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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:43 pm
I've never enjoyed butter on my sandwiches, but my mother always buttered the bread and most of my family still eats them that way. At home, I'm the weird one for not buttering mine. And yes, my family is British / Scottish. Springer -- your "rigamike" reminds me of a deli counter I used to work at. We used to serve chicken cacciatore (catch-a-tory) as a weekly special. One day, in the midst of a federal election, a customer came to the counter and asked, "What, no chicken catch-a-liberal?" (Maybe my Canadian friends will get the joke a bit better than my American friends. The two competing political parties in Canada are the Liberals and the Tories (Conservatives).)
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 10:47 pm
thank you springer! you should start a new thread...stories too funny and cute. talked to dh about above...yep, he's all about butter on sandwiches when he was at home in New Zealand (he turns 50 next month...and i'm planning a big party during his vacation!)
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 11:48 pm
Springer, I think it's a European thing. My Dutch husband and his family put butter(he uses low-fat oleo spread) on their sandwiches. We had one of his friends visiting from Belgium and he put great big slabs of real butter on his sandwich bread. My mom used to put a very very thin layer of oleo on our egg/chicken/tuna salad sandwiches that she put in our lunch boxes because she said it kept the juices from seeping into the bread and making it get soggy before lunch. The Europeans are very big about making up sandwiches and carrying them along to eat for lunch at work or when they go on outings, even when they go to places like amusement parks, so maybe this is why they use the butter because they carry their sandwiches with them and don't want the bread to get soggy.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:08 am
Thanks for the big laughs this morning, Springer! Hmmm, I recall my grandmother and mother using butter on sandwiches when I was little. (Grandmother mostly English.) My mother especially enjoyed a butter and onion sandwich! My grandkids also call lettuce 'salad'. Good logic, Azriel. It also doesn't go rancid like mayo or miracle whip.
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Springer
Member
03-12-2004
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 4:39 pm
Thanks for all the replies. Many interesting stories about European traditions here. Now I feel a lot better about my buttered sandwiches. I love butter but was starting to think that maybe I was a little odd about putting it on a sandwich. I am Irish and French....so maybe that has something to do with it too.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 6:17 pm
Hiya Springer, Count me into the buttered sandwich contingent. DH thinks I'm odd cuz I put it on a bagel before the creamcheese. But I find sandwiches very dry (and frankly odd) WITHOUT butter or margarine. I also use it under the mayo on a sandwich too. Without it, a sandwich is simply INCOMPLETE to me. Although dh tends to glob everything on it,(ick) and I like it lightly spread.
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Springer
Member
03-12-2004
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 6:45 pm
Mameblanche....your post made me laugh because I feel exactly the same way you do. It is incomplete and too dry without butter, isn't it.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:17 pm
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:21 pm
Johnny Depp making Grilled Cheese sandwiches... not sure if he remembered to butter 'em first! 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:18 pm
Hey, Springer, we have something in common. I'm Irish and French Cajun. Close enough! LOL
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 12:03 am
Can you re-whip whip cream? Once you've whipped the whole carton and it's been in your fridge a day or two, and it starts to get a bit runny again, can you re-whip it to get the thickness back? Or is it a one-shot only kind of deal?
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 7:03 am
Karen, it depends on just how long it's been sitting there, but worth a try. Just don't beat it too long or you'll end up with sweet butter. In summer time, I often use Dr. Oetker's Whip it, a stabiliser for cream. Check your grocery store, one of them should carry it, they do here.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 4:30 pm
Butter on a sandwich, ewwwwwwwwwww. My mother used to always put butter on ham sandwiches and the Irish just layer the butter on thick. When I was in school in Ireland we got butter sandwiches with sugar. Also got chocolate sandwiches on a roll with butter.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 9:19 pm
Maris, those aren't sandwiches in my book, those sound like desserts. And that's a good thing! 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 2:21 am
Toast with butter and sugar? a great southern breakfast! LOL My mil (Kansas) doesn't like mayo, so she would put butter on turkey sandwiches. My grandmother (TN) used to butter the bread first when making most sandwiches.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 8:19 am
Oh how I miss that southern favorite! Toast with lots of butter and even more sugar with just a sprinkling of cinnamon and then stick in under the broiler until the cinnamon and sugar swirl together and caramelize. Oh man, I wish I could have that right now! It is SO forbidden on my diabetes diet! LOL
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 8:28 am
As soon as I started reading about the butter/sugar sandwiches, I thought of the cinnamon and sugar on toast. It is so good, isn't it Twinkie? I have that still every so often. If find the trick is to butter the toast as soon as it is out of the toaster, sprinkle cinnamon on it so it melts into the toast and then add the sugar....mmmmmmmmmmmm, may just have to make some for lunch today 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 10:44 am
If I ate that much sugar my eyes would be blurry for a month! Literally!! LOL
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 5:45 pm
The toast w/butter and sugar isn't just "southern" -- we grew up on it in Ohio, too. (However, I will say that in Ohio we drank sweetened tea and were quite shocked the first time we had iced tea in Michigan and it was NOT sweet!) Maybe Ohio is trying to be southern? 
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 1:42 pm
I plan on making some cinnamon streusel muffins following the lower fat version which means adding applesauce instead of oil. I have the cupcake pans but no liners nor do I have any non-stick spray such as Pam. Does anyone know of anything I could use to prevent the muffins from sticking to the pans? TIA!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 1:56 pm
Grease with margarine or butter then sprinkle with flour? I remember my mother making cakes using that method.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 3:01 pm
Grease with something like olive oil or peanut oil for a healthier version, then flour.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 9:11 pm
Thanks Retired and Twinkie! Just wanted to let you know I did make the muffins but in a different way. I had no flour and found that if I wanted to get my cupcake pans out, I would probably end up falling on the floor. Since I rarely bake anymore (just too hard for me to do), I store lots of baking pans way in the back of a cupboard that is down low. So, I decided I could either try to make the muffins a different way or not attempt to make them at all. And since I had a craving for them, I gave it a shot. I used a glass 8"x8" baking dish. The only thing I had to grease the pan was Promise spread. It's not the fat free one but the next one up. So, I greased the bottom and sides of the pan and then followed the recipe for the muffins. I baked it for the max. amount of time allowed for the muffins. And, boy was I surprised! It turned out great and reminds me of those little crumb cakes you can buy in the store. I think you can still buy them but not sure since I haven't been in a store in probably close to ten years or so. I definitely think I will try to make them the same way again but maybe add some raisins/pieces of apple to the batter next time.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 7:58 am
Sounds wonderful! I rarely make muffins anymore either. I prefer baking in a regular pan. Muffins are too poufy for me, I'd rather have the flatter version. LOL Adding apples sounds like a great idea!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 1:11 pm
Glad you found some way to make them.
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