been eaten as a savoury spread on bread, toast, savoury biscuits or crackers, and other similar baked products. Owing to its concentrated taste, it is often spread very thinly in combination with butter or margarine.

"Toasties" are the British word for practically any grilled sandwich and are similar to what we call a panini here in the States. I always call it a "cheese toastie" when preparing one at home.

A cheese sandwich is a sandwich made with cheese on bread. Typically semi-hard cheeses are used for the filling, such as Cheddar, Red Leicester, or Double Gloucester. A Guardian article called the cheese sandwich a "British lunchtime staple".