Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Posted by Sickboy at 7:57 PM
How to Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich With an Iron


Is your stovetop broken? Have you just moved, and don't have your own frying pan yet? Or are you just looking for an alternative way to make a grilled cheese sandwich? Here's how to make your next lunch with an iron...
Steps
Turn on your clothes iron. Set it to its highest setting (Linen or Cotton).
Take 2 or 3 slices of bread and butter the outsides. Place slices of cheese between them.
Take a piece of aluminum foil, roughly twice the size of the sandwich. With the foil shiny-side-up on the counter or stovetop, place the sandwich on the foil and fold it over to cover it completely.
Set the hot iron flat on the foil-wrapped sandwich. This doesn't hurt the iron at all. Let it sit on the foil for about 30 seconds, then peek inside the foil to see if it's toasted. It will burn quickly.
Flip the foil packet over, repeating Step 4.
Open the foil, and flip the sandwich onto a plate. You can keep and reuse the foil several times. All you have to wash is a knife and a plate, and it takes less electricity than an electric stovetop with a frying pan.

11 comments:

Scott said...

My sister used to have an easy bake oven that used a light bulb to cook the product.

8:19 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

yeah, I remember easy bake cookies, they were pretty nasty.

8:59 PM CDT
Martin said...

My dad told me a story about how he and his brothers would heat up pizza in the middle of the night in a dresser drawer w/ a light bulb and aluminum foil. they never told my grandmother about this until they were all married and had kids. First thing she said to them, "you could have burned the house down!" I guess mothers never stop being mothers.

3:29 AM CDT
dad-e~O said...

I just read a "hot to" about making a sun oven, kinda neat

7:14 AM CDT
dad-e~O said...

I mean "how to"

7:14 AM CDT
Sickboy said...

whats a sun oven?

12:28 PM CDT
dad-e~O said...

essentailly a cardboard box lined wit tin foil, inside another box acting like insulation, kinda neat

12:30 PM CDT
dad-e~O said...

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-and-Use-a-Solar-Oven

1:53 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

thanks for the link.

4:06 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

like this huh?

Gather supplies from the parts list below.
Line the entire inside of the smaller box with aluminum foil. Fold the foil over the edge of the box and tape it to the outside edge of the box so it stays in place.
Line the bottom of the large box with black construction paper. This will cause it to absorb heat when placed in the sun.
Center the smaller box inside the larger box, and fill the excess space around it with crumpled up newspaper. The more tightly you can stuff the newspaper in, the better.
Find or cut four pieces of cardboard or wood that are roughly the width of the smaller box's sides. These will be your reflectors.
Cover each of the reflectors with aluminum foil. Make sure the aluminum foil is tight around the reflector, and smoothe out any wrinkles or folds. Secure the foil with tape on one side of each reflector.
Hold one of the reflectors at about a 45 degree angle with the base touching the outside of the small box just below the box's top.
Position one of the sticks or rods on the rim of the larger box (or slightly below the rim on the outside of the box) so that it will support the reflector at the 45 degree angle. Glue the rod in place and hold it until the glue dries so that it will maintain the correct position.
Glue a second rod to the larger box at the same angle as the first. The two rods should be spaced so that the reflector can steadily rest on top of them at a 45 degree angle to the smaller box's rim.
Repeat steps 6-8 for each of the four reflectors (one for each side of the box).
Lay the reflectors down on top of the rods, with the taped side of the reflector facing the rod. Glue the reflectors to the rods to add more stability.
Position the oven in full sun and cook. That's all there is to it! Now, just put food in the smaller box to cook it. It is best to cook the food in jars or on a small, dark baking pan. Experiment with cooking times and how and where you place the box. You may need to reposition your box several times during cooking to catch the sun.

7:48 PM CDT
Martin said...

We did this back in 2nd grade in relation to some science lesson. Much simpler design, basically just a box w/ aluminum foil, no insulation or anything. We ran a skewer through the sides of the box and warmed up hot dogs. they really weren't very warm at all as I remember.

3:31 AM CDT

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