NOTE: I actually made this yesterday.
I've never seen tomato soup look like that, canned or not. It looks super diluted and very weird in colour. It looks more like a weirdly dark strawberry lemonade or something.
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It's mostly just the froth making it look weird, I think.
However, like you said, it does look a little thin. It's not my personal preference, but if it works for OP then I am happy too.
That's how it looks when you make it with water instead of milk. OP also put cheese in it.
I like the crimped edges of the grilled cheese
That has its own benefits, for sure. I have been known to use a press or even a toaster oven as well.
However, grilled cheese for me is similar to cooking an egg. It's the purest form of cooking and it's an art form that is easy to screw up.
The butter to bread ratio needs to be perfect and the bread needs a perfect toast in a pan. In rare cases I'll use some good cheeses, but American cheese is the only one that truly works. Butter the pan, not the bread. Keep the sammich moving at all times while it cooks. Timing is paramount for the toast.
If that makes the grilled cheese any better, I really don't know. There is, in measurable quantities, more love added to it, so by default, it's better.
Do you have the recipe for that canned tomato soup that you made?
Can
What do I do with the stuff thats in the can though? I could just pour it down the drain, I suppose.
Nah, that’s just the shit from the sink strainer already.
1 can of soup mixed with 1 can of milk or water, heat until desired.
2 cans? In the microwave?
I mean, I'm a stovetop kinda guy myself. 🤣
No, it was store-bought.
That looks like a baked cheese, not grilled.
To be fair, most grilled cheese typically isn't grilled either, it's fried.
And most just fry the bread, instead of grilling the actual cheese.
I wanna make a grilled cheese with halloumi that's been grilled.
Baked it wouldn't be in contact with the cooking surface on both sides.
I'd say more of a panini-style grilled cheese. Probably damn tasty.
It doesn't look like it was in contact with any cooking surface at all on the side we can see and we can't see the other side at all, so I don't know how you made the jump to panini, lol. It looks dry and sad.
That was cooked on a toastie maker. They're pretty common where I live. It's like a sandwich press with molded hotplates to squeeze the sandwich into the shape you see there. They do get kind of dry on the outside.
https://amzn.eu/d/dc7LNY9 I apologise for Amazon link but it works for a quick visual.
Most people butter the bread and turn it inside, against the filling. The trick for the crispiest toastie is to turn the buttered side on the outside.
People don't butter the outside? I thought that was just how it worked
Because it's made in a sandwich maker - it clearly was pressed in one.
Not sure what you're seeing.
Yeah, it definitely looks like it was smashed into too small of a space, but it doesn't actually look grilled/fried, it looks toasted. No matter what, it's quite unappetizing, as is that red water next to it, lol.
Grilled cheese looks delicious
Thanks.