Cheese on Toast

It's been ages since anything new was put on here so to get it going again I'm going to look into one of the classic dilemmas, is cheese on toast less healthy than a cheese sandwich?

My answer to that is; no, quite the opposite in fact. 

There are 2 ways of looking at the scenario, the first is equal amounts in each, 1 slice of bread and some cheese used for both the sandwich and toasted version, the second option involves 2 slices of bread for the sandwich dooms and 1 slice for the toast.  In the second option the 2 slices of bread dooms it immediately.  So we will go back to option 1, equal amounts of ingredients.

With the sandwich there is the cheese and the bread, maybe folded and eaten cold.  For the cheese on toast the cheese will be melted and the bread will be toasted and overall the food will be hot.

When the cheese on toast cooks the grease from the cheese starts to ooze out, this while looking unhealthy may allow some to dribble off putting the cheese on toast ahead of the sandwich straight away in the health stakes.  After the initial seepage you can tilt the toast and let more dribble off or as I do in work wipe it with a paper towel.  I would likely be dead now if I didn't follow this practise.  Secondly the toasted bread of the cheese on toast should crumble more during handling meaning less bread is eaten.  Next is that I usually put chilli on cheese on toast thus boosting my metabolism to an inhuman level.  Also reading a discussion on the the topic I read that small quantities of charcoal on the toast is good for digestion.  Finally hot food is nicer than cold generally so is better for mental health.

Overall a decisive victory for cheese on toast (and that's without even considering that it's more likely you'd use butter or lard with the sandwich).  Obviously though with current electricity prices maybe using the grill so much isn't a wise choice so it depends whether you value financial or actual health more. 

Feel free to present me with any arguments in favour of the sandwich.   On and Gin' Do Friday are back according to their blog :-O

Rugger

In all my time in Wales the 6 Nations has finally gone quite well from an England point of view.  While the Grand Slam will require a difficult victory today this year is the first time there hasn't been some shame for me as an Englishman in Wales.  Usually either England do respectably but lose to Wales or they just fail around with mediocrity, so it's nice that such glorious beasts should at least win the championship this year.  Yay!

In other news I'd like BYU to do well in March Madness - NCAA Div I Basketball Tournament.  I've got a few fantasy games reliant on this as my decisions are always based on the 1 team I know about that year.  I played canoe polo for the first time in 4 months and fortunately my throwing arm was a beast in drills and war ups, in a game though it made me hit the goal post a few times and that was it.  Also the gaping empty chasm that was once my fitness required me to do a lot of fouls to try and keep up with people or to stop them getting away in a feeble last few minutes of the game.  Next week though...