Thursday 19 September, 2024

The burning question*: Do you have butter with peanut butter?

It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*no really)

WE KNOW HOW you feel. The week looms ahead and you have a lot on your plate.

So do like we do here in TheJournal.ie HQ and get stuck into a serious debate on one of life’s most pressing questions…

This week: Someone (hi, Hugh) suggested this morning that a piece of bread must be buttered before spreading peanut butter on top. Some of us were horrified at the addition of butter to the equation. It’s called peanut ‘butter’ for a reason, right?

Help solve our office argument. When using peanut butter, do you…

A. Also use butter on the bread, or…

(Image via Susan Daly/TheJournal.ie. Hugh later ate the evidence.)

B. Leave off the butter?

(Image via Christian Cable/Flickr.com)

Vote here: When using peanut butter…

Poll Results:

B - You do need butter too (7121)

A - You don't need to use butter too (5434)

D - Can't we all just get along? (1579)

C - I hate peanut butter (552)

A - You don't need to use butter too
B - You do need butter too
C - I hate peanut butter
D - Can't we all just get along?

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The burning question*: Do you have butter with peanut butter?

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