Last night my husband my husband came home from work at a decent time and decided to cook supper for us.  He chose grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.  That is one of my ultimate comfort foods.  I have not eaten that in a while, so to me it was a real treat.

When he finished cooking he even brought me my food.  Such a sweetie.  We were all in the living room, slurping our soup and munching on our sandwiches.  I am a dunker.  I always have to dunk my grilled cheese in my tomato soup.  I am dunking away, and my sandwich is almost gone.  My husband asked me if I would like another sandwich.  He also said that “it would be easy to stick another one in the oven” for me.

The oven?!  He messed with my comfort food!  I am sure his way was healthier, but that is not why he chose to “cook” the sandwiches in the oven.  He confessed that it was simply easier for him to cook them that way, than the method I use, frying pan and butter.

It was then that he committed the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich sacrilege.  He said “cooking  the sandwiches in the oven was just as acceptable as cooking them in a pan”  I was appalled and stated that what “he made was a baked cheese sandwich and not a grilled cheese sandwich”

It was at this point that “The Great Grilled Cheese Debate” began.  Each of us certain that our position is the correct one.

So my questions for you are this…Is there more than one accepted method for preparing a grilled cheese sandwich?  Is baking the cheese sandwich just as acceptable as grilling it in a pan?

Please hurry and answer these questions, I must show my husband that I am correct, as usual. 

If you scroll down to the bottom of this post you will see the official poll.