The Humble Jaffle, a toasty with edges pinched to keep in the goodness. It is known by many names but is beloved across the globe. Us Kiwis call it an old-school toasty but it's known as the jaffle in Australia, in the UK a pie iron or pudgy pie iron and in South Africa a 'snackwich'.
Each toastie must be sandwiched between two slices of bread and able to be eaten by hand. The toasted sandwich must also contain cheese (or an acceptable vegan substitute) and pickles from McClure's Pickles range. Everything else is up to the toastie maker's imagination.
A Jaffle is the Australian name for a closed toasted sandwich. The name came from its creator Dr Ernest Smithers, from Bondi in NSW, who created and patented the Jaffle Iron in Australia back in the 1950's.
Some call them Toasties, but they are also fondly known as a Jaffle, Croque Monsieur, Grilled Cheese or simply a Melt.
A grilled cheese (sometimes known as a toasted sandwich or cheese toastie) is a hot cheese sandwich typically prepared by heating slices of cheese between slices of bread with a cooking fat such as butter or mayonnaise on a frying pan, griddle, or sandwich toaster, until the bread browns and the cheese melts.
A jaffle is made with a special iron.
In Australia, grilled cheeses are known as "jaffles" thanks to the jaffle irons they are made with.
Toasties, or toasted sandwiches, are merely an extension of that love, and they are big in the U.K.—particularly when filled with cheese, making it a cheese toastie and quite the same as what many of us would call “grilled cheese”: a hot, gooey cheese sandwich.
Toasties are a popular Australian term. When it comes to sandwiches in Australia, two slices of bread are used, and the sandwich is filled with whatever you want and pressed into a jaffle iron or toastie press. They're also popular for breakfast, lunch, and late at night.
This is maybe under the influence of Aussie expat visitors and short-term immigrants, because "toastie" is a common slang term in Melbourne, Australia, for a toasted - unsealed - sandwich' made under a grill or sandwich press.
The OQLF would rather they call that gooey goodness melted between two slices of bread a “sandwich de fromage fondu,” which roughly translates to “melted cheese sandwich.” While 95% of Quebec City is fluent in French, they find that sandwich de fromage fondu doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
Us Kiwis call it an old-school toasty but it's known as the jaffle in Australia, in the UK a pie iron or pudgy pie iron and in South Africa a 'snackwich'.
Flip-flops are also called thongs (sometimes pluggers) in Australia, jandals (originally a trademarked name derived from "Japanese sandals") in New Zealand, and slops or plakkies in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In the Philippines, they are called tsinelas.
Vegemite is a thick, brown, shiny paste that is made from brewer's yeast, what's left at the bottom of the barrel when beer is made. The spread has a rich umami flavor and is often smeared on buttered toast in Australia, or stirred into recipes to deepen savory notes.
Familiar names are: toastie (UK), grilled cheese sandwich (US), jaffle (Australia), panini (Italy), and croque monsieur (France). The toasted sandwich is not limited to these countries, however. You will find this popular snack, lunch, or dinner in every corner of our planet.
A typical New Zealand breakfast is simple. Kiwis start off with cereal and toast accompanied by a cup of coffee, tea, freshly made orange juice, or local milk. Unlike Americans, cooked breakfast is not very common except during the weekends.
It is commonly claimed that New Zealanders say 'fush and chups' and Australians say 'feesh and cheeps'.
Chewie: if someone asks you for some chewie, they're looking for a piece of chewing gum. Chuck a sickie: a worker who decides to take a sick day when they're actually in perfect health is chucking a sickie. Chuck a wobbly: this is Aussie speak for throwing a big tantrum.
Australian, British and New Zealand English uses "chips" for what North Americans call french fries. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.
toastie-toastie
another name for a jaffle: I love toastie-toasties. Compare Breville, jaffle, popit, tasty toastie.
Jaffle makers have special grooves to create a pattern on the bread and a clamp that seals the edges and cuts the sandwich down the middle, creating two perfectly sealed and toasted sandwich halves. A toastie however, is a flat toasted sandwich that has open edges and a melted filling in the middle.
jaffle (plural jaffles) (Australia, South Africa) A type of toasted sandwich that is sealed at the edges and has diagonal creases; a toastie with diagonal creases.
A San Antonio, Texas, listener says some of her friends use the word toasted to mean “drunk” and some use it to mean “high on marijuana.” Which is it? This is part of a complete episode.
So both started with “toasted cheese sandwiches”, and both changed it in their own ways: Britain made the name more cutesy, representing their home-based cooking efforts, while America tried to sound a little more sophisticated and asked for their cheese “grilled” rather than toasted.
The most common British slang terms for sandwich are “butty” and “sarnie”. These are by far the most widely used, and you'll hear “butty” more often in the north and “sarnie” more often in the south. The American “sammich” is sometimes used.