To go home...FIL just made marmite toast without using any kind of butter 😱

[GiraffeCup]

Like seriously, he spread marmite in DRY toast.

The man is clearly insane and we can't stay here any longer.

With difficulty. My DD couldn’t abide butter or any sort of spread, it’d make her gag (she still won’t eat it now she’s an adult afaik) so she’d have marmite on dry toast - it really is very hard to get it thinly spread without the butter to mix it into/lubricate. More like dotting it around tbh.

Team my DD too.

No! Bad mumsnetter! No!
*Bops on nose with rolled up newspaper

So basically slice of bread - hopefully not sliced bread but a slice you have cut from a loaf - gets put in toaster. When it's done it's immediately buttered/spreaded so that there's no lumps and it's all sunk in. Then marmite is applied to taste at the table.

Unaccetables - hotel toast where butter/spread is not applied before reaching the table. In these circs it's best not consumed at all but might be ok with just jam, marmalade, marmite etc.

Exceptions - SIL only eats dry toast

Surely it's the opposite as butter must be applied when toast is warm so it sinks in. Otherwise it's yuk to apply butter to toast and not sink in

@Springee - I recently watched an episode of one of Nigella's programmes, where she advocated a double buttering method - first layer when the toast is hot, so it sinks in, and a second one when it is cooler, so that it doesn't melt and you get to bite through it. That might be a bit too much butter....

Too much butter? Is there such a thing??

And you still call him uncle??

No, that is not a thing. There are things that are OK without butter, but if butter is required, it should be applied GENEROUSLY. And be salted.

disowning has been mentioned. haha

I never use butter on toast if i put Jam or anything else on it. Reason being i dont like butter or marg, i dont like the taste of it so never put it on.

If i have a sandwich i use mayo instead of butter.

The only way i can have butter is if it is melted as on a jacket potato.

The only reason I'd ever put Marmite on dry toast would be as an interim stage in the process of making extra-Marmitey cheese on toast.

I’d still put butter on!

That's a valid choice and I respect it. 😊
I've never come across cheese on toast that included butter, but I'd be interested to try it!

Marmite on dry toast is horrible, you are right.
My Mum used to give this to us when ill, and it’s just a “no”.

I’m not someone who goes in for over buttering, but marmite can only go on hot-buttered toast.

Ooo no I couldn't hack that 🤣

Peanut butter goes on dry. I find butter AND peanut butter vaguely obscene.

And if I make a peanut butter and jam toast sandwich, the jam goes on dry because - as above - peanut butter and butter MUST NOT combine.

I have however had a bacon and banana toasted sandwich on the recommendation of a South African friend, and thought it was delicious, so I might not be the best person to decide the rules.

I agree I wouldn't have butter and peanut butter. I also wouldn't use butter with Nutella (or generic equivalent).

It's essential with Marmite though.

YANBU about the lack of butter.

You are being v unreasonable to refer to it as marmite toast.

I love Marmite but spread thinly. You def need the undercoat of butter to stop it being too bitter

Putting butter on toast or bread before any filling is totally disgusting. The thought of slimy butter sitting under jam makes me heave.
Also sandwiches with butter or mayo are also a NO. Just use dry bread and whatever is going in it.

Ugh bi. The. It's dry bread with some ham or tuna or whatever in it...blergh

I have never even considered putting marmite on dry toast! What’s that all about!?
Perfect marmite on toast requires a big chunk of butter loving placed on hot toast then a dollop of marmite on the top of the butter; when the butter has melted slightly you can mix the marmite into it and create a perfect marmitey buttery layer. Marmite/butter perfection! Heaven!

Peanut butter slightly melted on warm toast then a swirl of Nutella.

Just forget Marmite altogether. I can't even bear the smell .

Everyone will now know I have perverted tastes (checks all doors, windows, are locked, hammers in cobbled together shutters). As children, we often had toast with peanut butter however, this was underpinned with slathering of butter followed by generous dollop of Jam - [whisper] Sometimes we'd stick a slice of processed cheese on top and grill until nice, bubbly and brown [Runs away and hides in newly dug bomb shelter]. I couldn't leave without sharing the ultimate gag story [the horror, the horror...]- my eye has started to twitch already. . . We had lovely neighbours and I was whinging about how long it was taking to fix the overhead grill and I really missed cheese on toast. He appeared shortly after with a lovely ovenproof dish showcasing yummy cheese on toast - still bubbling! I bit into a piece only to gag at the copious amount of margarine that hit my palate - which he'd spread generously under the good Cheddar cheese before toasting. I wouldn't want him to go to Jail but perhaps a stiff fine and made to attend home economics class from ye olde days? My eye is still twitching at the memory and reflux emerging. Bleurghh. Hold my hand people.