Bah….. cheese on toast is the poor man’s Welsh Rarebit.

What is a Welsh Rarebit?

It pains me to assist those displaying such culinary ignorance, but I present to you, courtesy of Alton Brown, the definitive welsh Rarebit recipe. (Unless somebody out there has a wizened old Aunt that can make the best one in the world.)

Recipe

In AMERICA we don’t spell wise with a Z. You’re either with uz or againt us.

The cheese toast is too fancy for me.

bastards!

What do you eat at night when you’re in your pyjamas then? I always go for Welsh Rarebit due to its supposed nightmare-inducing qualities. Oh, and the pyjamas are usually some form of muted plaid.

I can see emotions are running high and I feel it’s my job to ask EVERYONE to just take a breather, walk around, collect your thoughts and return to this discussion once you’ve actually had some cheesetoast. Whatever your creed or country, remember we’re all on the same side with regards to at least one slice of cheese and a minimum of one toast!

As a light, fun change of topic, maybe people could tell us about their best cheese-nightmare?

Reminds me of the grilled ham and cheese I had in Paris. The cheese was toasted on the outside ham inside. Threw me for a loop at first but it tasted just fine. Btw it was just up the street at the corner deli from ND. _why Thanks for providing a calming place to openly discuss CT. ...min of one… He said MIN !!... gbgb We don’t want to dredge up anything too scary remember this is a rated PG-GB web site. (GreasyBacon)

ooooh greasybaconcheesetoast

I find a real issue w/ the lack of proper muenster availability.

Thanks for the recipe. Can any tell me how to “wizen” my aunt? Does that also involve a blowtorch?

where can i find some vegan worcestershire sauce?

This stuff is amazing. Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdcarter/sets/72157594526770743/ .

cdcarter, you don’t have enough cheese there.

Whatever happened to the good ol’ fashioned Grilled Cheese Sandwich?

Danno: Trying to veer the discussion off-topic is not tolerated. Cheesetoast is extraordinarily old fashioned, especially as relates to Dave Thomas, who is (I shall remind you) English.

cdcarter: Monterey Jack? Get that out.

Robby: At any of your local vegan sauce stores.

mcdtracy: Not sure. But many people worldwide are participating in this discussion and one will eventually come along who can answer your question!!

nil: Muenster is widely available, sitting at 8th on the TIOBE cheese rankings.

halrlee: No, this blog is actually rated TV-14.

why: compare munster (French) to muenster (American) :D

nil: Oh! Well, the query they use is:

 +"<cheese name> (cheese OR fromage)" -string

This can get heated real quickly …

Depends on how close you hold the torch, apparently.

mcdtracy: To “wizen” your aunt does not usually involve a blowtorch. The process is much like preparing a fruitcake. The key is the frequent application of copious amounts of alcohol. Scotch really works the best, but even peach schnapps will do in a pinch. On the other hand for good flavor much like a sourdough starter the Aunt should be at least once ever third day with fresh whole wheat flower.

If you liked this product, try Cheese on Ground Toast, Well

replace the marmalade with peanut butter. Slather peanut butter liberally on toast. Slice some sharp cheddar and place on top of peanut butter. Grill (or torch if you’re so inclined). Yeah, I know; it didn’t sound good to me the first time I heard of it either but trust me, it’s tasty.

Why was there no egg mentioned?!

wizen adj : lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

I agree with the muenster. That is some good cheese.

I did a science project in high school on the alleged intense dream inducing properties of tyrosine. The best source of tyrosine I was able to find was New York Sharp Cheddar. QED ?

I work at the Whole Foods Deli and I feel sorry for the deli that you vist. Those poor saps, so abused…

muenster++

I’ve never experienced a community so passionate about about cheese on toast. Wait until the ‘beans on toast’ party starts…

Needs more eggs.

Cheese and eggs? Together? Only in omelette, never with bread. I like to make a “poor man’s pizza”: bread, layer of tomato puree, cheese, black olives, herbs, grill it. By the way, it is “cheese on toast” in my locale, not the unholy contraction “cheesetoast”.

First Ruby, and now this? When will Prag Dave stop introducing the english speaking world to delicious Japanese treats?

:P

Oh I do hope never.

townxelliot: if you think cheese and eggs don’t fit on bread, then you’ve never heard of the Dutch delicacy that is the uitsmijter: two slices of bread (next to each other on the plate), ham to cover the bread (slightly buttered), cheese to cover the ham (I recommend a nice gouda, only slightly aged for both additional taste and intact melting properties) and two baked eggs on top. Season with salt and pepper according to taste, and enjoy! (makes a delicious midnight snack, or come-back-from-party snack, since it is said to prevent next-day’s hangover ;) ).

I feel I must weigh in on the side of townxelliot, it is indeed cheese on toast, and not the oddly named cheesetoast. Ideally of course, it’s grated cheese, sprinkled liberally with pepper and with a dash or two of worchestershire sauce.

Note that the bread in this case must not be toasted. As for melting the cheese, the heat from the baked eggs should be enough to have it slightly runny, but still firm. There are quite a few Dutch cheeses that go very well in this.

Heretic – the one true poor man’s pizza uses green olives! And the bread ought to be pita if at all possible.

Also, reading this thread has got me really hungry :)

dd

I’d never had marmalade before. I approve.

I love cheese. I’d never abused it before using a blow torch. MMMM YUMMY toast!

OMFG this ROCKS ! bish0p clued me in. I just had some for breakfast, and he came downstairs and made some. This is the best recipe ever.

Time to buy cheesetoast.org! Have I?

Everyone knows one true cheese on toast requires pre-toasting the bread in a slot toaster, two pieces of toast in each slot. This gives you the crunchy exterior base which is rigid enough to support the correct amount of melted gooey cheese.

Marmite is required. If there is no marmite, pesto may be used as an alternative.

Anything involving egg is clearly ‘abused omlette on toast’, and hence disqualified.

blag im so lazy – ill get cheesetoast.org going shortly. have faith!

It’s official:

Presenting CheeseToast.org!