which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both?

OZma of Oz · 05-13-2007

FishRCynic · 05-13-2007

Is this restricted to butter or can other table spreads be used?

Edward · 05-13-2007

The top of course! What do you think I am?

qtwerp · 05-13-2007

neither. i like plain toast!

JoshJ · 05-13-2007

Buttering the bottom seems like it would get messy.

Edward · 05-13-2007

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Originally Posted by JoshJ

Buttering the bottom seems like it would get messy.

Thats like when sandwiches used to be meat on the outside with the bread in the middle. What a mess! (but yummy I bet..... /me goes off to make a meat on the outside sandwich)

OrangeCrate · 05-13-2007

Top, but I let the toast cool. I prefer my toast chewy, and I don't like melted butter on toast.

Pi-Rat · 05-13-2007

Yeah, buttering the bottom or both sides would get a bit messy. Although, when making a grilled cheese I butter both sides. But that's not toast, so it doesn't count.

Even weirder question: do you butter from the outside edge in, or from the middle of the toast outwards?

JoshJ · 05-13-2007

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Originally Posted by Pi-Rat

Yeah, buttering the bottom or both sides would get a bit messy. Although, when making a grilled cheese I butter both sides. But that's not toast, so it doesn't count.

Same.

Quote:

Even weirder question: do you butter from the outside edge in, or from the middle of the toast outwards?

Uh, neither?

I butter across the whole thing.

DUDE_2000 · 05-13-2007

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Originally Posted by Pi-Rat

Even weirder question: do you butter from the outside edge in, or from the middle of the toast outwards?

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freebird54 · 05-13-2007

Usually I don't which is the top or the bottom - you only find out when you pick it off the floor! (top side was down, right? )

Who can afford butter anyway? Marginal spreads, or buckwheat honey or jam....

dr7 · 05-13-2007

Wait, bottom? Top? Butter the "bottom", turn it over, and it becomes the top.

Ek0nomik · 05-13-2007

Isn't the bottom the same as the top?

GooFy · 05-14-2007

have you ever notice that toast always lands buttered side down when it falls of the table.

i butter the top,from side to side.

Aubrey · 05-14-2007

I voted "bottom" but I thought this was the sexual preference poll. Sorry.

isotonic · 05-15-2007

what if you have a strange fetish to butter the sides (crust) only? shouldn't that be an option too?

Moniker42 · 05-15-2007

Aren't both the sides of the toast the same?!?! Or is this some odd feature of American toast that one side is the 'top' and one is the 'bottom'?

For me the side of the toast that i put the butter on immediately becomes the 'top'

panickedthumb · 05-15-2007

Why would anyone butter the bottom and not the top? I can understand both, but it's like someone says "Would you like to be clean or messy" and you choose messy

viergeame · 07-25-2007

I've never even thought of eating my toast butter side down. Really it doesn't matter a whole lot as long as my toast is nice and chewy. Buttering both sides might make it more chewy though, so I might try that some time.

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bottom	2	10.00%
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OrangeCrate Eligible for a custom title Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,576	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Top, but I let the toast cool. I prefer my toast chewy, and I don't like melted butter on toast.

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Pi-Rat Eligible for a custom title Join Date: May 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 170	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Yeah, buttering the bottom or both sides would get a bit messy. Although, when making a grilled cheese I butter both sides. But that's not toast, so it doesn't count. Even weirder question: do you butter from the outside edge in, or from the middle of the toast outwards?

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freebird54 Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto ON CA Posts: 10	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Usually I don't which is the top or the bottom - you only find out when you pick it off the floor! (top side was down, right? ) Who can afford butter anyway? Marginal spreads, or buckwheat honey or jam....

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dr7 Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 15	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Wait, bottom? Top? Butter the "bottom", turn it over, and it becomes the top.
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Ek0nomik Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 29	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Isn't the bottom the same as the top?
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GooFy rogue fisherman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 164	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? have you ever notice that toast always lands buttered side down when it falls of the table. i butter the top,from side to side.
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Aubrey Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 30	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? I voted "bottom" but I thought this was the sexual preference poll. Sorry.

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isotonic Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 71	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? what if you have a strange fetish to butter the sides (crust) only? shouldn't that be an option too?

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Moniker42 Level 37 Bureaucrat Join Date: May 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 188	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? Aren't both the sides of the toast the same?!?! Or is this some odd feature of American toast that one side is the 'top' and one is the 'bottom'? For me the side of the toast that i put the butter on immediately becomes the 'top'
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viergeame Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 20	Re: which side do you prefer to butter your toast? bottom, top or both? I've never even thought of eating my toast butter side down. Really it doesn't matter a whole lot as long as my toast is nice and chewy. Buttering both sides might make it more chewy though, so I might try that some time.