/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12149907
>grilled cheese sandwich
Oh, that's easy.
The "Grill" in grilled cheese, comes from "Plancha Grill", which is a cooking tool in restaurant kitchens. Some people call them "griddles". The name "grilled cheese" came from back in the day when people would order them in diners. Since most people don't have plancha grills/griddles at home, they use a pan instead.

I thought that was common knowledge?

>>11727394
The term "grilled" in "grilled cheese" comes from "Plancha Grill", also called a "griddle". Pic related.

The confusion comes from people who aren't familiar with the jargon used in pro kitchens and think that a "grill" refers to what they cook hot dogs and steaks on in their backyard.

>>11372852
That's because the term "grill" in this case refers to a plancha grill, aka a "griddle" or "flattop", not a BBQ grill.

>>9092180
>Where does the grill part come into your cooking?

The term "Grill" refers to "plancha grill", also known as a griddle or a flat-top. Since most people don't have a commercial restaurant flattop in their homes we use a frying pan instead.

>>8783340
>>poster who doesn't know what a plancha grill is

>>8317405
>That looks like it's been fried not grilled?

Yep. the term comes from diner slang. The flat-top in a diner or restaurant kitchen is also called a "plancha grill". The name comes from that, not what the average person thinks of when they hear the word grill.

>>6530350

The home-made version is pan fried. The term "grilled cheese" comes from restaurant menus where it is cooked on pic related. Pic related is called a "plancha grill", aka "griddle". That's where it comes from.