Toasted Sandwich Maker
They never work properly and either seriously undercook the bread, which then makes all the contents all soggy-like, or they frazzle the bread to a crisp and all the cheese melts and bleeds out onto the kitchen side... they make me sad :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:44, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Dearest 'flam
My toastie maker is one of the few things I actually get on with consistently. Toasties for lunch 6 days a week usually :D Unless you're trying to use one of those George Foreman style ones, rather than one with triangle bits inside?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:47, Reply)

Haha
I congratulate you on possessing a toasted sandwich maker that actually works, keep it close to your heart because it is clearly very special.

I've had about 6 sandwich makers in my life, not one has worked properly - I usually end up donating them to my dad and he'll have toastie parties for a month and then be told to put it in a cupboard by my mum.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:54, Reply)

Key learnings:
Right type of bread: hovis medium or thick sliced white
Right type of butter on the outside: utterly butterly is found to give the best golden-brown results
Right type of filling: try substituting proper cheese for the fake plastic crap. Tastes like crap in everything but a toasty, and melts at a lower temperature (mostly cos it isn't really cheese).

See, it's all just about having the know-how.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I have the know-how
I'm just lacking in the suitable toastie maker, one day I'll fine one, One day!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:20, Reply)

fact
george foreman grill makes a better toasted sandwich than a toasted sandwich maker

lightly oil the george before you put the sandwich in
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Mine didn't, the bread went all soggy and the cheese escaped out the side
*shakes fist at George Foreman*

DAMMIT GEORGE!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:48, Reply)

you're clearly at fault
every one I've made in it has worked beautifully

I made a fantastic chicken, mayo and two types of mustard sandwich the other day
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:50, Reply)

You're clearly wrong
Triangular, sealed toasties are far better.

FACT!
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Indeed
I concur with the penguin
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:54, Reply)

Pingu has my vote too.
My brother's mate used to make them with white bread and Mars bars.

He was, it must be said, a fat knacker.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Woo!
Penguin beats beard!
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

Is he still with us?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

He gave up a 40-a-day cigarette habit
by replacing each smoke with a packet of Monster Munch, but despite this, he lives. In Yorkshire, mind, but he lives.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:05, Reply)

Living in Yorkshire is nothing more than a half-life
Poor man.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:06, Reply)

that is just weird
I'm right on this subject though. I am the sandwich master.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

sandwich bumhead
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:11, Reply)

I'm not your master
no matter how much you plead
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:12, Reply)

Hahaha
You really are a spanner sometimes, do you know that! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:14, Reply)

harshness
*cries a little*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:16, Reply)

I will concede
that triangular sandwiches are better than oblong

the sealing is irrelevant though, unless you are making something like an egg toastie
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Also
chicken mayo toasties? What sort of toastie freak are you?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:54, Reply)

A smug, upper class one?

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Ah good point sir!
Mayo is bad enough, but HOT mayo... *shudders*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

Both very good points
Mayo is acceptable if mixed with garlic and herbs, and as a dip.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Mayo is never acceptable
it'll only be acceptable to me once the worlds supply is jettisoned off into space for some poor alien to come across and assume its some sort of intergalactic spunk cloud from the future.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:01, Reply)

dislike of mayo aside
one day I will make you a georged sandwich and you will see sense.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:02, Reply)

NEVVVVVVVVVVER
*double air graps - Creed styleee*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:05, Reply)

^ This

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:06, Reply)

why not?
it won't have mayo in it

even a humble cheese toastie is awesome in the george
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:08, Reply)

I'm not against the George sandwich in principle
Remove the mayo and I'm happy to try. Which mustards did you use, by the way? Mustard is one of my specialist fields....

Fox's spices do amazing 'make your own' mustard kits - I thoroughly recommend your trying them. Also, made a chilli with black treacle yet?

I'm assuming not, or I'd have heard your grovelling thanks by now.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:16, Reply)

I'm a huge fan of colmans english
love the taste and the heat. the main mustard for the sandwich was some bog standard wholegrain, but I wanted some power, so I added some English.

make your own mustard sounds good, although my ideal mustard is colman's english, so there seems little point.

I've not done the black treacle chilli yet. I'll cook one as soon as I get my new cooker.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:21, Reply)

Me too
there's one out there called 'Dragon's Breath' mustard that is great, too.

Did you get your griddle pan, and if so, done' much with it yet?

BONUS TIP: bacon is fucking GREAT griddled.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I griddled some lamb souvlaki skewers
and griddled some red pepper and some homemade flatbreads to go with it

then I broke the hob :-(
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:28, Reply)

aaaah, hence the cooker questions on here...

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:29, Reply)

precisely
I've made my decision. It's not the ideal solution, but long term it will work out

I've had to go for an electric hob, but I had one of the ancient style electric ones until I broke it, and anything is better than that

you run a risk with gas as well though apparently. My other half's mum's £900 AEG job can't simmer stuff. the gas doesn't go low enough.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:30, Reply)

Up until a couple of years ago, I would have agreed wholeheartedly
Then I discovered deep-frying pizza dough and dipping it in the stuff. Good and unhealthy, and tasty.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:03, Reply)

Nope see
you're just ruining perfectly good deep-fried pizza dough. :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:06, Reply)

Partly true
But how else am I meant to make it more unhealthy? I am Scottish after all.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:07, Reply)

cover it in caramel
double fry it and serve it with a plate of lard... you're just not using your imagination are you! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:08, Reply)

Hmm, I like your style
You aren't part-Scot are you?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Nope
I'm just livin' the dream until I start to put on weight, then I'll stop! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:15, Reply)

not much mayo
I was dubious at first, but it worked pretty well

I took my lead from the sandwich shop panini, which often has mayo in it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

In the immortal words of Bill Bailey
I BLEED ON YOUR PANINI!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:59, Reply)

hahaha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:00, Reply)

hot mayo?
bleeaurgh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:55, Reply)

HOT MAYO AND FETA SALAD TOASTIE
Oh yes.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:07, Reply)

GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:17, Reply)

*gets behind*
*kicks beehind*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:31, Reply)

HOT SALTY MAYO
IN YOUR EYE
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:26, Reply)

THAT'S NO MAYO

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:29, Reply)

IT'S A SAUCE STATION

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Miny is tiny weenie
and was obviously made for Spanish bread and Warburtons/Hovis miniature bread only.
All other bread is too wide and long and this ruins everything.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:50, Reply)

See this is another one of the problems
I don't want to have to cut the bread to size, the machine should be made to fit Hovis white thick bread - its clearly some sort of conspiracy between the toastie makers and the bread companies - bastards!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 14:56, Reply)

I like Warburton's extra thick toastie

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:12, Reply)

Warburton's can go to hell
it can go right to ruddy hell and die there
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:14, Reply)

Ooh when you want the stodge
it's great!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:15, Reply)

Nah its always too dry for me
I like Hovis because its always squishy and full of nommy goodness.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:19, Reply)

Surely you're not talking about Warburton's Toastie loaf?
That's not dry and brittle like regular Warburton's.

It's more moist than *insert rudeness*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:20, Reply)

Hmmmm
I have probably not tried the toastie loaf. I don't go near Warburton's because I was under the impression that all their bread was minging - maybe I shall investigate the toastie loaf.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:24, Reply)

Give it a go.
You won't believe it's Warb's.
(My Grandad sings "Warburton's bread makes you shit like lead, fart like thunder, no bloody wonder")
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:27, Reply)

Hehe
Your granddad sounds like my granddad, he's always singing odd songs he has made up.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:36, Reply)

He makes up ridiculous poems too
And swears like nobody I've ever known
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Bean toasties = Molten Beans
Factoid.
(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 16:13, Reply)