Wait. What? Americans don't put butter in their sandwiches?

[GoodOldEmmaNess]

How can this make sense? That's what butter is - the thing that goes in sandwiches. Can I take the blue pill and forget I ever read this?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/commentisfree/2023/sep/20/why-dont-americans-put-butter-on-their-sandwiches

This is true. Especially cheese sandwiches - eugh. A good sandwich needs no butter. Unless it's a jam or marmite sandwich.

It’s perfectly rational to me. I would not give it to my child.

Hmm, but they are sold as a daily gummy sleep aid though? Marketed as such, not like paracetamol which has warnings and you can only buy 2 pack at a time and says if needed for 3 days see a dr.

I think their dairy products are just not as good. I would not put butter on sandwiches there either probably. I am not a fan of cheese, milk or butter I have tasted there.

I never put butter in sandwiches and I'm in the UK. We never had butter growing up so it's just not something I'm used to. I hate it if I'm out and butter is put in the sandwiches. I always make sure to tell them not to add it.

And I hate it on a jacket potato as well. Melted butter makes me want to barf. Can't eat crumpets for the same reason 🤮

They haven't tried Irish butter then! It's devine

Every single carb needs butter. I can't have a sandwich if I don't have butter.

Don't be disingenuous. If you're going to post here about 'worries' related to effects on puberty then you should post links to all the relevant studies. You can start by linking all the studies showing that the precise neuroendocrine systems that govern puberty are well understood.

So many parents of kids on the autism spectrum in the UK, and children with ADHD, would give their right arm and their left one too if they could buy and use melatonin and not have to import it, unlike thousands of parents in the US. Do you understand the social, physical, psychological, and cognitive effects of lack of sleep on children and teens living with autism and ADHD?

Do you honestly believe American parents would prefer to administer melatonin instead of establishing good sleep habits and that there are millions and millions of NT American children incapable of getting off to sleep without melatonin?

Do you honestly think American doctors have missed something important here?

I’m Irish and couldn’t eat a sandwich if there was butter on it, although I always butter my toast.

They come in a variety of shapes and forms and dosages - gummies, pills, transdermal delivery, immediate release, sustained release, nasal spray, sublingual, etc.

They are not sold as a 'daily' (or nightly) sleep aid, with the implication that they must be taken daily. There is no suggestion that you should take one a day religiously and the advice is not to take them long term (for more than two months), to seek medical help to deal with any underlying problem if they're still needed after several weeks of use. The directions generally say not to take more than 5mg in 24 hours.

Fwiw, you can buy paracetamol/ acetaminophen in quantities of 500 in the US. The advice is not to take it for more than 10 consecutive days, and not to combine with alcohol.

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/29/melatonin-prescribed-children-fashionable-treatment-sleep-experts-warn

I’d never heard of it until recently. If I’m making someone a sandwich I’ll always add spread (never actual butter). But I personally don’t add it as always trying to lose weight. I’ll tend to have a soft filled pitta and use a small amount of Philadelphia instead.