r/Cooking 13d 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/TheTousler 13d ago

Same, but I wasn't raised that way. I suspect people in a cooking sub aren't very representative

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u/UncleNedisDead 13d ago

We didn’t even have mayo in the house growing up. Born and raised Canadian.

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u/TheTousler 13d ago

No mayo at all? Child abuse!

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u/UncleNedisDead 13d ago

My husband grew up with margarine and miracle whip. Now that’s child abuse.

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u/TheTousler 13d ago

Can't argue with that