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

After watching one of those fascinatingly vile American Facebook recipe videos recently, I googled Velveeta as I wasn't sure what kind of cheese it was.

I am still not sure what it is, but it sure as hell isn't cheese.

did you never watch Sesame Street as a kid?
In USA they put Mayo or Mustard as a spread on thier sandsiches - usually as a large digit.

Is it not dry if you do t add butter to say a cheese or ham sandwich? It would just fall apart and not stay together.

Some sandwiches which I make with hummus I don’t put butter in but that’s because the hummus holds it all together.

I never butter sandwiches

Me too!

On the other side of trans Atlantic confusion, when they first moved here my American colleague ordered tea here expecting to then be offered a choice form the range of teas the cafe stocked. They were a little surprised to be served breakfast tea. They didn't really understand that unless you specify something specific, just ordering tea will get you standard breakfast tea here.

more importantly do they put butter on scones in America?

I ask as in the documentary Curb Your Enthusiam the whole spite store coffee shop was started when Larry criticised a dry scone at Mocha Joes's, but he was eating it plain without any butter or anything.

I don't as I don't like it in a sandwich. The thought of it mixing with the ham 🤢

Apparently malt vinegar on chips (fries) isn't a thing either. Or baked beans with breakfast - so I discovered on my recent trip to Montana.

It's butter OR toppings for toast. Mustard or mayo or pesto in sandwiches, but always ketchup on bacon or sausage sandwiches.

You would all hate my house, we once tried to push the shopping out for two days to save money. The crying from the kids was all because I tried to get them to eat sandwiches with no butter. Forget the fact we were putting together strange dinners, had no sugar for cereal or juice, it was all about the butter!

You start with butter then add the filling wether that be tuna mayo, marmite, peanut butter. It is never acceptable to have a sandwich without butter.

Every sentence of this is HERESY. “Thin layer” of marmalade? Cottage cheese with tuna??! What is your peanut butter doing in the fridge?? To make a baked potato healthier loose the potato before the butter.
(Lighthearted ofc)

Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter's bitter
If I buy some better butter....

anyone remember that and can fill in the rest 😋😐

I agree it's ridiculous. It's one of the reasons they never appreciate Marmite/Vegemite etc - they don't realise you have to butter the bread first, then use the black stuff sparingly.

They don't even butter hot dog rolls before adding the sausage and condiments, so never experience the essential melting butter.

How do you know this?

more importantly do they put butter on scones in America?

I think scones confuse them more generally that that - I saw an american YouTuber interpret dried fruit in scone recipe as dried cranberries and another an actual historian supposedly talking about why America doesn't have gooseberries red current and most important black currents (logging industry and fungus) then insisting we put red and black currents in our scones.

@Helendegenerate I cheated and Googled it. Haven't heard that tongue twister in years 😂

I'm American and its true we don't put butter on sandwiches. Mayo or mustard is what we use. I imagine for a sandwich to be eaten later butter might be a good idea to prevent soggy bread but frankly I don't see the appeal of butter on a sandwich. Sorry.

Excuse me I have to go re-load my guns and eat some high fructose corn syrup while I figure out how to pay for my medical care. See, we're not superior in every way, just the way we make sandwiches. 😉

@MissConductUS going by any YouTube/tiktok American cooking video I have ever seen Americans don't just put cheese in and on everything - they do that then add even more cheese 🤣

Fellow 'Murican here. You are correct about mustard and mayo.

I think I'll make a peanut butter and cheese sandwich now.

Once I'd tried ghee I couldn't even taste butter any more. It's dead easy to make and keeps for ages at room temp. The best thing ever on crumpets <drools>

But but mustard will soak in to the bread if it doesn't have a butter barrier.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks that all American cheese is American Cheese, as it were. But there is still a severely limited selection of cheeses compared to Europe, and even where you can get some good cheeses you often have to go to specialist shops, the selection in supermarkets is often dire. Because of the ban on unpasteurised non-aged cheese, you don't get proper brie de meaux, camembert, reblochon, mimolette, a lot of goat and sheep cheeses, a lot of blue cheeses etc. etc. Hard, pasteurised, cows' milk cheeses are done well in a lot of the US, but they seem to be the only type of cheese that is. For anyone who grew up with European cheeses, it's pretty lamentable.

@MissConductUS @Jom222 don't forget to add your extra cheese.
Sorry.....just teasing 🤣🤣🤣