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I disagree with your premise. Butter is a key component of a quintessential American sandwich - the grilled cheese. Also, bread and butter is a midwestern din
by mywittyname 4y ago
I disagree with your premise.
Butter is a key component of a quintessential American sandwich - the grilled cheese. Also, bread and butter is a midwestern dinner table staple, and buttered crackers are things I snack on, I put them out for dinner parties. Though, older people use margarine for "health reasons".
If I want tanginess on a sandwich, I reach for mustard.
- gffrd 4y agoAmerican butter mostly tastes like salt and hardened milkfat … which is pretty ho-hum. I suspect most Americans use butter for the salinity rather than the flavor. I further suspect that people butter their grilled cheese not for flavor, but for crisping the bread and building a barrier against the grease released by the melting cheese.
- rootw0rm 4y agoA thin spread of mayo crisps up in the pan nicely too
- brianpan 4y ago> Butter is a key component of a quintessential American sandwich - the grilled cheese. To YOU it is (and I agree with you). But people make it with oil or mayo as the fat. I doubt most people think of butter as a required ingredient.
- msrenee 4y agoI didn't find out you could make a grilled cheese with mayo until a few years ago. My husband still won't even try it. In my region, I doubt that most people would be comfortable using mayo instead of butter.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoI would have thought "the fat" in a grilled cheese sandwich would be mostly what's contained in the cheese.
- bregma 4y agoThe cheese is on the inside. You butter the outside of the sandwich when making grilled cheese.
- quercusa 4y agoCoat the outside of your grilled cheese with half butter and half mayonnaise (mixed). It's spectacular.