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Here are a few examples of typical sandwich we eat:
Those would be considered "party sandwiches" in the US. Years ago, my mother-in-law and her friend (both born in Brazil to German immigrant parents) hosted a baby shower for my first baby, and they made fancy little sandwiches very much like your photos.
The everyday sandwich in the US has two pieces of bread because it's easier to hold, transport, and eat that way. Of course, people do eat open-faced sandwiches, but they are not the default.
My mom buttered the sandwiches in my lunchbox as a moisture barrier as I didn't like mayo as a child.
Now I seldom butter a sandwich (mayo and some type of mustard usually), but one truly excellent sandwich is high quality bakery white bread with butter on one side and mayo on the other and leftover cooled sliced chicken. Especially nice if the chicken has been cooked in some type of soy sauce glaze.
My mom buttered the sandwiches in my lunchbox as a moisture barrier as I didn't like mayo as a child.
Now I seldom butter a sandwich (mayo and some type of mustard usually), but one truly excellent sandwich is high quality bakery white bread with butter on one side and mayo on the other and leftover cooled sliced chicken. Especially nice if the chicken has been cooked in some type of soy sauce glaze.
Yes! Moisture barrier is one of the main reasons ^^^ THis sounds delicious!
I've never heard of buttering the bread for a sandwich. With toast, yeah. But sandwiches are always mayo or mustard or hummus or avocado. How do you get the butter on the bread without tearing it to shreds?
American butter is nothing to write home about. Try European butter, no salt. Very creamy-sweet. You can get it at some grocery stores. "Plugra" is one brand. Kerrygold from Ireland, is a cheaper brand, with the lowest price I've found being at Trader Joe's.
For you non-butter eaters, what do you put on toast? Or do you not eat toast?
I make most of my sandwiches with some type of mustard. For instance, with ham and swiss, Turkey and swiss and roast beef and swiss, I'll either use mustard alone, or mustard on the top roll, while using mayo on the bottom roll. Deviled ham sandwich is about the only sandwich that I can think of in which I'd use butter.
Even bologna, I would use mustard or mayo. Never butter. I'd cook a fried bologna sandwich in butter, but never butter as a condiment. I didnt know that so many people used it as a condiment. I do use it once in a while with peanut butter, but that is more of an enhancement than a condiment.
I've never heard of buttering the bread for a sandwich. With toast, yeah. But sandwiches are always mayo or mustard or hummus or avocado. How do you get the butter on the bread without tearing it to shreds?
You don’t try to spread cold butter. I keep a stick out in a butter dish. It doesn’t go bad before we eat it.
I've never heard of buttering the bread for a sandwich. With toast, yeah. But sandwiches are always mayo or mustard or hummus or avocado. How do you get the butter on the bread without tearing it to shreds?
I keep mine in a room temperature covered with water. Just small batches - enough for 2-3 days. The rest is in the fridge. Also, the cultured butter is creamier and easier to spread. Being soft, it's easy to spread as thin as you like. I cover the entire slice, but thinly.
I see that the majority use mayonnaise. That's also a moisture barrier, and it has a much better taste than Am. butter or margarine.
Yum indeed, but I see some sandwiches that look to be somewhat 'sweet' with fruit on them rather than just savory? Those i think I could possibly see myself using butter on, the other stuff, definitely a thin spread of mustard or mayo for me!
The poll didn't allow for more than one option. I butter. Most of us, I think, grew up with buttered sandwiches. But more recently, I've started making my own avocado spread, for certain types of sandwiches.
Most of us? And you're basing that on what, exactly? Certainly not the poll so far. I, for one, had never even heard of buttering bread to make a sandwich. (Toast, yes; sandwich, no.) In my entire life, the only choices that have ever come up for me or anyone I've ever known are mustard or mayo. Perhaps this is a regional thing.
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^^^ THis sounds delicious!
