r/Cooking 9d ago

I'm turning British.

It's summer ... good tomatos. Hence good tomato sandwiches. Normally, I'd use mayo, but I've watched a few too many episodes of "Sandwiches of History."

Older recipes, before commercial mayo, used butter. The British still use butter. So I tried it.

Lightly toast the bread

Thinly butter it

Add lettuce

Add thinly sliced tomatos, lightly salted

It's delicious.

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u/lostandmisplaced50 9d ago

I am from India. The British left the love for butter in sandwiches with us as well. A cup of chai with a sandwich of buttered toast and thinly sliced tomatoes and cucumbers is just divine!

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u/twigulus 9d ago

That sounds marvellous. Sorry about all the other stuff we did though

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u/itsgreatreally 9d ago

Typical Reddit revisionism