to butter both slices of bread in a sandwich?

[IsabellaMilborne]

Could you help with this debate, which arose during the frantic buttering of sandwiches for a children's party?

My Dsis thinks that you only butter one slice of bread in a sandwich; I think you need the buttery stickiness on both slices of bread, to make sure that the top slice adheres to the filling properly, and to make it tastier and less dry.

Can you help me prove that I'm being eminently reasonable here...?

I would definitely say both sides as a general rule, even with sandwiches containing chutney or mayo etc.
I always butter both sides for myself and Dh, but none at all for dd's as they both hate butter in sandwiches.

Both

Both sides.

Yep - both sides.

sorry - both slices!

No - that is surely the standard way - butter on both sides.

I rarely butter both sides for myself as not keen on butter, but I really think both sides is traditional way.

Both. Why wouldn't you butter both, it's not like butter is a part of the filling. It's there to stick stuff together.

Normally both sides, although I have been known to be lazy/ forget when doing sandwiches for DCs in the morning
When I first read the title of the thread, I thought you meant both sides of the same piece of bread [seriously dufus emoticon] and thought that you'd get greasy fingers

butter on sandwiches is disgusting. But both pieces of bread need something. I do a thin spread of mayo to help things stick, then pickle, chutney or whatever.

good god. Only one side. THink of the arteries!
This is going to end up like "whether you wear pants to the gym" in terms of polarising opinion I suspect.

DH doesn't like butter, so will have mayo or - horror of horrors - a dry sandwich .

I only butter one slice of bread if there is going to be mayo, soft cheese etc. involved. Otherwise you are putting a double layer of fat down on one side .

It depends on the filling. Anything moist (eg tomato or chutney) you need the butter to stop the bread going soggy. 'Spread' type fillings, no.

Buttering one slice only is odd. Why would you do that?

butter on sandwiches is disgusting. But both pieces of bread need something. I do a thin spread of mayo to help things stick, then pickle, chutney or whatever

Mayo and chutney in one sarnie! faints

My DD detests butter and mayo so she only has fillings like plain ham or cheese. Her weird choice.

DM had a clever wheeze at parties ;she would mix the marmite with softened butter or whatever. And then spread on both sides of the sandwich

I always used to do just one side, then my other half told me off & I've done both sides ever since!!

It does make the sarnies less dry....

I normally only butter one side, because I'm lazy, but I know I should be buttering both sides.* The butter's especially important if the sandwiches are to eat later (e.g. in a packed lunch for a day out) because it stops the bread going soggy if there's something moist like tomato in there.

*or neither for OH who doesn't like butter.

Although there are a few outliers, I think I can show DSis this thread and claim victory at the moment.

For the record, I would definitely have butter, mayo and pickle in the same sandwich. Though would probably only go for pickle and mayo on one of the slices...

is that very extravagant, weebles? Or unhealthy? Or just grim? It's only a thin spread of mayo, literally enough to stop the bread being dry, and is completely drowned out by the filling.

I scrape the seeds out of tomatoes which really helps in stopping the sandwich going soggy. And the tomatoes never touch the bread, so there's say cheese on one side and lettuce on the other, thus adding a further protective layer.

Both. Butter is for waterproofing/stickiness.

However it can be taken to far - DP's family butter everything, including burger buns and hot dogs rolls.

I can't believe all you butter-haters. Odd, the lot of you. And both sides, of course.

Both sides!

I have come across people who don't use any butter on either slice, and that is acceptable I suppose if you really hate butter (but how do you get fillings such as cheese to stay inside when you pick it up?).

But just one side? Never come across this - it is seriously odd!