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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
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3732.0. "BREAD: How to keep sandwiches from getting soggy?" by PACKED::DENNY::PERIQUET (Dennis Periquet) Wed Jan 13 1993 10:48

	Hi,

	I like to cook grilled cheese sandwiches.  But after they are done,
	and I put them on a plate, I'm usually doing something else for a
	few minutes (like making some soup).  When I come back and pick up
	my sandwich to eat it, the bread is soggy -- it seems that the steam
	from the hot bread causes condensation.  How do I prevent this?  I've
	only come up with two solutions:  Either put a napkin under 
	the sandwich or put a spoon underneath so the sandwich can breathe.

	Anyone else have any ideas? Has anyone else experienced this?

	Thanks in advance!

	Dennis
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3732.1HmmmAKOCOA::BBAKERWed Jan 13 1993 11:126
    Yes, I've had this happen when I've made them. Ideas? Other than make
    your sandwich last (i.e. make your soup first, get your chips, drink,
    etc. ready while the sandwich is cooking), I have no ideas.
    
    Sorry!
    beth
3732.2Cooling rack..!!BSS::GROVERThe CIRCUIT_MANWed Jan 13 1993 11:175
    Place the sandwich onto a cooling rack, during the time you are fixing
    your soup..... Then transfer to a plate when ready to eat.
    
    Bob G.
    
3732.3toast firstCADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSONWed Jan 13 1993 12:035
    Toast the bread lightly first.  Though I must admit I don't usually
    make grilled cheese; I broil slices of toast with cheese on them
    instead.
    
    /Charlotte
3732.4The phone always rings! AAAAARRRRGGGPIPPER::STURNERThu Jan 14 1993 02:328
    I make them in a fry pan. If I'm doing something else when their done 
    I just turn down the heat and leave em in the pan keeps em hot and
    ready!
    
    Have you tried tuna melts? mmmmm. Just put some drained tuna on the
    cheese.
    
                                                  Scott......
3732.5Sort of a Life Raft, For Bread!PINION::HACHENuptial Halfway HouseThu Jan 21 1993 23:418
    
    Really, a cooling  rack is a good idea, and you could make one easily
    from  popsicle sticks (I'm serious, they're just the right length,
    cheap, and easy to work with) and a hot glue gun.  You can buy bags of
    them at a crafts store.  (You could even color them with vegetable dyes
    made from spinach, beets, and carrots)
    
    dm
3732.6no problemoTNPUBS::STEINHARTLauraFri Jan 22 1993 13:3715
    I make my daughter's daycare grilled cheese lunch this way:
    
    1.  Put 2 slices of bread in toaster oven.  Cover 1 slice with cheese.
    2.  Toast until cheese softens and bread starts to crisp.
    3.  Put bread together to make sandwich.
    4.  Either leave in toaster oven, door open, or lean it up against
    something to cool.
    5.  When cool, place in sandwich bag.
    6.  Store at room temperature until lunch.  Can be reheated in
    microwave.
    
    Works fine for me.  You could spread bread with butter or margarine if
    you wanted a higher-fat version.
    
    L
3732.7TOPDOC::AHERNDennis the MenaceWed Nov 24 1993 10:2917
    RE: .0  by PACKED::DENNY::PERIQUET 
    
	>I like to cook grilled cheese sandwiches.  But after they are done,
	>and I put them on a plate, I'm usually doing something else for a
	>few minutes (like making some soup).  When I come back and pick up
	>my sandwich to eat it, the bread is soggy -- it seems that the steam
	>from the hot bread causes condensation.  How do I prevent this?  I've
    
    Simple.  Heat the plate.  The sogginess is caused by putting the hot
    sandwich on a cold plate.  This is particularly true when taking a
    plate out of the cupboard on an outside wall in Winter.
    
    One of the tricks I use is to put the plate on top of the sandwich
    after it's been turned.  This not only warms the plate, but presses
    down on the sandwich causing some cheese to ooze out onto the griddle
    and get that nice crunchy texture.  Either that or put it on the
    radiator while the sandwich is cooking.
3732.8DECLNE::TOWLETue Nov 30 1993 12:516
    rep
    
    Another way to heat up plates is to put them in the disk washer
    	and put it on dry/heat cycle for a couple of minutes.
    
    	-VT
3732.9Good solutions, problem solved, Thanks!TLE::PERIQUETDennis PeriquetThu Sep 22 1994 15:398
    
    Thanks for the advice.  I got one of those screens that you can place a
    hot sandwich on and let cool while letting air pass through the bottom. 
    I just tried it out last night and it worked nicely.  I'll try heating
    the plates next time -- good idea.
    
    Dennis