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[Ledsen]

Butter, especially made for putting on bread? We have butter. Spreadable butter and stick butter. There's no special bread and cheese butter.

So what is the purpose of the spreadable butter if not to put on sandwiches?

 

[Chezzymann]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.



That isn't a meal

Butter is placed all the time on bread here, but buttered bread is usually a side for a main meal. Mostly for dinner. And we don't call them sandwiches.

 

[breakfuss]

lol. Was having somewhat of a shitty day. GAF delivered.

"Struggle " lolol

 

[daviyoung]

So what is the purpose of the spreadable butter if not to put on sandwiches?

for eating with a spoon obviously

 

[CosmicQueso]

So what is the purpose of the spreadable butter if not to put on sandwiches?

Because butter is a multi-use condiment. Do you use butter ONLY to put on struggle bread?

 

[Chittagong]

I just came home drom pub, and my wife made me two butter and cheese sandwiches.

I showed her this thread. I don't think she will make me any more sandwiches.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I think the importance of the sandwich is the same with pizza in the US. It's about variety and versatility. To say a sandwich can only be one way is un-freedom, un-liberty, un-American. Though... we prefer not to talk about the boring ones because when you have so much variety it's all about the exciting types. I feel like this copies over to many many parts of American culture.

I was born and raised a back woods North Carolina country boy and have lived the second half of my life in our best cities. Variety is the soul of America. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Well shit, hear hear! *goes off to make a sandwich with an American flag in place of the lettuce.*

When I lived in Spain, Bocadillos would be a loaf with either a thin slice of cheese or a thin slice of meat, rarely together (and usually without mayo or any condiment for that matter). And they have great cured meats there, never understood it.

 

[DoktorEvil]

for eating with a spoon obviously

Because butter is a multi-use condiment. Do you use butter ONLY to put on struggle bread?

 

[CosmicQueso]

I just came home drom pub, and my wife made me two butter and cheese sandwiches.

I showed her this thread. I don't think she will make me any more sandwiches.

Wait. Was it an actual sandwich? Or just a piece of bread with some cheese on it?

 

[Ledsen]

Because butter is a multi-use condiment. Do you use butter ONLY to put on struggle bread?

We have actual 100% butter that you use for cooking and baking etc, and spreadable butter (has a bit of oil to make it spreadable) that the average Swede only uses for sandwiches, yes. Seriously though, what else would you use spreadable butter for?

 

[Meier]

so it's a fried bread sandwich really? because there is grilled cheese in UK like this, which is prepared using a grill and not a frying pan so it makes sense

Yeah, that's not the same as a grilled cheese here. It'd be rare to see anything approaching that much cheese used and it's made as a sandwich rather than just a piece of bread with cheese on it. Depending on the amount of room you have in your kitchen, you might have an actual grill pan to make your grilled cheese, but most people do it in a frying pan.

 

[Valkerionseven]

What kinda poverty shit is that? Gross. "Know what this solid milk fat needs? Less solid milk fat"

HAhaha thank you! Exactly what I was thinking before I scrolled down.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

So what is the purpose of the spreadable butter if not to put on sandwiches?

Are you wearing a labcoat feverishly jotting down notes on a yellowpad right now?

 

[Blastoise]

Whats with the fetish Americans have with half of the filling falling out of the bread?

 

[DoktorEvil]

We have actual 100% butter that you use for cooking and stuff, and spreadable butter (has a bit of oil to make it spreadable) that the average Swede only uses for sandwiches, yes. Seriously though, what else would you use spreadable butter for?

There's no real difference. Butter in the US comes in a small tub or in sticks. They are both spreadable.

 

[Chezzymann]

We have actual 100% butter that you use for cooking and stuff, and spreadable butter (has a bit of oil to make it spreadable) that the average Swede only uses for sandwiches, yes. Seriously though, what else would you use spreadable butter for?

We put it on bread as a side for a meal, but its just a side and we don't call a single piece if bread with butter on it a sandwich, it has to have at least two pieces of bread and be a full meal to be one

 

[Mudcrab]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.

Oh no we don't spread butter on anything, Americans eat butter straight out of a bowl like ice cream.

 

[Ledsen]

We put it on bread as a side for a meal, but its just a side and we don't call a single piece if bread with butter on it a sandwich, it has to have at least two pieces of bread and be a full meal to be one

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

 

[Veritigo_X]

There's no real difference. Butter in the US comes in a small tub or in sticks. They are both spreadable.

It also comes in my personal favorite, the push-pop.

 

[Aselith]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.



That isn't a meal

You eat it for breakfast right?

 

[Chezzymann]

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

When you call it a sandwich its hilarious here, since sandwiches are usually more complicated and filling than that. It's like that "30 dollar itallian meal" thread

 

[breakfuss]

Oh no we don't spread butter on anything, Americans eat butter straight out of a bowl like ice cream.

It also comes in my personal favorite, the push-pop.

I'm driving. And in tears. Need to close this thread.

 

[DoktorEvil]

It also comes in my personal favorite, the push-pop.

Ah yes, fried buttah. A food stable of the South.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

Once again, your picture made it worse.

You can think presentation doesn't matter, but it does.

I'm driving. And in tears. Need to close this thread.

Or stop driving.

 

[Omega]

That isn't a meal

but these are normal breakfast... things

break·fast
ˈbrekfəst/Submit
noun
1.
a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day.

 

[Wisker]

Thanks gaf for helping decide what I'm going to eat for my lunch break.

 

[CosmicQueso]

We have actual 100% butter that you use for cooking and baking etc, and spreadable butter (has a bit of oil to make it spreadable) that the average Swede only uses for sandwiches, yes. Seriously though, what else would you use spreadable butter for?

French toast
Muffins
Adorn steamed vegetables
Mashed potatoes
Nut & Snack mixes
Pastry
Popcorn
pizza crust
On grilled fish
Biscuits
Coffee cakes
Garlic bread
Waffles
baked potatoes
On pasta
In rice

I mean, a billion other uses besides struggle bread.

Well people seem to find it hilarious even after finding out that it's not the same as an American sandwich. That's why I'm confused.

Just use the term you use in your native tongue to refer to what you listed as a "sandwich". Because it is empirically not a sandwich.

 

[Ledsen]

You eat it for breakfast right?

As part of a breakfast, not a complete breakfast by itself.

When you call it a sandwich its hilarious here, since sandwiches are usually more complicated and filling than that. It's like that "30 dollar itallian meal" thread

Well people seem to find it hilarious even after finding out that it's not the same as an American sandwich. That's why I'm confused.

 

[Meier]

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

It just isn't done here. Like I said, if you have something like beef stew, you might put some butter (probably margarine to be honest) on a piece of bread and eat it as a side item, but people don't add cheese to the mix when it's cold. Generally, if people are putting butter on bread with dinner, it's not on sandwich bread but on something like French or Italian bread.

Sandwich bread (the stuff in your image) is almost exclusively for sandwiches and when you add butter and cheese to that mix here in America, it's in the form of a grilled cheese sandwich. The "struggle bread" thing people are saying is because poorer people probably can't afford to have multiple kinds of bread, so maybe they'd use sandwich bread for all purposes. And of course, that looks like it'd be really cheap to make which also plays into that description.

 

[More_Badass]

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

No, it's the hilarious thing is calling it a sandwich

Here, it's just bread with cheese and butter

 

[Chezzymann]

As part of a breakfast, not a complete breakfast by itself.



Well people seem to find it hilarious even after finding out that it's not the same as an American sandwich. That's why I'm confused.

I guess it's just culture wars fueling the laughter then

 

[Hellsing321]

So putting only butter on bread is fine but if you also put cheese on it it's suddenly hilarious?

It doesn't sound very appetizing. Even a standard grilled cheese by itself isn't very appetizing. I at least need a bowl of tomato soup to dunk the sandwich in or its just too bland.

 

[Faiz]

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

I see. Our bread, butter, and cheese sandwich is a "get fat sandwhich" and your bread, butter, and cheese sandwich is a perfectly normal staple breakfast. Swedish magic I presume.

 

[Ledsen]

It just isn't done here. Like I said, if you have something like beef stew, you might put some butter (probably margarine to be honest) on a piece of bread and eat it as a side item, but people don't add cheese to the mix when it's cold. Generally, if people are putting butter on bread with dinner, it's not on sandwich bread but on something like French or Italian bread.

Sandwich bread (the stuff in your image) is exclusively for sandwiches and when you add butter and cheese to that mix here in America, it's in the form of a grilled cheese sandwich.

What I posted is a typical Swedish bread, and it doesn't taste very good grilled. Is it just the shape then?

 

[daviyoung]

No, it's the hilarious thing is calling it a sandwich

Here, it's just bread with cheese and butter

When does it become a sandwich?

 

[optimiss]

so it's a fried bread sandwich really? because there is grilled cheese in UK like this, which is prepared using a grill and not a frying pan so it makes sense

In America that is called "cheese toast" and it is always cooked.

 

[Zona]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

Let me tell you a secret, I don't really like cheese.

And before anyone says it's because the U.S has no good cheese I've found that the higher quality the cheese the less I like it. Frankly I find most cheese disgusting.

 

[CosmicQueso]

In America that is called "cheese toast" and it is always cooked.

Or its more delectable cousin, garlic cheesy bread

 

[Omega]

Let me tell you a secret, I don't really like cheese.

And before anyone says it's because the U.S has no good cheese I've found that the higher quality the cheese the less I like it. Frankly I find most cheese disgusting.

how would you know?

if our cheese was graded on a sports scale, we're like the Cleveland Browns.

 

[More_Badass]

When does it become a sandwich?

Put one bread on top of the other with the cheese in between; I'd call that a sandwich

 

[Aselith]

As part of a breakfast, not a complete breakfast by itself.

What's the rest of it? Cause based on the first part it's some scandalous stuff.

 

[Ledsen]

I see. Our bread, butter, and cheese sandwich is a "get fat sandwhich" and your bread, butter, and cheese sandwich is a perfectly normal staple breakfast. Swedish magic I presume.

I assume that you would have more butter and more cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich, because otherwise it would be pretty dry and probably stick to the frying pan. At least I would (and do).

What's the rest of it? Cause based on the first part it's some scandalous stuff.

cereal
fruit
yoghurt
eggs
vegetables
coffee
tea
milk

stuff like that

 

[CosmicQueso]

how would you know?

if our cheese was graded on a sports scale, we're like the Cleveland Browns.

You say that shit in Wisconsin (and parts of Oregon) and you wouldn't make it out of the state alive.

 

[Beefy]

This thread is basically that's laugh at each countries idea of a sandwich.

 

[Ledsen]

This thread is basically that's laugh at each countries idea of a sandwich.

AND I LOVE IT

thanks GAF

 

[this_guy]

Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things

Homeless people would laugh at you if they saw you eat that.

 

[daviyoung]

Put one bread on top of the other with the cheese in between; I'd call that a sandwich

OP's thing is an open sandwich though.

 

[Aselith]

cereal
fruit
yoghurt
eggs
vegetables
coffee
tea
milk

stuff like that

So basically you guys just put cheese on your toast instead of your eggs? Aight then.

 

[Chittagong]

Wait. Was it an actual sandwich? Or just a piece of bread with some cheese on it?

Not just cheese. I swear there was some butter underneath

 

[Ledsen]

Homeless people would laugh at you if they saw you eat that.

why? Do homeless people hate food that tastes good?

So basically you guys just put cheese on your toast instead of your eggs? Aight then.

Cheese on your eggs? What?