Originally Posted by
burchquilts
My mom used to butter her saltines, too... what is that about? And DH would put butter on anything... cereal, cake, steak... kidding, but still...
I'm wondering if it's a southern thing. I grew up in New Orleans. Not sure how it is now (I've been in TX, about 20 years) but it used to be that many restaurants would serve warm French bread, with butter pats, before the meal arrived. If it was earlier in the day or the restaurant was less expensive, there would be a dish of assorted crackers (wrapped packets) and a dish of butter pats. That was back in the day, when restaurants served real butter, not the scary fake stuff.