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To not butter both sides of a sandwich?

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RoaryLion1 · 15/08/2026 18:16

Please help settle a (light-hearted) dispute between me and DH.

Buttering sandwiches for child’s birthday party (with spread, not actual butter, before anyone worries about kids arteries). I butter one slice of bread only and leave a little gap between buttered area and edge of slice, so spread doesn’t ooze out over the edge. DH butters both slices of bread AND spreads butter right to the edges of the slice. DH says my sandwiches are too dry, I say his are clarted in spread and too greasy.

Obviously how much butter you apply is down to personal preference - but DH maintains that I am in the minority and most people butter both slices and butter right to the edge.

YABU - DH is right, only buttering a single side of the sandwich is wrong
YANBU - one side of butter is sufficient

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WiddlinDiddlin · 17/08/2026 20:30

Foggydaze · 16/08/2026 03:54

Firstly spread is worse than butter. Proper butter is buttermilk & a dash of salt. just two ingredients. I purchase my butter from Tesco (Tesco label) If your spread is just 2 ingredients good for you. Now for the bread. Company called Jason’s has fewest ingredients for bread. Flour, Water, Yeast & salt, some have added iron etcetera etcetera. You should really check your labels.

no sugar in either of the products I purchase. I make sure I eat like my grandma would.

I do butter both sides all the way to the edge. As I know my food is the cleanest I can get.

It is excellent that you follow the correct buttering protocol, but butter is not made from buttermilk and salt. It is made from cream and salt (if it is salted). The buttermilk is the liquid that is removed from the butter and used for summat else (like pancakes).
I cannot let this butter related inaccuracy go un-noted, sorry.

Clarabell77 · 17/08/2026 21:38

GardenCovent · 15/08/2026 19:40

@RoaryLion1 are you Scottish? I am and it wouldn’t occur to me to butter both sides.
I hope I haven’t just reinforced the stereotype that we are tight up here

I’m Scottish and I’ve never heard of only buttering one slice. And real butter, right up to the edges.

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