Origins of the term "Bread and Butter" !!
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
India
December 8, 2019 10:19am CST
I could have looked up Wikipedia, or general Google search. Yet I thought why not put it up here.
Many in western world(mainly UK and US) use the term "Bread and Butter". Being a UK colony, we Indians too got used to this term. Now if I think of it simply, one can say that as Bread and Butter is a basic breakfast of many in UK, and also in US(in India too now), this term originated to tell about one's main job.
Still, I would like to know if there is some tale or anecdote about its origins.
Any takers for this?
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6 responses
@garymarsh6 (24028)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 19
I earn my bread and butter through the job I do and when I get paid. We use the term bread and butter to denote payment to us. For example my main bread and butter is that I sell jumpers but shirts do not earn me as much,
Bread and butter is part of our staple diet. We can eat bread and butter and funnily enough the other day instead of cooking dinner I had bread butter and Jam.
When we were kids we used to make Jam sandwiches and go and spend the whole day on the beach. We would go for the whole day and just come home in the evening for dinner!
Mostly for breakfast we would have toast with Jam or Marmalade. It is quick and filling.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
8 Dec 19
@garymarhs6 I see folks using this term in cross country conference calls, and in News articles as well a lot.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
8 Dec 19
As far as I know, bread and butter is not a breakfast of US or UK. I might be wrong. But definitely one food that has got an international presence though I am not sure of the country of origin.
Bread and butter generally refers to the basic necessities of life. And we use it for the job that pays for those necessities.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
8 Dec 19
@arunima25 and perhaps these are a basic stuff, so the analogy to the basic needs of life!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
8 Dec 19
@LadyDuck
Yes may be, but still something that can make for a quick breakfast.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
8 Dec 19
@LadyDuck I think French make Bread and Scrambled eggs- I read in some Food articles.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
9 Dec 19
@LadyDuck
Oh so things mix up or may be chefs invent a few things!
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
8 Dec 19
I always love to have bread and butter for breakfast
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??@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Dec 19
@amitkokiladitya So how was your Morning Tea? So which Brand do you prefer?
Brooke Bond? Tata? Wagh Bakri(Their Masala Tea is strong and good for winters)?
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Dec 19
This is more then what you do for a living then what you eat for breakfast.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
9 Dec 19
@ExplorewtMe
Yes I was just wondering if it is correlated to breakfast as well.
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