On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:23:57 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/17/2017 2:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:
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> >>>
> >> I dislike mayo used as a butter substitute in sandwiches. My ex always
> >> used that - pure laziness.
> >
> > I don't believe that I've ever had butter in a sandwich in the last few decades perhaps never. The thought never occurred to me to do this. Mayo seems to be a natural in sandwiches. Using butter in a sandwich sounds British.
> >
> > OTOH, the idea of a butter and cucumber sandwich is intriguing but I've never had one. I heard about that one from Martha Stewart.
> >
> > http://www.food.com/recipe/cucumber-...dwiches-228142
> >
>
> As a kid, my mother gave us sandwiches with butter. We use may or
> mustard but I'm going to have to try butter again. I like butter.

I may have had sandwiches with butter/margarine when I was a kid but I don't remember. What would be great to have is butter spread on soft white bread and then sprinkled with white sugar. I think poor Filipino kids like that one - it's the poor folk ensaymada. I'd like to have one of those but just can't bring myself to make one. That one would taste like guilt.