A simply bread and butter hack had users of the social media platform Reddit baffled after it was revealed by a user. MyLondon reports that u/GreenWoodDragon posted photos of the long-forgotten method of buttering bread without tearing through it.
u/GreenWoodDragon entitled their post: “When I was a kid it was not unusual to upend a loaf, butter it, then slice off the buttered round. Does anyone still do this?”
The original post then uploaded two photos of their innovative bread and butter hack. In the picture, the loaf of bread has been tipped on its end with the middle facing up with butter spread over it. In the second photo, the OP showed how they managed to cut off a slice of bread from the rest of the loaf, without tearing the bread apart. Their post received 280 comments and a 85 per cent Upvoted rating.
One person simply asked, “For the loaf of God, why??” to which another Reddit responded, “So the bread tears less when the butter isn't very spreadable”. A third responded: “You are insane !!!!”
A third explained: “My late father told me that his mother did this, during the depression. In poverty, it was to get the most slices out of a loaf of bread. You can't butter a thin slice of bread, it just tears up. You can, however, butter the end of the loaf and then cut off a very thin slice of pre buttered bread.”
Other Reddit users appeared to recognise the technique as well, claiming that older neighbours and grandparents would also do this. “My granny would do this! She'd cut the bread so thin you could see through it. The butter held it together. Rationing stopped but she didn't,” someone wrote.
A second agreed: “As a kid growing up in Wales our next door neighbour, a retired farmer in his 80's did this. Only person I've ever seen do this.”
Despite the shock at the hack, many agreed the OP’s tip was pretty clever. One Reddit user commented: “This is the best idea since sliced bread.”
Another said: “Props for your even slicing of that bad boy ! Impressive not to create a 1 in 20 gradient wedge.” A third agreed: “Never done it, never seen it, see no reason not to do it.”
