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Your comment about "artisinal grilled cheese" earned my upvote. Who knew such a thing existed? Better yet: why?
by aarondf 13y ago
Your comment about "artisinal grilled cheese" earned my upvote. Who knew such a thing existed? Better yet: why?
- joshrotenberg 13y agoBecause people will buy them.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoIt's more typically called Panini, which is Italian for "$9 grilled-cheese."
- carlob 13y agoPanino is Italian for sandwich, it literally means small bread. Panini is something I first experienced in France, where it's made with a special semi-raw bread. I've never seen anything quite like it in Italy, though.
- monkeynotes 13y agoPanini and Panino are pretty much synonymous. Panini is just the anglicized word, although it seems the Italians don't generally grill them. I've had Panini/Panino in Italy, France, the UK, and Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panini_(sandwich) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panini_(sandwich)
- hussong 13y agoI'll bite: panini is simply the plural of panino.
- carlob 13y agoGrammatically, yes. But it's really a different type of sandwich outside of Italy.
- danmaz74 13y agoThe Italian for "grilled chees" is actually "formaggio arrosto". "panini" is just the plural of "panino", ie, a sandwich.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoIt's a joke... I'm surprised at the lack of imagination from the four guys above.
- danmaz74 13y agoWell, perhaps it's just difficult to understand it as a joke when you used the word "panini" all your life!
- mixmastamyk 13y agoOk, I'll give you a pass if you are from Italy, for example. However, the story was about the Bay Area... and growing up in California I noticed a trend that exploded about 10 years ago. Fancy, casual restaurants stopped selling sandwiches and "grilled-cheese", upgraded the bread, and started calling them Panini. The price was also increased by $5 dollars/per for a marginally better product. Coffee has had a similar retail transformation.
- danmaz74 13y agoAs a matter of fact, I am from Italy :)
- noarchy 13y agoSome people are looking for places to spend their relatively-high incomes. Ditto for other, oddball things that have come along, of late, like super-expensive shaving equipment (first thing that came to mind).
- bosie 13y agocan you link/name some of that super-expensive shaving equipment please?
- blario 13y agoI suspect he/she is referring to Bevel. Although I think the commenter fails to realize the value add of the product.
- bosie 13y agoThanks, didn't know about Bevel. What is the value added by Bevel? Looks like a regular safety razor.
- noarchy 13y agoBy all means, I'd love to know what kind of value it adds. Up to this point, I've assumed that this, and products in this category, are some sort of hipster fad.
- bosie 13y agohipster fad? double edge safety razors have been around since at least 1930. not really a 'fad' ;) they normally provide a better/closer shave, much much cheaper blades (compared to gillette), greater selection of blades/razors. there are probably more advantages. http://www.dovo.com/_english/merkur.html http://www.dovo.com/_english/merkur.html
- noarchy 13y agoI'm quite aware that these kinds of razors were once commonplace. It is their [expensive] comeback that is noteworthy, and what I've dubbed a 'hipster fad'
- jmcmichael 13y agoI assure you we have artisinal grilled cheese here in St. Louis as well: http://www.bigcheesestl.com/ http://www.bigcheesestl.com/
- DrJ 13y agoPeople eat them, I believe the one the parent is referring to might be this one? http://theamericansf.com/ http://theamericansf.com/ but there are too many of these (how odd that sentence sounds).
- timr 13y agoThere are at least three different purveyors of fancypants grilled cheese in the city. One has multiple locations.