Im glad we are talking on the Big Issues here at TN. I agree, this is a matter of UTMOST importance
To all of those who mentioned, "cholesterol" and "fat", you are just not getting it. And I feel sad for you. You may as well eat some kind of (shudder)
vegetable.
This is a cheese sandwich. The category of
cheese sandwich is exclusive of any limitation on fats.
A grilled cheese sandwich.
1. Some kind of quality white bread. Thickly sliced ciobatta is my fav.
2. Butter. There is not enough butter, ever, on any food. Butter should be liberally slathered on everything that cant run away before you apply it. If the food does try to run away, that just means it needs to be cooked for a few more minutes. This is one of the beauties of a grilled cheese sandwich. Cheese can't run, which means you can put on as much butter as you want.
3. Cheese. A quality tasty, matured cheddar. None of that revolting french creamy garbage (Im talking about you, brie and camembert, with your weird names and insipid lack of flavour). IMO there is one kind of cheese for the perfect grilled-cheese sandwich, and that is a liberal quantity of quality matured cheddar.
4. Toasting - the side against the grill kind. Call me a purist, but I want my butter fat and my cheese fat on separate sides of the bread. Something happens when you cook butter that makes it much tastier. Some people would say less-healthy, but they are welcome to a miserable life devoid of pleasure. I pity them.
A heavy based fry pan = weapon of choice.
5. Optional extras.
Vine ripened tomatoes, virginian ham.