i'm curious about the american answers in particular

bc for me, it has been what "toast" means my whole childhood

"zgrzewki"

:U

can i get a clarification of other ingredients? bc yeah that just looks like slightly fancy toast to me

jamizoid: two slices of toast bread with cheese and sometimes ham inside made using this

or something similar

oh okay, then i'd call that a grilled cheese

which i have always known as a "toaster" but when i wanted to buy one, looking for "toasters" only gave me the ones where you put a single slice of bread and it goes pop when ready

psychelocks: idt i have ever heard it referred to like this, which region is this name from?

jamizoid: nods

świętokrzyskie! idk if it's the whole region or just my house though lol

but it's because we called the machine "zgrzewacz" and not a "toaster"

since like you said, toaster is the single slice pop-up thing

i know for sure calling it toast was not a my house only thing bc that's how it was called in my high school cafeteria and it's what appears if i google "tost z serem"

of course that's not at all what i get for "toast with cheese" or any variation of it

just "tost" gives me mixed results in photos, single pieces of bread as god intended and this

Yeah I think the overall American answer is grilled cheese. Although with ham in it some would argue it's a "melt"

I don't remember the details but I would absolutely believe I might have been the one who opposed to calling it a toast because it sounds like something I'd do LMAO

and the above device would either be a sandwich press or panini press.

malkuthsoldier: interesting! panini press for me would be one with a pattern like this specifically

I checked with my dad and he confirmed that one's entirely our household's invention lmao

semi related but i just got a device that can do both + 3 others and i'm having a very "being in your 30s and getting excited over a new kitchen appliance" moment

psychelocks: ngl i love when this happens, that's cute

Yeah I think they got blended together as terms a bit when companies started making one you could swap out which pattern it uses.

Toasted cheese sandwich lol

toasted sandwich