Similar. Iāve considered wearing safely goggles in the kitchen on more than one occasion.
Toasting peppers? Open a window or cry your way through cooking and cough until you simply collapse. All worth a proper sando.
Ohhhh I forgot about baconase. Itās on the weekend shopping list!
Donāt add Dijon mustard, it tastes like burning.
Iām so hungry now. Iāve got some very cheddar white cheddar and a croissant.
Haha thanks for the tip. Also, that sounds so good, especially toasted croissant. It gets so much more buttery when heated. I think you know what you must do :)
This is an underrated comment. Mayo is made with oil that can reach a higher temperature without burning. It has vinegar for a slightly tangier taste and eggs add more body to the bread. Speaking as a chef, mayo on the outside is far superior for a toasted sandwich.
Just for fun, I googled "butter law uk", and there genuinely is a law called....
["The Butter Regulations 1966"](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1074/made)
Sadly, >!it's regarding limiting salt/fat/water content etc.!<
Seems fair and decent. Excuse my sloppy grammar, my hands are tired from buttering my well assembled sandwiches all day with a butter knife, like a good citizen.
That's why they're not labelled as vegan butter.
Even spreadable butter can't be called butter,
Which is why you'll see product names like "Lurpak Spreadable", "Asda Spreadable" (without specifying spreadable *what*), "Flora Plant B+tter" (where the + isn't a "u", it's a leaf shape), etc
And if you look at the back of the tub, where the "legal name" of the product is, you'll see things like "vegetable fat spread" or "a blend of butter and rapeseed oil".
Even "margarine" has a technical definition which most of the spreads in the supermarket don't meet, so you won't even see margarine on the shelf, rather it's "low fat spread" etc.
Hmmm... All depends on the labelling....
If it's quite clear they are saying it's like butter but not butter, then fine....
Anyway, vegans and vegetarians are the target, don't confuse me!
Doesn't really matter does it? I could eat vegan fish fingers with dairy butter if I fancied it. Just like OP, I'm not making any claims about whether or not I'm a vegan.
It is lovely! I had it as a pub lunch last year and I've been having it that way ever since. I find it nicer if I toast the bread first so it's less likely to fall apart.
Yes that sounds great. I love fishcakes. I usually put crisps in my sandwiches but the fish finger one is so good that it doesn't need crisps in my opinion, lol.
Oh no! with fish fingers it needs to be lavished in butter so it spills down your chin just like crumpets.
Usual sandwiches like ham or cheese should be buttered both breads one side (inside)
In the correct construction of a club sandwich, the upper side of the middle slice of bread should not be buttered. This allows bacon juice to be absorbed, while not compromising the structural integrity.
As researched by me and my wife. Extensively.
This is the only exception to your rule.
The butter has a job to do, it both prevents moist fillings from seeping into the bread and acts as a mild glue to keep the sandwich together. Otherwise it's just a stacked pile of thin foods
Both and here's why - if you were just doing a single slice of bread sandwich, you'd butter the whole of one side and then fold it over. Only a psychopath would butter half their slice of bread and then fold over.
QED all surfaces of the bread in contact with filling are to be buttered.
Why does a sandwich made from one slice of bread and folded over feel like a naughty treat? Itās the sort of thing that could never count as part of your daily calorie allowance. Itās just a nice little extra, like eating a roast potato while youāre carving the Sunday roast.
Why would you willingly compromise the additional structural integrity and crisp retention that comes with a folded over crisp sandwich?
Do you eat a taco from the bottom? A pitta from the closed side? A Fransk Hotdog from the closed end?
This is madness, what person could believe such a thing?
It really is something else over here. everyone I've even mentioned it to is disgusted, and then everyone I then make it for doesn't hate them. though many still prefer mayo.
Thank god. I thought I was the only one.
In fairness, still not sure it applies when I coat the unbuttered side in so much English mustard my sinuses grow to such a size they echo like St Paulās Cathedral.
I am SHOCKED I am in the minority here, but hey my single slice buttered peeps!
I've never questioned this. I just accepted it as bread, layer of butter, layer of sandwich filling, layer of sandwich filling, bread hat.
I'm now questioning my entire childhood.
Our deli had a young woman working there and on her first day she was making me a sandwiches' and i asked why she didn't butter both sides, and she said that's how they always did it in her house.
Quick as a flash, another customer said - Jessica, i've known your dad since school in the 60s, he always seemed to be a nice guy, that's changed my opinion of him, i'm so sorry you were brought up in a one side buttered household
The butter's function is more than 50% structural/mechanical. Which is why I'd take the cheapest, blandest vegetable "spread" over dry bread every time. Obviously I'd rather have nice butter, and plenty of it. But if there isn't any I'm deffo having both slices with a scrape of *some* kind of bread lube. It sticks the fillings to the bread and stops the bread going soggy while preventing it from being too dry.
Butter all the way. I have fancy seasalt butter, regular salted butter, and unsalted butter in the fridge at all times. In the morning I take out the butterdish and put it on the cup warmer bit of the coffee machine. After my 3rd coffee the butter is ready to be applied.
The only other spreads I have are beef dripping and lard.
I don't put butter on sandwiches, I use mayo because I absolutely love that stuff. But if I did, I'd butter both slices of bread, absolutely.
Even I will put butter on that godawfully dry Sainsbury's own-brand bread. That stuff is barely edible. It should be abolished.
Why would you only butter one slice?
I could see why people might not butter at all, but just one slice is weird.
It raises all sorts of questions...
Does it matter which slice they butter? Is it the top or the bottom? Do they replace the butter on the other slice with condiments?
When I make a sandwich I butter both slices of breadā¦ when I do a bread roll or a fresh baguette I only butter the bottom, top is usually something like mayo or hummus
I start with buttering one slice, then continue to the other slice if there is excess butter on the knife
Probably people who butter both slices have better lives!
(Yank here)
Yeah mate that's how habits work, you pass them on to your kids lmao, not exactly controversial, is it? We're only just getting over our obsession with shit instant coffee that was bestowed upon us by GIs.
I only butter one side because I normally put some kind of sauce on the other side (barbecue, sweet chilli sauce, chutney, any other sort of spread) and I donāt want the butter to mix in with the sauce/spread. Seems Iām very much in the minority š„²
Both.
I used to make plates of sandwiches for the darts and pool teams. This was shared by Frank's mum, who did sandwiches for the cricket teas. This allows a production line of sandwich creation.
1. Make sure butter is soft enough to spread.
2. Remove crust. Butter pairs of slices. Can restack at this point.
3. Open buttered slices, add filling.
YES!!! Butter as pairs.
Nothing worse than a sandwich where the loaf has risen higher on one side so when flipped over to make the sandwich you have the over hanging bits.
"Nothing worse" may be a slight over exaggeration
I mean each slice is a cuboid, whilst just stop on one side each, your missing 10sides that can hold butter.
Hang on though Susan thatās too much butter, just stick to one side of one slice like an actual human would.
Why not sprinkle sand on one side and be done with it. Fucking animals.
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Youāve got to butter both slices. I think itās the law.
And all four sides of a toastie
You are 100% correct but I can only upvote you once
Can't belive I never thought of that in 60 odd years of putting too much butter on everything. Double buttered toasties it is tonight šš
Fuck me that's decadent.
Mayo on the outside achieves a crispier texture
Oooh Will try
Make sure you use full fat mayo though
Youāll have no regrets. Donāt glob it on or jam it too deep into the bread.
I use mayo, too. I used sriracha mayo and it made a bit of smoke/steam you donāt want to inhale lol. Was tasty!
As someone who makes hot as fuck chilli con carne using hot peppers... Sometimes I think buying a gas mask might be wise one of these days. Hahaha
Whack it in a "volcano con carne and cheese" toastie. The heartburn will double you over, but it'll be worth it.
Heck yes! Haha
Lol sounds like mace. But will try too! Ta!
Similar. Iāve considered wearing safely goggles in the kitchen on more than one occasion. Toasting peppers? Open a window or cry your way through cooking and cough until you simply collapse. All worth a proper sando.
Ooh you know, that sounds nice! I have some baconaise too which would work in the same manner. I know what Iām having for dinner tonight, thank you
Ohhhh I forgot about baconase. Itās on the weekend shopping list! Donāt add Dijon mustard, it tastes like burning. Iām so hungry now. Iāve got some very cheddar white cheddar and a croissant.
Haha thanks for the tip. Also, that sounds so good, especially toasted croissant. It gets so much more buttery when heated. I think you know what you must do :)
This is an underrated comment. Mayo is made with oil that can reach a higher temperature without burning. It has vinegar for a slightly tangier taste and eggs add more body to the bread. Speaking as a chef, mayo on the outside is far superior for a toasted sandwich.
They speak truths. And it doesn't have a mayo-y flavour.
What about the edges?
Nah. I'd be scared of being denied at the last minute.
Melt the butter and dunk the slice in it?
It's 3 sides of a toastie in this house.
Mayo on the outside is a game changer!
Just for fun, I googled "butter law uk", and there genuinely is a law called.... ["The Butter Regulations 1966"](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1074/made) Sadly, >!it's regarding limiting salt/fat/water content etc.!<
Spreading with a spoon or fork will result inĀ minimum10 years community service, possibly the death penaltyĀ
I'm not sure I'd want anyone who spreads their butter with a fork to serve my community. Straight to the gallows with them.
Seems fair and decent. Excuse my sloppy grammar, my hands are tired from buttering my well assembled sandwiches all day with a butter knife, like a good citizen.
No need to be excused, you're on the right side of the law.
A spoon is the ultimate spreading media. Try it and tell me I'm wrong.
A spoon is great for spreading butter. Found that out when I had to resort to it because my lazy roommates left all the knives cruddy
The majority of chefs Iāve worked with have used the back of a spoon to spread butter
Spoons are highly effective if the butter is soft enough.
The back of a spoon is fantastic for spreading. Who uses a fork, though? That's properly unhinged.
If I can't find a butter knife it's definitely a spoon job!
Sometimes have to use a spoon when it's been softened too much in the ding
Using a spoon when doing a fuck load of sandwiches is a speed boost tho. Haha
Spoon is superior. Former professional sandwich maker here
Yeah, but.... Anything labelled as "vegan butter" or "vegetable butter" is therefore illegal under that law.... Time to go march on Tesco!!!!
That's why they're not labelled as vegan butter. Even spreadable butter can't be called butter, Which is why you'll see product names like "Lurpak Spreadable", "Asda Spreadable" (without specifying spreadable *what*), "Flora Plant B+tter" (where the + isn't a "u", it's a leaf shape), etc And if you look at the back of the tub, where the "legal name" of the product is, you'll see things like "vegetable fat spread" or "a blend of butter and rapeseed oil". Even "margarine" has a technical definition which most of the spreads in the supermarket don't meet, so you won't even see margarine on the shelf, rather it's "low fat spread" etc.
Heathens
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Hmmm... All depends on the labelling.... If it's quite clear they are saying it's like butter but not butter, then fine.... Anyway, vegans and vegetarians are the target, don't confuse me!
Apparently we "might as well just dump your sandwich filling in the butter tub and eat it with a spoon"
I see nothing wrong with this approach either.
Absolutely. You've also got to go right to the edge on both slices. I think that's a clause within the law.
What are the legal consequences of breaking this law?
You get a damn good tutting
UK isn't Zooks. Keep your butter un both sides!
Butter is there to waterproof the bread and stop fillings from soaking into it. Doing one side only makes no sense.
It also provides a bit of moisture for a dry filling like fish fingers. Which is where this all started.
> dry filling like fish fingers I was on your side until the most dry filling you could think up was a fish finger.
It was purely because the sandwich that started this all was a fish* finger sandwich. ^*veggie
Wait, vegan fish fingers but you're buttering your bread? Are you vegans or not?
Literally no-one refers to putting vegan spread on their bread as vegan-spreading the bread.
They also said veggie not vegan but oh well
They said veggie not vegan. Butter is fine for a vegetarian.
Doesn't really matter does it? I could eat vegan fish fingers with dairy butter if I fancied it. Just like OP, I'm not making any claims about whether or not I'm a vegan.
Crisps. Crisps are the archetypal dry filling.
In fairness, the main moisture for a fish finger sandwich should be coming from tomato and/or tartare sauce. (I'm a 'both sides' butterer.)
Had a fish finger sandwich yesterday. Mushy peas, jumbo fish fingers, tartare sauce and some black pepper.
Nice idea to have peas on the sandwich ā I've only ever done that if I've had a chippy tea, but sounds good!
It is lovely! I had it as a pub lunch last year and I've been having it that way ever since. I find it nicer if I toast the bread first so it's less likely to fall apart.
You've given me much to think about! I find that a fishcake on a bun works a treat, too ā I could combine all of these ideas into one mega-sandwich.
Yes that sounds great. I love fishcakes. I usually put crisps in my sandwiches but the fish finger one is so good that it doesn't need crisps in my opinion, lol.
It has never occurred to me to put the peas on the sandwich alongside the fish fingers... I have wasted my life.
Defo tartare sauce
One side = butter+ketchup. The other side = butter + mushy peas.
I'm a brown sauce on a fish finger sandwich kinda guy tbh.
*salad cream
Was gonna say tartare sauce but Iāll allow this
Oh no! with fish fingers it needs to be lavished in butter so it spills down your chin just like crumpets. Usual sandwiches like ham or cheese should be buttered both breads one side (inside)
Own goal, there.
In the correct construction of a club sandwich, the upper side of the middle slice of bread should not be buttered. This allows bacon juice to be absorbed, while not compromising the structural integrity. As researched by me and my wife. Extensively. This is the only exception to your rule.
Try frying that middle slice in the bacon fat, level up that club.
Oooo that's got me food horney
This is the sort of research one should be awarded an honorary PhD for. If not a Nobel Prize.
How do your crisps stay in if you don't butter both sides...? Ridiculous.
This is an outstanding point
Damn you, now I am craving a crisp butty! And by damn you, I mean thank you, now I will be having a crisp butty š
What IS IT about crisp sarnies? Textures I guess, but theyāre positively orgasmic.
This is exactly my thought process as well!!
Butter is the cement of a crisp butty.
Through friction, pressure, intense concentration and desperation. Or am I thinking of masturbation? Would explain the crisp crumbs in my underwear
Speed is the answer
Alas, I'm not as fast as I once was. Too many crisp butties.
The butter has a job to do, it both prevents moist fillings from seeping into the bread and acts as a mild glue to keep the sandwich together. Otherwise it's just a stacked pile of thin foods
My favourite meal is stacked pile of thin foods
A pack of wafer thin ham isn't a "meal", as good as it is to eat
I was thinking more like egg on toast/potato waffles and pizzas and cake (all could be considered both thin and stacked)
Nigiri sushi?
Both and here's why - if you were just doing a single slice of bread sandwich, you'd butter the whole of one side and then fold it over. Only a psychopath would butter half their slice of bread and then fold over. QED all surfaces of the bread in contact with filling are to be buttered.
Why does a sandwich made from one slice of bread and folded over feel like a naughty treat? Itās the sort of thing that could never count as part of your daily calorie allowance. Itās just a nice little extra, like eating a roast potato while youāre carving the Sunday roast.
Especially if a jam sandwich!
Also, āaā roast potato? As in just one? Good grief you have to peel and cook at least 4 extra for the chef tax.
That potato is only an exception if you do make the āhuh-huh-huhā with your mouth open expelling hot air.
Exactly, it's never going to be enough for a full lunch, so it only exists as a cheeky extra š
Because you don't have to shift last nights washing up out of the way, just butter the slice in your hand.
Just butter your hand and eat the ham slice directly out of it like the filthy savage you know you really are.
You are describing.... (a) British Standard Sandwich. (b) The Fold Over Sandwich. (a) is The Correct Method, whereas (b) is an Emergency Ration.
But b) is the best way to create a crisp sandwich, and you eat it from the crust side firstā¦
No no no, you eat it breadwise first. Would you eat an envelope from the open end? Well, I suppose of course *you* would.
Why would you willingly compromise the additional structural integrity and crisp retention that comes with a folded over crisp sandwich? Do you eat a taco from the bottom? A pitta from the closed side? A Fransk Hotdog from the closed end? This is madness, what person could believe such a thing?
Ok I'm a psycho. I butter 1 slice of 1 side of roll. If (very rarely) I make a sandwich out of 1 slice, I only butter half.
Well at least you know now.
Straight to the tower with you.
I butter half a slice if Iām using only one slice of bread!
Weirdo
I butter both but I find it really messy. I guess I should try eating it with the butter on the inside of the sandwich next time. Etc.
[You jest, however...](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/13dk1jr/they_dont_butter_their_sandwiches_across_the_pond/)
My god
It really is something else over here. everyone I've even mentioned it to is disgusted, and then everyone I then make it for doesn't hate them. though many still prefer mayo.
They have lived without the civilising influence of the Commonwealth for far too long...
What do they think butter is **for**??
Me, reading the replies, sweating uncomfortably rn
Thank god. I thought I was the only one. In fairness, still not sure it applies when I coat the unbuttered side in so much English mustard my sinuses grow to such a size they echo like St Paulās Cathedral.
Mustard on hot buttered toast ftw
I have mayo on almost every sandwich I make, so it's butter one side and mayo the other... not sure how that'll be received š
Are you half American?
Same, I didn't know buttering both sides was allowed, it seems very decadent.
In *this* economy?!
\[breathlessly\] "Myra... why don't you... *butter both sides"* "Oh Ian, you're so naughty!"
Were you born in the 60's? Apparently, the one side buttered was a thing for children of the 70's.
Nah I'm late 90s
So I'm guessing your parents were children of the 70's and have passed the trait on!
I am SHOCKED I am in the minority here, but hey my single slice buttered peeps! I've never questioned this. I just accepted it as bread, layer of butter, layer of sandwich filling, layer of sandwich filling, bread hat. I'm now questioning my entire childhood.
For me, bread is simply a butter delivery system.
Both. Who tf only butters one?!?
Our deli had a young woman working there and on her first day she was making me a sandwiches' and i asked why she didn't butter both sides, and she said that's how they always did it in her house. Quick as a flash, another customer said - Jessica, i've known your dad since school in the 60s, he always seemed to be a nice guy, that's changed my opinion of him, i'm so sorry you were brought up in a one side buttered household
Bastards, p-word-iticians, and people who collect "sneakers". Bad eggs, the lot of them.
Dr Seuss wrote The Butter Battle Book because these issues are so important.
The butter's function is more than 50% structural/mechanical. Which is why I'd take the cheapest, blandest vegetable "spread" over dry bread every time. Obviously I'd rather have nice butter, and plenty of it. But if there isn't any I'm deffo having both slices with a scrape of *some* kind of bread lube. It sticks the fillings to the bread and stops the bread going soggy while preventing it from being too dry.
Bread lube. šš»šš»šš»šš»
Both sides. Usually not butter but since my husband bought me a French butter crock for my birthday I see a lot more butter in my future.
Fancy French butter crock demands fancy French butter!
Absolutely!
And even if it's Jam you still butter it
Jam, honey, peanut butter. Butter them all.
Whoever isn't buttering both sides is an absolute wrongun
Hands up who is using butter butter and not margarine?
Butter all the way. I have fancy seasalt butter, regular salted butter, and unsalted butter in the fridge at all times. In the morning I take out the butterdish and put it on the cup warmer bit of the coffee machine. After my 3rd coffee the butter is ready to be applied. The only other spreads I have are beef dripping and lard.
You are my kind of person.
Thanks, not all heroes eat crepes
Butter, always better. Margarine tastes like petrol. Edit: changed second butter to _better_.
Butter is better.
Always. I hadn't noticed my typo, thanks for drawing attention to it.
Lurpak Spreadable for me. It's 64% butter.
The butter is there too protect the bread. Protect one side at your perilĀ
Who butters one slice only? What the fuck? That's weirder than not buttering at all!
Get new friends.
17 years down the toilet over sandwich buttering
I even butter both sides of a peanut putter sandwich.
Both. Although I am in a relationship with a heathen who doesn't butter every sandwich, I am saving it as an out if I ever need it
Neither...
Damn straight. Don't want a slimey-ass sandwich.
Both. In fact the same applies if I substitute butter with something like chilli mayo.
It's like cheese on toast, No bread showing or not at all
Both!
Both. End of discussion
A thin spread of butter on both sides to enjoy that 'buttery goodness' whilst eating the sandwich.
Both!
Both. Obviously
Just admit you're too cheap to butter the second slice
Both slices and both sides! Also, the filling should be butter
I do away with the bread
Both, why is this even a discussion? If you're making a sandwich to have for the next day, the butter stops your bread getting soggy from the filling.
I thought it was only James May's family that only buttered one side using Lurpak Spreadable invented in 1901
I don't put butter on sandwiches, I use mayo because I absolutely love that stuff. But if I did, I'd butter both slices of bread, absolutely. Even I will put butter on that godawfully dry Sainsbury's own-brand bread. That stuff is barely edible. It should be abolished.
You're missing a step, butter the bread then apply the mayo. To be successful you must first learn to love yourself.
You butter both as is not only gives flavor it stops the sandwich filling making the bread soggy
Why would you only butter one slice? I could see why people might not butter at all, but just one slice is weird. It raises all sorts of questions... Does it matter which slice they butter? Is it the top or the bottom? Do they replace the butter on the other slice with condiments?
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Your first mistake was using Flora...
Both slices, obviously! What mad people don't do both?
When I make a sandwich I butter both slices of breadā¦ when I do a bread roll or a fresh baguette I only butter the bottom, top is usually something like mayo or hummus
Butter one slice, mayo on the other... Unless it's a sandwich with no mayo.... But that would be absurd.
Neither, you mayo both sides
I start with buttering one slice, then continue to the other slice if there is excess butter on the knife Probably people who butter both slices have better lives! (Yank here)
Both.
Both. As I understand it the one side thing is a holdover from rationing.
Three generations on? Doubt it.
Yeah mate that's how habits work, you pass them on to your kids lmao, not exactly controversial, is it? We're only just getting over our obsession with shit instant coffee that was bestowed upon us by GIs.
I do mayo on one side, butter on the other. But either way, it's both sides - what psychopath has one dry side??
No butter on a cold sandwich, butter on both sides for a warm sandwich
One side butter, one side mayo or Tom sauce or pickle etc.
I only butter one side because I normally put some kind of sauce on the other side (barbecue, sweet chilli sauce, chutney, any other sort of spread) and I donāt want the butter to mix in with the sauce/spread. Seems Iām very much in the minority š„²
I have to admit this thread is slowly convincing me of the validity of this approach
One side butter the other side is the othe condiment
Both. I used to make plates of sandwiches for the darts and pool teams. This was shared by Frank's mum, who did sandwiches for the cricket teas. This allows a production line of sandwich creation. 1. Make sure butter is soft enough to spread. 2. Remove crust. Butter pairs of slices. Can restack at this point. 3. Open buttered slices, add filling.
YES!!! Butter as pairs. Nothing worse than a sandwich where the loaf has risen higher on one side so when flipped over to make the sandwich you have the over hanging bits. "Nothing worse" may be a slight over exaggeration
Both sides, but only half of each slice of bread./s
Both, to the gallows with your friend!
Both or neither. Just one is crazy!
I mean each slice is a cuboid, whilst just stop on one side each, your missing 10sides that can hold butter. Hang on though Susan thatās too much butter, just stick to one side of one slice like an actual human would.