baffled

[deird1]

...do Americans not put butter on their sandwiches?

And why on earth not?

Comments

[lliira]

My grandmother was the daughter of Swedish immigrants, and she never put butter on her sandwiches. I know butter was expensive in the U.S. during the Depression and WWII, but I thought it was expensive everywhere, and eggs weren't cheap then either. Though we did come up with mayo substitutes.

[beer_good_foamy]

People went without a lot of stuff during the depression; my grandfather never threw away anything for as long as I knew him. And for the most part, the Swedes who emigrated to the US were dirt poor to begin with.

Still doesn't change that the Swedish word for sandwich literally translates to "lump of butter", though. :)

[immer_am_lesen]

just like the German is 'butterbrot', so butterbread.
Without butter would make it...a bread, not a sandwich?

The English needing to name the 'invention' after an Earl though, that's just odd. :-p

[beer_good_foamy]

The English needing to name the 'invention' after an Earl though, that's just odd. :-p

Well, if you're going to claim to have invented something people have been eating since the invention of flour, you might as well go the whole way and give it your name too. :)

I wonder if anyone's copyrighted fire...?

[deird1]

If we start calling fire "beer", things are going to get confusing...

[beer_good_foamy]

Well, then you should have invented it first. Since I did, I get to name it. Tough. :P

(Pssst: Air is still up for grabs, and it sounds a lot like "Deird" already!)