An American woman living in Paris sparks a FURIOUS transatlantic food debate after saying it’s “WEIRD” for the French to butter their sandwiches… so what do you think?
An American woman living in Paris sparks a FURIOUS transatlantic food debate after saying it’s “WEIRD” for the French to butter their sandwiches… so what do you think?
- Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Amanda Rollins moved to Europe in 2017
- She has become a social media star by showing what it is like to live in Paris
- The 33-year-old recently caused a stir for questioning the use of butter
An American woman living in Paris has sparked a furious transatlantic food debate after saying it’s weird that the French put butter on their sandwiches.
Amanda Rollins is originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but moved to Europe in 2017.
She’s become a social media sensation in recent months by showing what it’s really like to live in the City of Lights.
Recently, the 33-year-old caused quite a stir after questioning the use of butter on sandwiches – but guess what?
Amanda Rollins has sparked a furious transatlantic food debate after saying it’s weird that the French put butter on their sandwiches
The clip, which has been viewed more than 170,000 times to date, shows Amanda talking to the camera as she prepares for a picnic.
The clip, which has been viewed more than 170,000 times to date, shows Amanda talking to the camera as she prepares for a picnic.
She begins: ‘I’m making sandwiches for my friend and me, because we’re going for a walk tomorrow.
“And while I was doing this, it occurred to me that the French do something really weird with sandwiches that I think you guys would find odd, so I wanted to share it with you.”
The social media star, who has more than 726,000 followers, holds a knife to the camera and continues: ‘This is butter. Obviously I have a whole half baguette and what they do, it’s like a classic ham, cheese and butter sandwich.
“Literally just sloshing. No mayonnaise. No mustard. Just butter.’
“I know you might think it sounds gross, but it’s actually so good. Is it healthy? No of course not.’
She giggles and concludes, “So that’s what we eat here. Butter sandwiches with ham and cheese. If you think about it, it’s a little crazy.
“But don’t knock on it until you’ve tried it.”
She giggled and concluded, “So that’s what we eat here. Ham and cheese butter sandwiches – if you think about it, it’s a little crazy’
And other social media users were quick to flock to the comments section to share their disbelief at the alleged revelation
And other social media users were quick to flock to the comments section to share their disbelief at the alleged revelation.
One wrote: ‘We, the rest of the world, eat this every day.’
Another asked, “How the hell is that strange?”
And a third said, “It really amazes me that anyone can eat a sandwich without butter.”
But despite the widespread outcry from viewers, Amanda doubled down on her claims while talking to Insider.
She said, “I’m sure we don’t add cold butter to bread on normal Northeast, South or West Coast sandwiches.”
“Maybe because our go-to bread is sliced white bread, not baguettes, which can actually take butter.”
Amanda added that the majority of people in the US don’t see butter as a condiment, but rather as a cooking ingredient and “sometimes a toast lubricant.”