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Toasted tiger bread with butter and jam...lighthearted.

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Flannelfeet · 07/08/2025 18:47

As the title says. Toasted till dark but not burnt tiger bread with lashings of salted butter and a thick spread of extra special strawberry jam. Am I being an unreasonable weirdo with both butter and jam? Or am I a very reasonable buttery jam munching slavery carb muncher? How do you take yours? If you like toast/butter/jam? Or too scared and just toast/jam. 😃

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Isabelle70 · 07/08/2025 20:24

I have fallen for the tiger bread in fact going to have some as my dinner tonight as I have just got home.
I used to have honey on toast as a kid, need to get some fancy honey and try that again!

thebraveryofbeingoutofrange · 07/08/2025 20:24

You have to butter on toast and tiger bread is my favourite. I tried sourdough last week and it was vile bit I think it’s this particular manufacturer.

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Flannelfeet · 07/08/2025 20:23

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Love it!!! 😆 🤣

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JudgeJ · 07/08/2025 20:17

Because on MN there are many people who could start an argument in an empty room and will twist any topic into an opportunity to promote their own opinions quite viciously!

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Judgej you are spot on. I could of started a riot if the non butter brigade came out!! 🙄😂

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the5thgoldengirl · 07/08/2025 20:21

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soupyspoon · 07/08/2025 20:21

YABU to even ask the question.

Who wouldnt have butter and jam together, why would you even think to ask if there is any alternative?

I dont eat bread, most of the time. But I have been trying to make my own bread, for other people and just for the hell of it to be honest

I got a slice out of the freezer, my bread is far superior than anything found in the shops.

I had butter and tahini that had honey mixed in it.

It was gorgeous and I ate the whole slice, when normally I can only manage a small bit of bread, I will pay for this later unfortunately.

Dangermoo · 07/08/2025 20:20

SunflowerLife · 07/08/2025 19:57

I have to have a small bit of butter with peanut butter or it gets too claggy in my mouth.

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Oh God yes - that clog of chocolate nuttiness 🤢

JudgeJ · 07/08/2025 20:17

Chokkii · 07/08/2025 19:58

Only on MN does one have to state 'lighthearted' to discuss enjoying some fucking buttered toast Grin

Because on MN there are many people who could start an argument in an empty room and will twist any topic into an opportunity to promote their own opinions quite viciously!

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Flannelfeet · 07/08/2025 20:15

Tuningfork · 07/08/2025 20:13

I have never dashed over to the YANBU button so quickly in my life. Who are these strange people who don't have butter and jam?!

Or as my lovely Mum used to say "Tuningfork likes a bit of bread and jam with her butter".

Silver lining there then...this could possibly be the first post that nearly 100% YNBU is given, 😆 🤣 .

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Dontcallmescarface · 07/08/2025 20:15

A slight scraping of butter (butter "puddles" turn my stomach), with some vegemite is the king of toppings IMVHO.

Tuningfork · 07/08/2025 20:13

I have never dashed over to the YANBU button so quickly in my life. Who are these strange people who don't have butter and jam?!

Or as my lovely Mum used to say "Tuningfork likes a bit of bread and jam with her butter".

Themagicclaw · 07/08/2025 20:13

Oh yes.
I like it best with crunchy peanut butter and the jam with seeds in though

alongtimeagoandfaraway · 07/08/2025 20:12

Gluten intolerant now so this is just a wistful memory but tiger bread with cottage cheese and pineapple, eaten after doing the weekly family shop. I could near enough eat the whole loaf!

JudgeJ · 07/08/2025 20:12

Flannelfeet · 07/08/2025 19:09

I have raspberry jam ready to be opened as soon as the last of the strawberry is done...looking forward to it 😋. I've not tried apricot so thats next on the list.

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Why do you need to wait? I have strawberry, blackcurrant and black cherry jam opened in the fridge. they last for ages there.

Inchworms · 07/08/2025 20:12

butter on toast with extra salt, toast slightly cooled so butter doesn’t fully melt. I may investigate this double buttering thing.

or jam on toast, but no butter under jam or any spreads, makes it weird

Mydahliasareshit · 07/08/2025 20:10

I've now just had two slices of toast, butter and seasalt, on my bed, for my supper.
Look what you made me do.😋

ScrambledEggs12 · 07/08/2025 20:09

I don't have jam with butter, but do have marmalade with butter.

BorneBackCeaselesslyIntoThePas · 07/08/2025 20:07

can I put a vote in for tiger bread and garlic butter? Lovely stuff

Louisetopaz21 · 07/08/2025 20:07

I am completely wild and love jam on yorkshire puddings 😁😁😁

CheshireCat1 · 07/08/2025 20:07

Butter, then lime and coconut curd. I also don’t have butter on a bacon butty

ImogenBrocklehurst · 07/08/2025 20:06

Butter on toast is the underlay, if you will, before the carpet of jam/marmalade/honey/marmite or whatever is laid. Without the butter it’s a joyless affair.
There’s very little that isn’t improved with butter, to be honest.

PestoHoliday · 07/08/2025 20:05

Toast with lots of salted butter, yes.
Toast with a thick layer of homemade jam (damson ideally, rhubarb also good) also yes.

No to butter with the jam, that's the wrong texture. The jam is plenty moist enough. (I like my jam made to a soft 'continental set' consistency)

Butter with honey or marmite.

No butter with jam, peanut butter, Nutella or cheese on toast.

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Flannelfeet · 07/08/2025 20:04

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🤣🤣🤣. Its my guilty pleasure...only one slice per day, always at night so I can enjoy it in peace with no children hurrying me up because they want me to do something.

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Funnywonder · 07/08/2025 20:03

ThisHazelDog · 07/08/2025 19:48

Completely mind blown. I didn’t realise that people had peanut butter on toast with no normal butter. What?
I have recently decided that life is too short for mediocre butter and have started buying the most ridiculous butter I can find, with big flakes of sea salt in, ideally rolled into a cylinder rather than a block. Worth every penny and makes every slice of toast exceptional. Can highly recommend.

I buy a big log of Irish butter wrapped in paper. It’s amazing. Probably not as posh as some of the other ones presented like that, but I’m not a bit posh anyway😆

WitchHag · 07/08/2025 20:03

Chokkii · 07/08/2025 19:58

Only on MN does one have to state 'lighthearted' to discuss enjoying some fucking buttered toast Grin

But this could get serious 🧐
Which Jam? Robinson? Hartley? Farm shop only?
Which butter? Spreadable or churned by blind Tibetan monks?
Sourdough lovers are already on the defensive, tiger breads crust has been called into question.
And no one’s mentioned Lyles Golden syrup and how it must touch butter or does weird things to your bread.

Its a minefield.