On 11/27/2011 6:07 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> I've been advertising a similar method for at 10 years here,. I melt
> the butter and optional olive oil in teh pan and then dip/swipe the
> bread in it. You must use perfectly flat-sliced bread. This way you
> actually use less butter than buttering the bread manually the
> traditional way.

I do it that way, too. If the bread is fresh and the butter isn't soft,
you'll tear the bread to shreds trying to butter it. Once I started
doing it that way I always do now.