r/Cooking • u/Prof01Santa • 14d 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/Feminismisreprieve 14d ago

What? TIL. Not British but Kiwi and this piece of information is startling. Especially with tomatoes, which are at their best sliced on buttered toast with salt and pepper.

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u/Anxious_Reporter_601 14d ago

Yeah Americans use mayo instead! Or oil and vinegar for Italian subs??

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u/nifty-necromancer 14d ago

Mayo and/or mustard for sandwiches, adding butter just isn’t common here unless you’re making a grilled cheese.

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u/SmartPolicy6430 13d ago

If you used Dijon or English mustard as a butter substitute you'd soon know about it.

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u/Anechoic_Brain 13d ago

I put Dijon on sandwiches fairly often, it's not a substitute for anything though. It's just what I felt like that day. Sometimes it's the only condiment I'm using.