Sunday is National Grilled Cheese Day, which means lunch on Sunday can be SIMPLE, assuming you like a BASIC grilled cheese.
Here are some fun grilled cheese stats:
61% of Americans say the grilled cheese is their favorite sandwich. But a whopping 75% of people don’t feel confident that they can make a good one.
71% of people say buttering the bread delivers the best crisp on the outside, 12% swear by mayo. And 68% say the perfect grilled cheese includes more than one cheese, although cheddar seems like a must.
For what it’s worth, a scientific experiment once found that the best cheeses, based on melting properties, are gouda, gruyere, and manchego. Not that most people have those sitting in their fridge right now.
43% of people prefer white bread, but others like sourdough, multigrain, and brioche.
70% of people say they prefer the “toast-level” of their grilled cheese to be “golden brown.” 12% like it well-done or even burnt.
The four most popular add-ons are tomatoes, bacon, ham, and eggs. (Which increasingly seem like LESS of a “grilled cheese.”)
Finally, people are divided on the way to cut their grilled cheese. 52% like to cut them in half diagonally, while 21% cut them in half vertically, and 10% cut them in half horizontally. 17% of people don’t cut them at all.
(How do YOU make YOUR grilled cheese? And how do you think it would fare in a grilled cheese cook-off?)
