Butter is an amazing addition to many dishes and a tasty sandwich ingredient, but is there a wrong way to cut it?
A tweet by Maria Stephanos with a photo of the way she cuts butter started a debate in which people shared their opinions on this topic. “I know. It’s wrong. My family hates it and I’ve been doing it for years, but please tell me at least one of you cuts your butter this way… Anybody?” she posted.
The comment section includes hundreds of opinions of people who wanted to weigh in on the topic. “I’d need a separate stick of butter than you if we lived in the same house,” one commenter wrote. “This is blasphemy,” added another one.
Others agreed with Stephanos. “I do most of the time. It is easier and then it is ready for corn on the cob,” a woman named Deb LaValley wrote.
Today contacted a cooking expert Lisa McManus of America’s Test Kitchen who confirmed this is the superior way of cutting butter, as ugly as it may look. She explains how she always forgets to take her butter out of the fridge up front so this is the best way to get a thin slice for the toast.
What do you think? How do you cut your butter?
