Cheese on toast without a grill

[AngusMcDoon]

Here's one for Dylan. If you hanker for cheese on toast while afloat but are on a small boat without a grill, here's how to do it.

You need a hob toasting rack to make your toast as normal.

Prepare your cheese as normal.

You need a non-stick frying pan. Lay out the cheese in toast shape and heat.

When it starts to melt plonk the toast on top.

When the edges are bubbling lob it out by quickly turning the pan over. Don't try to pick it out. Cheesy perfection.

Don't try it with a normal sticky frying pan. It has to be non-stick.

 

[prv]

Cunning!

I was expecting to see a blowtorch making an appearance

Pete

 

[Salty John]

Good bit of lateral thinking!

 

[2nd_apprentice]

Cunning!

I was expecting to see a blowtorch making an appearance

Pete

Me too
Nice bit of contrarian thinking there!

 

[prv]

Using one of those portable canister fuelled gas stoves

See http://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/stay-safe/fire-safety-for-boats/portable-gas-appliances/

Which bit specifically did you mean? It mostly seems to be either common sense or impractical nannying (apparently we have to go ashore to change a gas cylinder - well, it was written for canal boats).

It does show a picture of the type of stove Angus has, with a cross on it, but it doesn't say why.

Pete

 

[Jabamusic]

Cunning!

I was expecting to see a blowtorch making an appearance

Pete

I was thinking Angus would have preferred a soldering iron

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Using one of those portable canister fuelled gas stoves

I don't care what those nannying over-bearing petty rule obsessed plonkers have to say. Most of their list of dangers apply to ordinary gas systems as well. Why don't they just ban boating and we can all stay in bed and be extra safe? They can be bought with or without a flame failure device - mine have them. Now that they are designed so that they cannot be lit with the pot holder upside down (which caused an incident many years ago) and the better ones have FFDs how are they in any way more dangerous than a normal gas system?

 

[prv]

I don't care what those nannying over-bearing petty rule obsessed plonkers have to say. Most of their list of dangers apply to ordinary gas systems as well. Why don't they just ban boating and we can all stay in bed and be extra safe? They can be bought with or without a flame failure device - mine have them. Now that they are designed so that they cannot be lit with the pot holder upside down (which caused an incident many years ago) and the better ones have FFDs how are they in any way more dangerous than a normal gas system?

Quite.

They're actually much safer than the traditional blue camping-gaz ones, because with a pan on top those were always ridiculously top-heavy and unstable.

Pete

 

[AMCD300]

Inspired - cheesy heaven in a pan. Hmmmmmm

Thank you for that. I need Cheese on Toast now.....

Andy

 

[AngusMcDoon]

They're actually much safer than the traditional blue camping-gaz ones, because with a pan on top those were always ridiculously top-heavy and unstable.

Here's some life-threatening cheese on toast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iggered-argument-making-grilled-sandwich.html

 

[Greenheart]

Those very cheap, virtually disposable square gas stoves are to my mind, the practical wonder of our age.

Every time I find it won't work, it turns out to be because I haven't attached/sealed/clicked the cylinder in the safe order. They really do seem to be foolproof. I suppose someone inattentive might fill his boat with gas if the burner blows out, but how are other designs safer? Much safer just to stay wide awake, I'd think.

If you consider how horribly unstable those upright camping stoves used to be - and the connection required screwing a pointy needle through the top of the cylinder, which could easily then be unscrewed - gushing butane all around - the modern square ones are just brilliant.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

I suppose someone inattentive might fill his boat with gas if the burner blows out...

The ones suitable for use in a boat have a flame failure device to prevent that happening, just like any marine stove. The ones made from stainless with a FFD are not a disposable price. They cost about £45 each.

 

[Greenheart]

Well, it's probably worth the extra cash, if you have it to spend - but I never feel in danger with the cheap & cheerful version, if I stay reasonably alert. Considering the situation (I'm thinking in terms of cooking inside a tent) it could be a wise approach to regard any stove as a potential hazard in use, rather than safe beyond the wit of any twit. So to speak.

 

[wiggy]

You can do away with the rack for he toast, I just do mine the Boaties frying pan dry. Comes out fine.

 

[Greenheart]

You can do away with the rack for he toast, I just do mine the Boaties frying pan dry. Comes out fine.

How long will the pan last, if you don't use any cooling cooking oil? Didn't they used to say flaking Teflon causes dementia? I've always been wary of rough old non-stick pans.

 

[wiggy]

I don't think the lack of oil makes any difference to the pan at all.

 

[Greenheart]

I hope you're right Wiggy. Admittedly, this looks like quite a loony-tunes urban-myth scaremongering website, but I'd heard of the dangers for quarter of a century:

http://www.naturalhealth365.com/science_news/teflon.html

 

[prv]

The ones suitable for use in a boat have a flame failure device to prevent that happening, just like any marine stove. The ones made from stainless with a FFD are not a disposable price. They cost about £45 each.

Interesting to know that those exist - I didn't know there was a "deluxe" version.

Pete

 

[AngusMcDoon]

I hope you're right Wiggy. Admittedly, this looks like quite a loony-tunes urban-myth scaremongering website, but I'd heard of the dangers for quarter of a century:

http://www.naturalhealth365.com/science_news/teflon.html

The BSS will be banning Teflon frying pans before long.

 

[rotrax]

In Rotorua in april this year we had a fabulous meal in a busy Korean resurant.

I think the stoves mentioned must be very safe-or New Zealands H&S is very lax- as these stoves were being passed over diners heads while burning and placed on the tables to keep the sizzling dishes hot.

It seemed routine for both the waiters and the diners.

We had an early version fitted in our race transporter which was trouble free and fitted with a FFD.

Only disadvantage was that the gas went quick.