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Toast pre-buttered?

  • 07-07-2020 10:53AM
    #1
    king_of_mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭king_of_mayo


    Hello. This may not be a concern in corona times but the last meal I had out before lockdown, was a fry up. I met a friend for it. Anyways the fry comes down, looks lovely, some cokes and two cups of tea. But the toast came down pre-buttered and pre-cut. I wasn't too upset about the cut (triangle) but my friend was put out as he likes a rectangular cut in order to make better smaller snadwiches using the fry contents. We were united in our shock about the pre-buttered toast though.

    I really hope this was a one off and that it's not going to be some new fad that sweeps the nation. Anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on the matter? What would you do?


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  • #2
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,851 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    king_of_mayo wrote: »
    Hello. This may not be a concern in corona times but the last meal I had out before lockdown, was a fry up. I met a friend for it. Anyways the fry comes down, looks lovely, some cokes and two cups of tea. But the toast came down pre-buttered and pre-cut. I wasn't too upset about the cut (triangle) but my friend was put out as he likes a rectangular cut in order to make better smaller snadwiches using the fry contents. We were united in our shock about the pre-buttered toast though.

    I really hope this was a one off and that it's not going to be some new fad that sweeps the nation. Anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on the matter? What would you do?

    This happened me in England last year.
    Soggy, buttered toast. WTF?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,714 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Coke with a fry?... Jesus..


  • #4
    king_of_mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭king_of_mayo


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    This happened me in England last year.
    Soggy, buttered toast. WTF?

    Sorry to hear that. You have to wonder of the mindset behind it. It costs the business time to have people buttering the toast, the customers are raging and I imagine there are probably some people who don't want butter at all.


  • #5
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Well I have to say, while I wouldn't go so far as to insist on fresh, unbuttered toast, I wouldn't be happy with this sort of fiasco and would mention it to them on leaving that I would prefer to butter my own toast. I'd also point out that if this is some clever-clogs stunt to save butter, I wouldn't be going back there again.


  • #6
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Coke with a fry?... Jesus..

    I am prepared to overlook this on this occasion as we have been presented with a very serious matter to deal with. Now let us never speak of it again! :pac:


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,714 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Maybe the pubs in mayo are just really fancy?..


  • #8
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    They are probably not using real butter :mad:


  • #9
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    jester77 wrote: »
    They are probably not using real butter :mad:

    Well that's the end of that, then. Animals! :mad:


  • #10
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Coke with a fry sounds good. Cut through the grease a bit and, depending on the size of the fry, give you a sugar boost to get through it.

    Pre cut toast i can handle. Wouldnt be mad on pre buttered toast.


  • #11
    king_of_mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭king_of_mayo


    I didn't realise coke was controversial. Not unusual in my experience to see people have a mineral with theirs. Bit of fizz!


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  • #12
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,418 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    Toast always comes nearly always pre buttered in cafes in the UK. Especially of the greasy spoon variety


  • #13
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    For me, i wouldnt have coke for breakfast - and breakfast is when id have a fry so....

    Mid morning fry up or lunch fry, yeah i can see it.


  • #14
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,473 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Anyone else read the thread title and expect the bread to be buttered before it was toasted?


  • #15
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    Yeah fairly standard over here I noticed. Once the bread is actually toasted and it's proper butter I don't really mind. It saves faffing about with those little rock solid butter portion thingies (I normally stick them under the toast to soften a little but it's still faff). I imagine it saves the company quite a bit in just having bulk butter and not those little foil wrapped portions.


  • #16
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Anyone else read the thread title and expect the bread to be buttered before it was toasted?

    i'm glad i'm not alone in thinking that.


  • #17
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    jester77 wrote: »
    They are probably not using real butter :mad:

    In fairness, although not extensively tested I might add, any I've been to have had proper (pre)butter


  • #18
    Baggly
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    i'm glad i'm not alone in thinking that.

    It wouldnt be the toast that is pre buttered in that instance - it would be the untoasted bread.


  • #19
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Anyone else read the thread title and expect the bread to be buttered before it was toasted?

    Yes, which I can admit to having experimented with


  • #20
    Jessa Freezing Boardroom
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Jessa Freezing Boardroom


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Coke with a fry?... Jesus..

    The real crime.


  • #21
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Baggly wrote: »
    It wouldnt be the toast that is pre buttered in that instance - it would be the untoasted bread.

    philosophically the bread is toast once the decision to make toast is made.


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  • #22
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    philosophically the bread is toast once the decision to make toast is made.

    Go away out of that.

    So i decide to make some toast.

    Get the bread.

    My kid grabs the bread before i get a chance to toast it.

    What is my kid eating?

    Bread. Not toast.


  • #23
    Jessa Freezing Boardroom
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Jessa Freezing Boardroom


    But, is water rain while still in the clouds?


  • #24
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Its water vapour.


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,222 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Baggly wrote: »
    Go away out of that.

    So i decide to make some toast.

    Get the bread.

    My kid grabs the bread before i get a chance to toast it.

    What is my kid eating?

    Bread. Not toast.

    Raw toast


  • #26
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Baggly wrote: »
    Go away out of that.

    So i decide to make some toast.

    Get the bread.

    My kid grabs the bread before i get a chance to toast it.

    What is my kid eating?

    Bread. Not toast.

    bread that has been denied its true purpose and we should mourn it.


  • #27
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Raw toast
    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    bread that has been denied its true purpose and we should mourn it.

    *bows head in mourning*


  • #28
    ger vallely
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    Different strokes for different folks I guess. Here in Galway there used to be a place in Salthill to go for a big, reasonably priced breakfast. My husband loved it, they buttered your toast for you. It's since closed down and no place, in his mind, has ever come close to it. I'd rather bread myself, and to butter it myself.


  • #29
    Risingshadoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭Risingshadoo


    king_of_mayo wrote: »
    Hello. This may not be a concern in corona times but the last meal I had out before lockdown, was a fry up. I met a friend for it. Anyways the fry comes down, looks lovely, some cokes and two cups of tea. But the toast came down pre-buttered and pre-cut. I wasn't too upset about the cut (triangle) but my friend was put out as he likes a rectangular cut in order to make better smaller snadwiches using the fry contents. We were united in our shock about the pre-buttered toast though.

    I really hope this was a one off and that it's not going to be some new fad that sweeps the nation. Anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on the matter? What would you do?

    I think i know how to solve this, before the garcon comes, just ask him not to butter your toast.


  • #30
    king_of_mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭king_of_mayo


    Risingshadoo wrote: »
    I think i know how to solve this, before the garcon comes, just ask him not to butter your toast.

    Not in a million years would I ever have thought that to be necessary. I suppose I'll need to ask them not to cut up my sausage for me, or to add milk to my tea... Madness, the state of the world.


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  • #31
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    king_of_mayo wrote: »
    Not in a million years would I ever have thought that to be necessary. I suppose I'll need to ask them not to cut up my sausage for me, or to add milk to my tea... Madness, the state of the world.

    Back in the wild long ago when I used to eat meat I left home and took up residence in a room in Ranelagh in the house of an old woman who took in lady students of good manners. Every morning she would present me with prebuttered toast and a single sausage that she had quartered ....lengthways! This was the biggest shock I encountered between leaving my hamlet and adjusting to big city life. Well that, and the fact that she rummaged daily through my knicker drawers in search of what I can only presume to be hasheesh. Strange times.


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