GenerallySalty t1_j2cukla wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:08 AM

Since you went with "technically", it's technically not, because it's not grilled. That would be toasted.

In a grilled cheese sandwich the outside of the bread is buttered or oiled and then it's grilled in a pan or toaster oven. Never in my life seen a bagel with cream cheese prepared this way. Would probably be delicious though.

ba_cam t1_j2e8c4s wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:43 PM

To be even more pedantic, however, a grilled cheese is never “grilled” as in cooked on a grill. It’s typically in a pan or on a griddle. So, “griddled cheese sandwich” is the MOST correct terminology

Cougr_Luv t1_j2ehq6q wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Aren't things cooked on a griddle considered grilled?

ba_cam t1_j2en8lb wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:22 PM

Grilling is dry heat and exposed to flame, griddling is over a heated flat solid surface.

Cougr_Luv t1_j2ftbqb wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:27 PM

Ah ok

LittleSpoonInDenial t1_j2eoml9 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:32 PM

But also the cheese itself isn’t grilled the bread is grilled and the cheese is melted?? 🧐

mtthwas t1_j2ex6vl wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:31 PM

It's a cheese sandwich that is grilled... A grilled cheese sandwich. It is not a sandwich made of grilled cheese.

LittleSpoonInDenial t1_j2f0o3m wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:55 PM

Grilled, cheese sandwich. Grilled cheese sandwich.

Hmm I think this is one of those moments of me being dense ;-;