Alternate Uses for Reusable Bags and the Infinite Greatness of Grilled Cheese

As long as we’re on the topic of comfort food, please allow me to take a day off from bag bans and plastic taxes to address the wonder that is the grilled cheese sandwich. Possibly one of the single greatest food inventions since sliced bread, it is as delicious as it is easy, and over the past day or so I’ve been seeing a ton of blogs pop up with a new invention that could revolutionize the world of hot sammich goodness as we know it: reusable bags… as cheese toasters?!

However sublime a toaster may be for its primary purpose, things turn foul when you insert two pieces of bread, then feed in some ham, cheddar cheese and crack an egg all over the top. These “Toastabags” (phonemologically Bostonian, apparently) are a novel solution: reusable bags to feed a sandwich into, which trap your sandwich’s gooey juices as it toasts.

Oh my god, yesss. The thought of cooking delicious cheesy sandwiches to my heart’s content without wasting water and soapy chemicals in the scrubbing of pots and pans is offset only by my concern about the carbon footprint of buying a new gadget. That said, I would be much more worried if the sandwich bags were cheap and disposable a la aluminum foil. These babies, on the other hand, claim to be in it for the long haul and I hope they prove correct. Hauling my groceries home in a reusable bag, and then cooking them in a mini reusable bag? Sounds like a lazy cook’s dream come true, and that dream is my dream. Bring on the cheddar.

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