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13330585 No.13330585 [Reply] [Original]

Do Americans own/use a toasted cheese maker? I have never been in a house in straya which did not possess one.
You don't seriously stand there with a spatula, do you? :^)

>> No.13330591

Australia is like an American trailer park that suddenly expanded into a country.

>> No.13330593

>>13330585
>I have never been in a house in straya which did not possess one.
Ausfags not knowing how to cook is sort of a given.

>> No.13330621

>>13330591
brisfag here... my god, this is... the truth

>> No.13330628

>>13330591
bro so refined and cultural of you to not invest in a piece of technological marvel

>> No.13330641

>>13330585
The man reason to use these is that the thing is actually fucking flat. I've never used a pan that's actually flat. Bad for cooking sandwiches.

>> No.13330657

>>13330641
why do you not own a cast iron skillet

>> No.13330665

>>13330657
>do australians really not own a skillet and something heavy?

>> No.13330707

>>13330585
>Americans
>cooking their own food

You have too much faith in them Nigel

>> No.13330710
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13330710

UK here.
Everyone has one of pic related in their kitchen somewhere, although it probably hasn't been used in years.

>> No.13330711

>>13330710
Do Britfags really?

>> No.13330712
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>roo fuckers don't have mcmuffin makers

>> No.13330726

>>13330712
I hope no-one paid to have that image done, there are better shoops on /b/.

>> No.13331277

>>13330591
Then explain why it's better.

>> No.13331284

i was obsessed with them in highschool
then i grew up

>> No.13331289

>>13330585
Yeah, its just that we call them George Foreman grills

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>>13330585
Growing up, every year for Christmas, one Grandma gave out 30 items to all the households of aunts, uncles, cousins of whatever the "As Seen on TV" invention of the year was....and it was a bit of a joke gift, and also comfy or fun.
I remember the Sandwich maker, those diagonal pressed marks and oozing cheese and all. They were molten hot in the middle, and always leaked, though crunchy cheese was actually delicious on the edges. They were fun, but I'd much rather not have to have square cheap sandwich bread.
Grill marks on a "panini" maker was a trend I tried too, and it's okay, but what I think killed the popular sandwich press trend in the US is the end of the high carb diet. People just don't make it their way of life, bread is on the outs.
As a Miami native, the cuban sandwich, which can be made in a device like OP's pic, is the best of it all. Cuban restaurants cover the plates with foil so they don't have to stop and fix the surfaces all day. Cuban bread in itself is cracker crusted and unbrowned, and fresh soft in the inside, the perfect bread to be finished toasted.
For breakfast, with your cafe con leche, you get "cuban toast" which is lightly buttered (or garlic buttered) bread to dip in your coffee.
For lunch, snacks or dinner, your sandwich, whether stuffed with roast pork, cracklins, and lime-marinated onions, or the famous croquetta preparada, which is the cuban roast pork, serrano ham, swiss, mustard pickle, and smushed crackercrumbed ham croquetas in the bread? Heaven. Sandwich is brushed with garlic butter, and smashed between the plates, and cooked through til cheese is melty and browned in edges and bread is crisp.

>> No.13331336

>>13330585
These are great for sausage mince too. Just squeeze out a glob, press down and in 2 minutes wa'la

>> No.13331341

>>13330585
i think we call them "panini presses"

>> No.13331351

>>13330585
No, most have a George Forman grill which is mostly the same because it was marketed so fucking well. It even works as a pretty good electric griddle. But yeah, this is even more useless than the Forman, it's really not any more difficult to do grilled cheese on a pan and flip it one time.

>> No.13331796

>>13330710
When I went to uni, I moved into a flat with 7 strangers. At least 6 of us had brought these with us.

>> No.13331814

>>13330585
Howdy, Australian mates. Have you ever tried cooking a slab of eggs in one of these?

>> No.13331845

>>13330585
Every household in the us purchased one of these between the boom of the panini craze in 2006 and the death of the craze in 2011. We all have one, but they are out in the garage in hard storage.

>> No.13331853

>>13330593
lmfao at this poorfag cope. Americans can't even afford a simple sandwich toaster