Do you put butter in a jam sandwich?

[Snowdrop80]

It’s my son’s 5th birthday party tomorrow and I’m doing little snack boxes for the kids with a sandwich, crisps etc rather than doing a big buffet. A few of the kids have asked for a jam sandwich. My son doesn’t like butter when he has a jam sandwich but do butter and jam usually go together? I’ve asked a few friends and had a very mixed response about whether I should or shouldn’t butter the bread!

American butter is very different, I had that conversation with a friend whose DH is American and he really only learnt to eat butter on bread in Europe.

@Snowdrop80 I would do a thin smear as without it the bread will be very soggy if not eaten immediately.

If you are British, it's practically the law.
If you are Northern English, they are Jam Butties by the way 🤓

Is a sugar butty really a thing? Bread, butter and sugar sprinked in it. Just that.

Its the only sandwich that I do put butter in

Thanks everyone. I was leaning towards using butter but more of the people I asked in real life said jam only than those that said to include butter!

I can’t make some with and some without because I’m making little boxes for everyone with a sandwich of the child’s choice in it for each individual child. 6 of which have chosen a jam sandwich. I’ll go with a very thin spread of butter.

I'm thinking I should head out to a sandwich bar and sample something new. Broaden my horizons!

Do people just not have any spread or do they go for other things? heatersneaker mentioned Americans using mayo. Could have mustard or ketchup I guess...

I don't put butter in any sandwiches, unless someone requests it - I don't see why it's necessary and doesn't do anything to add the taste for me.

Dont understand the mayo thing. Mayo is an excellent addition to many sandwiches, it doesn't replace butter.

I wouldn't have butter in any kind of 'spread' sandwich, which includes jam (and peanut butter, chocolate spread, marmite, any of the sandwich pastes etc).

In theory yes but none of us like jam sandwiches, we're all savoury sandwich eaters.

People have mayo or salad cream or others sauces, some just have dry sandwiches. And some have weird combos like potato salad and carrot jelly!

No butter is the correct way IMO, same as peanut butter is a solo sandwich filling.

Butter is for dry ingredients only, to stick them in.

Also pragmatically I think if you do it 'wrong' for the specific kids then without butter is the less risky option because you can't eat something you don't like, but you can eat something that has two of the three things you like.

Correct.