Grilled cheese sandwich.

Those three words immediately conjure up some serious nostalgia and an intense desire for a heavenly, cheesy taste of our childhoods. But Alton Brown is here to tell us all that we've probably never tasted a real grilled cheese sandwich.

In a new video posted on his website , Alton sets out to show people the full potential of a grilled cheese sandwich, meaning "a grilled sandwich containing grilled cheese," he explains—not the version you're probably used to, a.k.a. "a griddled sandwich containing melted cheese."

Using a charcoal grill in his backyard, some thick and hearty country-style bread, a combination of extra sharp Cheddar cheese and Gruyere cheese, and seasoning (his "secret weapon"), Alton proceeds to cook both the cheese and the bread separately on his grill. He then removes both from the heat and literally pours the grilled, melted cheese over the lightly charred bread. If you're not salivating by this point in the video, you're some kind of superhuman. Wrapping the sandwiches in foil, he moves them back to the grill for a few more minutes to let the bread and cheese meld together even more.

Essentially, Alton's tutorial just turned everything we know about grilled cheese sandwiches upside down, leaving us even more excited for the web version of his popular Food Network show , Good Eats , where we expect he'll continue to blow our minds with new food hacks and facts.

(h/t Tasting Table)

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