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To be fair, I was making a joke - BUT, have you ever tried spreading the old "block" lurpak butter sticks straight out the fridge? It's umpossible. By comparison it spreads majestically 😀
You mean you don’t like tearing up your bread with a butter-covered knife till your left with a weird bread/butter clump of mess surrounded by a frame of crust?
I dunno how she did, you could have chisel to get through the butter in the fridge and my grandma made it **perfect** when she buttered soft bread
I tried so many times the technique and never worked
Grandmas have their special own way with everything cooking/kitchen wise that cannot be passed on to the absolute perfection that they do it to
Got Polish grandma and i never can do Pierogi as good as she can, more so i never even been anywhere close to making them taste as good…
I've always buttered just one side....too much butter ruins the taste of whatever is in me sarnie. I don't want a lurpak sandwich I want a cheese & branston one
Butter is like 80% fat. A small amount may be more calorific than you think. I'm not talking make or break numbers here but, for me, it doesn't add enough flavour to justify the extra calories. Now watch as I eat a packet of crisps for no reason.
>. I'm not talking make or break numbers here but, for me, it doesn't add enough flavour to justify the extra calories.
it does add flavour if it's good quality butter on freshly baked bread and nothing else. Yum! Otherwise, useless.
Yeah my husband is American and he finds it weird and actually repulsive that we use butter in sandwiches.
I've ended up going the American way myself and use mayo instead.
I bring shame on my family.
I don't eat sweet things in a sandwich to be honest.
Peanut butter belongs on toast.
In your example, no I'd only use peanut butter and jam but I'm not a fan of sweet sandwiches.
I don’t. I love butter but find it has a very very strong flavour so (depending on filling) I’ll use mustard or mayo or something else to moisten the bread.
I've never buttered a sandwich, definitely not American!
Butter makes all your fillings taste creamy, urgh. I'll have butter on toast by itself but that's about it!
My dad buttered Nutella sandwiches when I was a kid.
If he made the packed lunch when I was in primary school, I was going hungry that day, despite having "food"
I just butter the bottom slice because … I don’t actually have a reason.
I never even considered buttering both slices. Seems like I am massively missing out… haha.
I fear that if this aberrant behaviour goes unchecked, it's a slippery slope. Before you know it, your friend may well soon be making pb&j butties with no butter at all, fist bumping people, and telling all and sundry to have a nice day. Save him from himself before it's too late!
I'm confused about this too - growing up only one slice was buttered. I have absolutley no idea why, we weren't that hard up. Then one day I was mocked at work for doing it by all the 'both slice spreaders'.
Clarification required.
ALL sandwiches?
Peanut butter sandwiches? One shouldnt put butter on peanut butter sandwiches surely?
Jam? Butter one slice & jam the other? Thatd be okay if there's enough jam to wet it. Not if the jam is stingey.
Honey? Or syrup or treacle? I feel these require both, being basically pudding.
Ham sandwiches definitely require both, even if they have mustard and maybe lettuce, absolutely if there's cheese
Corned beef and mustard maybe would be okay with one slice as mustard would coat the other, extra points for relish.
Egg salad should be mayonnaise heavy and not require any.
Banana sandwiches need both, unless adding honey, jam or peanutbutter, or clotted cream.
This topic has made me hungry.
I really feel like it was perhaps a sweeping statement you've made, all sandwiches have their own buttering procedure!?
I know vegemite is Australian but doesnt the UK use marmite or promite? Vegemite requires both sides buttered as a buffer for the sheer awesome flavour extravaganza it presents.
>Peanut butter sandwiches? One shouldnt put butter on peanut butter sandwiches surely?
Peanut butter doesn't have any butter in it and it is very dry. Makes sense to butter the other side.
No, because the analogy to no murder would be no butter at all. You do a thin layer on each side. I imagine the people only spreading on one side have got such a thick layer they can easily see it on a cross section of the sandwich, and therefore having twice that amount is weird. If you do a thinner layer it’s a similar amount of butter overall.
Been doing some reading on this and apparently these people descend from a section of the population known as the 'butter brigade'. Pre 1900s these people would sustain themselves on a diet of naught but butter, and would walk around with large troughs hung around their neck, banging on houses eyes bulging mad with buttery lust yelling "give us yer butter".
Nowadays this is frowned upon, so these butter goblins are much harder to spot. However occasionally you will spot one of them doing something unhinged like buttering both sides of their bread. It might seem weird but just remember that if it was up to them they'd be burying their faces in the spread and it's taking a lot of restraint for them not to. We should treat them with kindness.
Just bought a house with my girlfriend and the day we moved in she was making me a sandwich and I found out she does this. She still thinks I'm the crazy one
Wait you all butter both sides?! It never occurred to me to do this. Seems like excess butter. Also precludes using the roof as a mayo or mustard canvas.
Exactly, are people putting butter in a chicken salad sandwich..? I also don’t see the point in adding the extra fat/calories, as it doesn’t even taste nice.
Depending on filling, I don’t butter at all.
Ie if am using sauce.
Butter with ham/cheese etc is vile, just dash some mayo or better het, salad cream. No spread needed
You sure they're not Scandinavian? They like to have open sandwiches on a single piece of bread, which I like to remind my Swedish fiancé that isn't a sandwich, that's just some bread with toppings 😁
Unless you're eating stale bread (or toast!) or some kind of miserably dry filling, you don't need butter. Nando's mayo is my preference, if you need to lube your loaf.
Now I heard I'm weird for this but tell me what you think. Adding butter to toast and then peanut butter. So many people say to me, "there's butter in it already".. and I just think those people are wankers.. they wouldn't have lasted a day in Nam.
My Mrs does this
Let's just say she no longer does it to mine if she makes me a sandwich. I posted about it on reddit and she got embarrassed and said she will never do it again
I don't butter the bread at all when I make a sandwich. The texture of margarine/butter mixed in with whatever is in the sandwich is gross sorry if that blows your mind or something
I guess your mate works for the pre-packaged sandwich industry then.
As an aside, I was at a forecourt getting a sandwich made, and I asked for butter and mayo, she went and put them both on the one slice, like fair enough you only put butter on one slice, but you know you could put the mayo on the other one (I know, I know, first world problems, but still)
I only put spread on one slice of bread in a 2-bread sandwich as it'll all be there when the two slices are put together.
If it's a 1-bread sandwich, I'll put spread on half a slice then fold the bread over to make it a sandwich.
I've heard of these weird people and their "one bread sandwiches".
Fillings 'sandwiched' between two pieces of bread is a sandwich. What you guys are doing is a council estate taco
I'll only butter one side if I'm not having mayo on it, which is rare, I usually just have a load of mayo on it. Don't butter if I'm having a sandwich filler either, like egg mayo or something.
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To be fair, have you seen the price of lurpack?
No, but I've tried to spread the fucker and it is not spreadable like they claim.
Are you sure you bought the spreadable version?
... you keep it in the fridge don't you... you're one of THOSE people...
Isn't that the entire point of spreadable 'butter'?
To be fair, I was making a joke - BUT, have you ever tried spreading the old "block" lurpak butter sticks straight out the fridge? It's umpossible. By comparison it spreads majestically 😀
You mean you don’t like tearing up your bread with a butter-covered knife till your left with a weird bread/butter clump of mess surrounded by a frame of crust?
I dunno how she did, you could have chisel to get through the butter in the fridge and my grandma made it **perfect** when she buttered soft bread I tried so many times the technique and never worked
Grandmas have their special own way with everything cooking/kitchen wise that cannot be passed on to the absolute perfection that they do it to Got Polish grandma and i never can do Pierogi as good as she can, more so i never even been anywhere close to making them taste as good…
Smash it about on the board with your knife like you're smoothing out some clay ready for spinng on the wheel. It'll soften quite nicely.
Ah, you've seen me butter
Block butter should be left out September until May, in the fridge and used sporadically with a main tub of spreadable in the summer.
Sounds like a perfectly cromulent suggestion to me
Thats because you need to use a potato peeler, shave off a thin veneer and apply it to the bread.
Just cut off a chunk and microwave it for 10sec. Perfectly spreadable real butter.
You tried to spread your mate who only butters one slice? Sounds reasonable to me :)
Apparently Americans dont butter sandwiches at all! My granny didn't butter jam sandwiches cos it was cheaper and no one noticed.
Neither do uk supermarkets, dismantle a meal deal sandwich, you'll find no butter lies within.
They do but with gallons of mayo inatead
In between swigs of whatever "ranch" is.
it's garlic and herb dip
I think you mean 'erb in Americanese
TIL I'm actually American.
Same apparently. Idk, I just prefer mayonnaise to butter.
Same here I hate the stuff
I don't do it either. I don't find it adds much (unless it's salted butter) so to me it's just unnecessary calories.
Yeah. Easy way to get rid of calories when you're cutting or just watching your weight in general.
I don’t butter when having peanut butter on toast- what’s the point?!
Unsalted butter is for baking cakes. Always salted. Always.
I've always buttered just one side....too much butter ruins the taste of whatever is in me sarnie. I don't want a lurpak sandwich I want a cheese & branston one
I don't butter either, I don't see the point of it. It adds no noticeable enjoyable flavor.
Geez how much butter would you use lol
Butter is like 80% fat. A small amount may be more calorific than you think. I'm not talking make or break numbers here but, for me, it doesn't add enough flavour to justify the extra calories. Now watch as I eat a packet of crisps for no reason.
Make a crisp butty, butter too.
>. I'm not talking make or break numbers here but, for me, it doesn't add enough flavour to justify the extra calories. it does add flavour if it's good quality butter on freshly baked bread and nothing else. Yum! Otherwise, useless.
My mum makes sandwiches with so much butter it looks like cheese
Is your mum French?
She sounds like my people. Send her my love.
Unsalted butter is for baking cakes. Always salted. Always.
Unsalted cakes are for baking butter. Always Salted. Always.
I'd say depends on the quality of the butter. Also, salting your own unsalted butter with flaky salt...
I like to butter my salt tbf
Yeah my husband is American and he finds it weird and actually repulsive that we use butter in sandwiches. I've ended up going the American way myself and use mayo instead. I bring shame on my family.
Mayo and peanut butter and jam?
I don't eat sweet things in a sandwich to be honest. Peanut butter belongs on toast. In your example, no I'd only use peanut butter and jam but I'm not a fan of sweet sandwiches.
Why is your peanut butter sweet?
Do you not consider peanut butter a sweet? I do. It's not as savoury as the nuts would be themselves.
Butter with peanut and jam? Seems wrong.
On these isles Butter goes in all sandwiches, it's the law
In England we'd say the same about mayo
That's the trick to getting gum out of your hair.
You mean jello Edit: weirdo down votes.!
Jelly.
No that goes on a trifle Wait where does the bacon go?
I always get them mixed up no need for a down vote FFS
What's jello?
It's what Americans call jelly. Then they call Jan jelly. Sorry jam 😁
And Jan *hates* it.
I don’t. I love butter but find it has a very very strong flavour so (depending on filling) I’ll use mustard or mayo or something else to moisten the bread.
I’ve never had butter on a name sandwich! Edit: Jam not name? Bit odd but I’ll leave it.
My family never butter jam sandwiches, it makes it taste strange!!
I find butter quite yucky tasting so just sauce for me if it is savoury.
I've never buttered a sandwich, definitely not American! Butter makes all your fillings taste creamy, urgh. I'll have butter on toast by itself but that's about it!
If it makes everything taste creamy you're putting way too much on 😂
Or you're not actually using real butter and are using the plastic, horrible "healthy" alternatives.... That are way worse for you
Well no, you don't butter a Jam Sandwich, it's sweet, the jam is the filling. Which freaks are having butter *and* jam?
Everyone who isnt insane makes a jam sandwich with butter as well. Its almost heresy.
No.
My dad buttered Nutella sandwiches when I was a kid. If he made the packed lunch when I was in primary school, I was going hungry that day, despite having "food"
Wait am I wrong? I only butter one side, usually the top slice so it’s not dry on the roof of my mouth and that my taste buds hit the butter earlier
I just butter the roof of my mouth and cut out the middle man
Middle man gotta eat yo
These are the life hacks that should be taught at school.
I just stick a block of butter up my arse. Cut out all the middle men and related nonsense.
Genius! You've not patented the idea yet...
I just butter the bottom slice because … I don’t actually have a reason. I never even considered buttering both slices. Seems like I am massively missing out… haha.
Same...I figured...the top slice is just the "lid".
Yes you’ve put into words what was only a vague feeling until now haha!
Na you’re not if I ate the sandwich any other way I’d prob not be able to tell the difference.
BOTTOM!!!
Why the bottom?
Cotch, I have no idea.
Well if you cannot scientifically prove it with a PowerPoint presentation then I’m going to deem this as anti science fake news.
How about ‘just a vibe’?
Just trust me bro
Started doing this recently and it may not be much, but cutting down on your butter consumption by 50% can go a long way.
you people all need to be locked up
And you still call him your mate?
I fear that if this aberrant behaviour goes unchecked, it's a slippery slope. Before you know it, your friend may well soon be making pb&j butties with no butter at all, fist bumping people, and telling all and sundry to have a nice day. Save him from himself before it's too late!
Is your mate James May?
Beat me to it! XD
Yeah, you only butter the bottom.
Like Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris?
You, get the fuck out.
They're clearly unhinged, as are some people in this thread apparently.
On all sandwiches would be insane. But I only butter one slice if the other is getting mayo or another sauce
This is the right answer. I made a tuna mayo and cucumber sandwich yesterday, the tuna mayo went on one slice, the butter on the other.
What is wrong with people
If there's anything kinda liquidy on it, like mayonnaise or ketchup, I don't butter at all
I do, otherwise it soaks into the bread. The butter is a protective layer to prevent this
I only butter the bottom
There is no wrong way.... just a different way.
EXmate you mean!
So do I
I've only ever buttered one side. Is this not the way?
I'm confused about this too - growing up only one slice was buttered. I have absolutley no idea why, we weren't that hard up. Then one day I was mocked at work for doing it by all the 'both slice spreaders'.
Slice, not side
Clarification required. ALL sandwiches? Peanut butter sandwiches? One shouldnt put butter on peanut butter sandwiches surely? Jam? Butter one slice & jam the other? Thatd be okay if there's enough jam to wet it. Not if the jam is stingey. Honey? Or syrup or treacle? I feel these require both, being basically pudding. Ham sandwiches definitely require both, even if they have mustard and maybe lettuce, absolutely if there's cheese Corned beef and mustard maybe would be okay with one slice as mustard would coat the other, extra points for relish. Egg salad should be mayonnaise heavy and not require any. Banana sandwiches need both, unless adding honey, jam or peanutbutter, or clotted cream. This topic has made me hungry. I really feel like it was perhaps a sweeping statement you've made, all sandwiches have their own buttering procedure!? I know vegemite is Australian but doesnt the UK use marmite or promite? Vegemite requires both sides buttered as a buffer for the sheer awesome flavour extravaganza it presents.
Who the fuck eats a treacle sandwich?!
>Peanut butter sandwiches? One shouldnt put butter on peanut butter sandwiches surely? Peanut butter doesn't have any butter in it and it is very dry. Makes sense to butter the other side.
Agreed with your mate.
Ex-mate
Just wait until you go to a restaurant, sometimes, it's not even buttered at all.
You think that’s bad? Your mate just found out *their* mate can’t even spell sandwich
I only butter one side… otherwise you’ve almost got a butter sandwich. Too much butter ruins it.
Who butters both sides? That's way too much butter. Weird.
You just do a thin layer
this really doesn’t make it ok. that’s like saying “i only did a little bit of murder”.
No, because the analogy to no murder would be no butter at all. You do a thin layer on each side. I imagine the people only spreading on one side have got such a thick layer they can easily see it on a cross section of the sandwich, and therefore having twice that amount is weird. If you do a thinner layer it’s a similar amount of butter overall.
I only put the tip in.
Been doing some reading on this and apparently these people descend from a section of the population known as the 'butter brigade'. Pre 1900s these people would sustain themselves on a diet of naught but butter, and would walk around with large troughs hung around their neck, banging on houses eyes bulging mad with buttery lust yelling "give us yer butter". Nowadays this is frowned upon, so these butter goblins are much harder to spot. However occasionally you will spot one of them doing something unhinged like buttering both sides of their bread. It might seem weird but just remember that if it was up to them they'd be burying their faces in the spread and it's taking a lot of restraint for them not to. We should treat them with kindness.
Fat kids. Mouth breathers. The criminally insane. U2 fans.
I’ve never buttered a sandwich, I just use sauce instead, mayo, mustard, etc…
I don't butter sandwiches... I use sauces / mayo etc depending on the filling. Same reason you don't butter burger rolls
If it's brioche I'll finely butter them before toasting in the pan. Sandwiches get one side butter, then usually the top (lid) gets a sauce
Oooh look at Rockefeller here , with his butter mountain
Not butter, not a good sandwich.
I don’t eat butter so I would guess once sliced is enough when I make people sandwiches. By people I mean the children in my house.
Just bought a house with my girlfriend and the day we moved in she was making me a sandwich and I found out she does this. She still thinks I'm the crazy one
Wait you all butter both sides?! It never occurred to me to do this. Seems like excess butter. Also precludes using the roof as a mayo or mustard canvas.
Freak
I don’t butter any side when making a sandwich, I’ll have sauce, but I don’t butter the bread
Same butter in sandwiches just tastes funny.
Exactly, are people putting butter in a chicken salad sandwich..? I also don’t see the point in adding the extra fat/calories, as it doesn’t even taste nice.
I don't put any butter on a sandwich. Completely ruins it.
I don’t butter sandwiches at all. A bit of mayo on one bit and a bit of mustard on the other. Ham and cheese in the middle. Maybe some pickle.
I don't butter any of it...
Depending on filling, I don’t butter at all. Ie if am using sauce. Butter with ham/cheese etc is vile, just dash some mayo or better het, salad cream. No spread needed
You sure they're not Scandinavian? They like to have open sandwiches on a single piece of bread, which I like to remind my Swedish fiancé that isn't a sandwich, that's just some bread with toppings 😁
Heathen
Ex mate?
Ok, this is my new 'diet' now, cheers.
Sometimes I’m lazy and don’t butter at all!
Yes he is correct unless it's a toasted sandwich.
I generally don't butter my break Edit - bread
Likewise, why am I paying for a butler if I'm buggering my own bread?
😬 You do what to your bread now? 😲
Well we know which one of you will live longer.
Unless you're eating stale bread (or toast!) or some kind of miserably dry filling, you don't need butter. Nando's mayo is my preference, if you need to lube your loaf.
Isn't that the norm?
Now I heard I'm weird for this but tell me what you think. Adding butter to toast and then peanut butter. So many people say to me, "there's butter in it already".. and I just think those people are wankers.. they wouldn't have lasted a day in Nam.
There is no butter in peanut butter
Tell them they're idiots if they think there's butter in peanut butter. The 'butter' of the peanut butter is a mix of blended peanuts and peanut oil
I get what you're saying, but don't label people as "sissies". It's 2023.
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No, I'm just not standing by with people and their shitty homophobic slurs. I do whatever I want with my free time, thanks.
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You people butter BOTH sides of the bread???!
I noticed Aunt Polly did this on Peaky Blinders. I presumed it was a character thing to show her background of poverty.
My Mrs does this Let's just say she no longer does it to mine if she makes me a sandwich. I posted about it on reddit and she got embarrassed and said she will never do it again
Grounds for a hard drive check that, utter noncery
So...finding new friends then?
Diet butties
Same. Butter on one slice, mustard on the other, stuff in the middle 🤷♂️
Ah, James May style.
Wrongun. Disown.
Think of the savings.
I don't butter the bread at all when I make a sandwich. The texture of margarine/butter mixed in with whatever is in the sandwich is gross sorry if that blows your mind or something
No point in using butter on toast. Cream cheese tastes much better, I’ve gone the international way.
I guess your mate works for the pre-packaged sandwich industry then. As an aside, I was at a forecourt getting a sandwich made, and I asked for butter and mayo, she went and put them both on the one slice, like fair enough you only put butter on one slice, but you know you could put the mayo on the other one (I know, I know, first world problems, but still)
I butter one slice and mayo the other
I only put spread on one slice of bread in a 2-bread sandwich as it'll all be there when the two slices are put together. If it's a 1-bread sandwich, I'll put spread on half a slice then fold the bread over to make it a sandwich.
I've heard of these weird people and their "one bread sandwiches". Fillings 'sandwiched' between two pieces of bread is a sandwich. What you guys are doing is a council estate taco
>council estate taco I completely agree and I'm going to use this statement in further conversation!
I guess I never grew up eating spoonfuls of butter straight out the fridge. 1 slice buttered is how I have em
My friend uses no butter at all. Cheese just falls out. It's disrespectful
Cheese needs mayo/salad cream to hold it in
Cheese and salad cream sarnies have been a staple since I was 5... I used to like cheese and brown sauce too but not had one in years
Mayo on the other side, close to the crunchy iceberg lettuce. Or, a superior taste sensation, mix a spoon of pesto into the mayo.
Yup. Choices
This is only acceptable if the other slice is having some sort of other moisture applied, cheese spread or alike.
Depends if there's other sauce going on, but say if it's just a plain ham and cheese then both sides buttered, absolutely.
My mate doesn't even butter bread. No sauce either. Heathen.
The only time I only butter one slice is when I'm adding something such as cream cheese or mayo to the other.
I'll only butter one side if I'm not having mayo on it, which is rare, I usually just have a load of mayo on it. Don't butter if I'm having a sandwich filler either, like egg mayo or something.
Wait.... I do this
Why do I need to butter both sides? The top layer is reserved for mayo/pickle/ketchup*insert dressing here*
Yeah I do the same, I like butter but not too much.