/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Totally unnecessary. Like a coffee cup that can brew coffee.

>>9383997
I take it you've never had a sandwich from one.

>>9384002
True, but I've had grilled chz

>>9384040
Then you don't know what you're talking about.

>>9384040
I toss in leftovers and other stuff like beef stew, sliced apples, baked beans, ravioli, whatever Chinese takeout I had the day before, and so on. It seals the sides up so nothing leaks out, unless you put too much in. I also use it for baking breads and pastries.

If you put too much cheese in it will end up like this.

>>9383997
This faggot has clearly never had a jaffle before.

I like putting cheddar cheese and pepperoni or tasty cheese and stagg chilli.

>>9384091
try one with leftover sausages (sliced up) and instead of regular bread, soak it in beaten egg first. So good.

Sandwich toaster or panini press, I can't decide

I have one but I don't make sandwiches in it anymore. I grill small sausages and bacon in it.

>>9384129
sandwich toaster, get one with changeable plates. It makes all the difference when it crimps the sides to keep the fillings in, rather than have them splurge out all over the thing.

>>9383985
I had one when I was in college because it was one of the few cooking appliances that was OK to have in your dorm. At the time I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

When I moved out I donated it to charity and just use a normal frying pan or toaster oven if I want to make a toasted sandwich.

>>9383985
I hate it because it's a unitasker, but it's the only unitasker I've ever owned and liked....it's just easier to use than a frying pan or griddle

what if i want my sandwich uncut like God intended it?

>>9384215
>calling a sandwich toaster a unitasker

>>9384287
Then what else is it you massive cock goblin cum drinking peice of god damn shit

>>9384296
whoa, pretty aggressive. well already you can use it to fry bacon or cook a steak in there, anything you want heat being clamped down on, not just toasted sammies.

>>9383985
I thought it was pretty cool in the early nineties. Then the novelty wore off, I grew up and actually cooked food in a kitchen.

WOW OP, WONDERFUL. FINALLY A WAY TO MAKE A SANDWICH HOT. AMAZINGLY USEFUL SINCE I DON'T OWN AN OVEN, GRILL, SKILLET, PAN, OR MICROWAVE. I LIVE IN A CAVE WITH A DIRT CEILING AND NO FLOOR AND TWO POWER OUTLETS - ONE FOR MY SANDWICH TOASTER AND ONE FOR A SECOND SANDWICH TOASTER IN CASE THAT ONE BREAKs

>>9384328
Well if one breaks you unplug it and plug the other one in, now you have a second outlet for a lamp or coffee machine or something.

>>9384309
Why would I use it for either of those purposes?

It's not flat inside so it does a piss-poor job on bacon. It's a plug-in a appliance so it's not powerful enough to get a good sear on a steak. Not to mention who the fuck wants to mash their steak inside a press like that? That's a great way to fuck up the texture and squeeze all the juices out.

Your cooking skills are just as retarded as your reaction images.

>>9384309
What if I was to tell you there was another way to cook steak. I swear to god I'm not kidding.

>>9384343
>>9384349
you do realise that even though it's not optimal it doesn't take away from the fact that it isn't a unitasker.

>>9384390
>>9384309
>>9384287
I use mine for making pancakes or whatever these would be called (left side of pic) and toasted egg sandwiches.

>>9384420
>forgot pic

ah such failure

>>9384420
>>9384426
And random boring leftovers.

>>9384390
Well then nothing's a fucking unitasker. A coffee machine isn't a unitasker because you can fill it with juice and have hot juice. A pizza cutter isn't a unitasker because you can use it to add an illicit thrill to your vegetable peeling. Those fucking, single egg egg cookers aren't unitaskers because you can use them as paperweights. Fuck you and fuck sandwich makers. Just kidding

>>9384426
>>9384438
looks gud man

>>9384426
Looks alright. What's in them

>>9384739
see
>>9384420

>>9384328
this might be one of the most autistic reactions i've ever seen to anything.

>>9383985
why the fuck would you buy this over a regular panini

>>9385139
you can make a bubble with literally like 3 tbs of liquid contained without escaping if you do it right. but why not just have soup? cleanup is one dish. :^)

>>9383985
I hate how it makes the edges too hard.

>>9384442
kek'd

My biggest problem is stopping from putting too much in. Like I want a pepperoni roll so in goes pepperoni. Then I'm like, cheese would be good, in in cheese goes. And, a bit of sauce and spices too.....and some capers.....

It really is a balancing act.

>>9385286
That's actually the thing I love about them.

>>9385131
It's a joke.

>>9383985
If you put tomato in one beware it gets hotter than the sun because the steam gets trapped inside the sandwich

>>9385982
yeah you learn that pretty quickly

>>9386051
you never forget the first cheese and tomato toastie burn...

Sandwich toaster omelettes are pretty great.

I don't have one anymore, but I had one as a college student and fucking loved it.

>>9385982
>>9386051
>>9386068
>waiting for them to cool properly before eating

Why not use a real panini maker?

>>9386144
>doesn't crimp the sides to seal in the cheesy goodness
why even bother?

>>9386159
>he doesn't know the pleasure of crispy hardened cheese overflow

>>9384442
>using a shittier george forman grill

>>9386168
Just put too much cheese in the sandwich toaster and it will do the same thing. You can use a lot of wetter ingredients and leftovers in the sandwich toaster since it seals the sides.

>>9386144
>>9384129
>>9385139
>panini

lol No, kid.

I'll be making these with leftover beef stew this week. What is the best dip to make for them? Like for pizza "rolls" I used marinara sauce, for grilled cheese it is either marinara or tomato soup, for eggs I use honey or maple syrup. I was thinking of making a cheese sauce of some kind perhaps.

Why isn't there a universal counter top grill?

Something you can close and sandwich stuff like a George Foreman to cook small things quickly, or do stuff like sandwiches. But also open it up and have a wide griddle surface for doing large amounts slowly. And have preset angles so you can do that Foreman thing to drain grease away if you want or level for doing something in its own juices.

The ultimate multitasker.

>>9386327
Some of these things have interchangable plates too. So you can do foreman style, panini style, sandwich toaster, waffle, etc. I haven't seen any recently, just the really old ones from the 1980s.

>>9386358
Someone doesn't fuck around.

>>9386375
The only thing missing is a set of pie irons.

>>9383985
Love them, cheese, tomato and onion sandwiches with a dash of malt vinegar, salt & pepper = Heaven

>>9383985
Beans and cheese are great in these, my brother used to use sugar an butter in them though and looked like a skeleton despite it.

>>9386897
I coat the bread with butter and seasonings/spices on the outside side that gets cooked. Yes, it will make you fat if you eat too many, but they are so damn good.

>>9383985
Can you make french toast with this?

You want something that's so next level it'll make you question the fundamentals of cooking that can be made in those? Aloo gobhi toasties. You can put a neutral cheese in there like Swiss to make it richer. But it almost the perfect snack.

>>9387079
Oh yeah! I do that and put fruit preserves between two slices.

>>9387195
I can second this.

sweet just bought 100k

No matter how retardedly terrible the leftovers may be, these things make them scrumptious. Having the proper dip to match also helps a lot.

>>9384040
dolt

>>9384442
well actually in france and england and some other places they use the coffees steam valve or whatever to make scambled eggs, pretty weird

anyways sandwhich toaster, cheese and vegemite. godly

>>9388790
You use the espresso machine's frothing wand.

>>9388802
thaaats what it is. i dont drink coffee so i had no idea what i was trying to specify

>>9388808
>>9388802
and does this work well? seems like a fast as fuck way to scramble eggs

>>9388816
Yeah, but they will be a bit more watery until you get the hang of it. Even then they will be watery when compared to skillet-cooked scrambled eggs.

>>9384442
>add an illicit thrill to your vegetable peeling
Actually lost it, thanks anon.

I've considered getting one but they look like they're mostly designed to fit the shitty sliced bread they sell in supermarkets.

>>9388915
Any decent bakery sells sandwich loaves.

>>9388946
My country uses a different shape of bread, our bread is more rectangular in shape normally, square loaves are usually harder to find and don't taste as good.

>>9388951
I don't see what the shape of bread has to do with taste.

>>9384442
You can heat hot dogs and steam buns in a coffee maker. You can make eggs on the burner thing.

>>9388968
>I don't see what the shape of bread has to do with taste.
Obviously if you have the same dough and bake it the same way it would taste the same regardless of the shape. But that's not the point.

The point is that where I live the only bread that comes in that rectangular shape is cheap shitty factory-produced stuff. The good bread, made by local bakers, comes in different shapes. I'm sure they could (if they wanted to) bake it in pullman loaves, but they don't choose to.

>>9389248
>go afk
>completely different anon answers a question addressed to me exactly the way I would
Odd feeling.

>>9388915
>>9388951
>not owning a square loaf pan for your own breads
>not owning a bread maker that makes perfectly square loaves

Of course it only fits one shape.

Also, when I buy store bread it doesn't really matter what shape it is. The sandwich maker will cut off anything hanging outside. I pop the trimmings into a bag and use them for soups and stews later on. Though, sometimes I make croutons out of them instead.

>>9389260
That happens a lot in /diy/ and /out/ with informational threads, like the Homegrowmen threads.

>gifted Ghost Pepper cheese
>"oh shit!"

Well, this isn't very spicy at all.

>>9383985
use a baking sheet for extra lazy mode

>>9389688
What does that even mean? Wrong thread?

>>9389784
It saves you having to clean the hot plates.

>>9389260
That usually happens to me when I argue with someone and go into another thread, and then come back and someone took over arguing for my side saying pretty much exactly what I would say.

>>9389791
But you have to clean a baking sheet instead. Not to mention it takes a lot longer and uses a lot more energy. How does that help again?

>>9389791
The hot plates are non-stick. All you do is wipe them with a wet rag. Just don't be one of those people who use a fork to lift up the sandwich and end up scratching the surface. Use a bamboo skewer or similar instrument.

>>9389887
That's good advice, anon.
I appreciate a sensible, belt and braces approach to such problems.
The bamboo skewer idea is absolutely capital.

>>9389896
or just use a silicone utensil

>>9389976
Absolutely!
Thanks, I love learning neat cooking tricks.

>>9389896
>>9389976
>>9389982
Aren't these things simply obvious? What's a special trick about them? OFC you don't use metal on nonstick.

>>9390041
see
>>9389688
for why this began.

>>9384287
its in the fucking name you autist

>>9390298
I call them, "Joy Cookers". I'm not sure what your problem is.

I used to live on toasts from these when I was a teenager.

I had a friend that had some sort of alternative form of ADHD, and somehow got a lot of privileges, one of them was that he was allowed to keep a toasting iron in the class room, so during lunch we toasted everyday.

The usual recipe for these in my country is ketchup on both slices, then add cheese and ham and grill spice. We usually stuffed the sandwhiches so full that it would require all our strength to close them, and sometimes they broke because of it.

The only problem with these is that its so impractical to clean, since you have to be careful with electric equipment and water. My roomate has one which I use from time to time, but its getting too dirty and produces smoke that smells of burnt plastic.

Its probably really nice to use wheat tortillas with all kinds of stuff folded into them as well.

>>9390343
Been there and done most of that, except breaking one. Cleaning is always a wet rag + bamboo skewer. The skewer allows you to easily dig into any crevices with either end to loosen up stuff either inside or outside.

There are models that allow you to easily take off the cooking plates to wash however you see fit.

When I was younger I made those sandwiches every other day.

Pro tip: butter the bread

>>9391403
I think that's mostly standard, but damn it can make you a fat ass quickly.

>>9391403
>>9392545
even better protip, use pig lard instead of butter, it makes the bread crispy and crunchy

>>9384099
The fuck is a jaffle?

>>9392625
A pie iron.

>>9389688
>>9389791
This yours?

>>9386246

potatoes carrots and beef...maybe french onion soup

>>9393458
Maybe a creamy gravy with that flavor profile.

>>9383985
Which one is better? This or the regular toaster?

Back around 1990 these things first came prominence in the USA. They were on informercial rotation all night. Me being a fat kid, wanted this. So, Christmas 1991 I received two gifts from my parents, an original Salton Sandwich Maker via the informercial and a Super Nintendo; best Christmas ever.

>>9396216
You are talking about two different tools used for different things.

>>9396269
I think that was the year I learned to make grilled cheese sandwiches for myself.

>>9389387
>pic
>Davidcraft

I've googled the shit out of this thing and can't find what year it was manufactured. "Davidcraft model 65100"

>>9384099
Are you just saying random words?

Mozzarella and roasted red pepper and sweetcorn relish.

It's the fucking best.

>>9384102

Sounds good.

>left over spiced mashed potato toasties
>pepper cheese dip

This is better than it has any right to be.

>>9397454
your recipes are nasty as fuck
this entire thread is like one big food gore

Pure food kino.