• Victor@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I never had an issue cutting cold butter with a room temperature knife, wtf. Do y’all take it out of the freezer or something?

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      7 hours ago

      It’s not cutting the butter, mate. It’s spreading it. The toast isn’t structurally sound enough to support vigorous spreading, so you need the knife warm to melt the butter as you go to spread.

      You’d know this struggle if you were a real toast-o.

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        1 hour ago

        I’m such a real toast-o that I still don’t need to heat the knife. I either take out the butter in advance, or employ one of three tricks:

        1. Scrape up a few thin butter shavings from the rest of the butter mass so it warms quicker while the bread is in the toaster, or
        2. Lay some scrapings on the toast and let it melt in by itself, or
        3. Just spread it very softly; it’ll spread, trust me. Be patient. Be gentle. Be loving.

        Talking bout “real toast-o”. 😜