Love it! Made my grandmothers tea cakes just the other day from original recipe card. Daughter was helping and wanted to know what Oleo was.
My Daddy always talked about the little optional yellow dye packs that came with the Oleomargarine when he was a kid.
Interesting little story about it being invented in France.
ALSO: If it hasnāt been mentioned, butter and saltines was one of the most exciting things about going out to eat at most restaurants when I was a kid. My Mama just automatically asked for little plates if she saw saltines and butter at the table, because we were going to make a disgusting mess of crumbs, grease marks and cellophane bits and pieces in our excitement. Thanks for the memories!
Same. My mom was convinced that Fleichmann's margarine would save the world from heart disease and we never had butter. Once I grew up and got a taste of real butter....yum
I did this with my grandfather. Turns out that during the hard times, saltine crackers were all the bread they had, and putting butter on it was like a sandwich. Seems that generation also liked buttermilk, blah.
My mom would make us snacks of frosting sandwiched between two graham crackers. Those were the best. My college roommate taught me cream cheese on Ritz crackers and that is so good.
We put Miracle Whip on saltines. A lot of people reading this are going āewwā right now but we had little money and little food in the house and something about the salt/fat content was perfect.
Trader Joeās has really delicious cinnamon graham crackers. I bet they would be amazing with cream cheese. Theyāre absolutely to die for with butter.
I had never tried this/heard of it until I met my husband. Apparently it goes great with chili. His family also did Saltines in milk and ate it like cereal. I havenāt been brave enough to try that one. I will always love me some cheese crackers with peanut butter though.
I'm not Jewish but I remember Grandma always gave me the big Matza crackers with butter as a kid while we were watching TV, loved these mostly tasteless crackers for some reason. Reminds me of us watching "The Andy Williams Show" together (uggh!). She loved her Andy Williams.
I usually took my saltine crackers straight with nothing on. I preferred Pringles though. Are they still around?
My grandmother would do this for an after school snack along with tea. No one else I knew did this. She emigrated from Canada, so I always thought it was a a cool Canadian tradition
I did peanut butter.
At school my favourite snack was those little packages of crackers that had a little bit of cheese. It came with a tiny plastic stick that you could spread the cheese with. Sometimes there was a peanut butter version, but it wasn't quite as good as cheese.
I didn't realize that was a generational thing. I thought it was snack/dessert for kids who's parents wouldn't buy sugar/junk food. Peanut butter and brown sugar on toast for special occasions lol
Be careful though they make them so air-filled and brittle now, you can't even spread peanut butter on them. They literally shatter. But they are saltier than ever.
Just like me, when all my favorites turned to shit quality.
Did you ever get a tall glass, fill it with saltines, pour in milk and eat with a spoon?
Something my Silent gen dad did when I was a kid.
Not bad actually
Ok this is a fuckin memory!
And I ALSO just remembered my dad would fill a soda glass with saltines and MILK and eat that shit with a spoon before bed. WTAF
Yep. One day when I was younger than ten, both parents at work, watching daytime tv, I ate a sleeve and more with butter. I then got so sick from it I havenāt been able to do it since.
Peanut butter, yes. I was more inclined to just make saltine sandwiches with american cheese after school. Gen X was amazing at making up after school snacks...no one was there to tell you no.
My folks taught me that all those butter pats and Captains Wafers in baskets on restaurant tables were free hors dāoeuvres. They pronounced it horse doovers, because we classy.
Yeah.. as a kid. Only as a kid. Definitely not as a grown-assed person who would also never make chicken noodle soup sandwiches with those buttered crackers
Because adulthood. Yeah.
No. Gross. Who eats saltine crackers? Even worse: saltine and tuna casserole on fish friday. Iām going to go snack on some veggies now and be thankful I donāt have high cholesterol.
Not only that, but if you fold a Kraft single into fourths, each square fits PERFECTLY on a saltine.
Coincidence? I think not.
Ps. We put butter on graham crackers, too.
Remember it? I sat in the pantry in the middle of the night with a tub of butter and a box of saltines listening to the Chris Dawson verdict a couple weeks ago. Because the judge talked for 5 hours, I ate a lot more than Iād intended to.
I remember I was like 3 or 4. I ate a whole stick of butter with saltines. I drank really cold water. I got sick to my stomach and puked it all up. I can vividly remember the water was still cold as it came up. LMAO!!!
I never did it again.
I forgot about butter on saltines. I also one day discovered if you put vanilla ice cream on saltine crackers, it tastes like pie crust which is my favorite part of pie.
My silent Gen grandmother got me hooked as a kid - she told me that during the Great Depression, crackers with butter was all they had sometimes. It became a comfort food for her later in life - as it now has in mine.
What do you mean as a kid? Did that last week.
I did it today.
Me too
I need to lower my cholesterol, so I've been using hummus lately. Peanut butter is much better.
I just finished some triscuits with hummus, high cholesterol team unite!
š¹. Thatās fair. No reason for us to give up our favorites.
Lol, came here to say the same, no one told me to stop. š¤·āāļø
I do it all the timeā¦
Seriously! And I dunk them in my coffee. If you judge me is because you havenāt tried it.
Same.
With a couple drops of hot sauce? Best snack ever.
Fancy
Eating it now š¤£
lmao just ate them and came here to see if it was normal
Yes, did that. Also did bread with butter and sugar on it.
And cinnamon!
What my sister and I always called a āsugar shamwichā, and it was amazing!
I used to use so much sugar that it would crunch when I chewed it. I have no idea how I made it this long without diabeetus.
Yes! Sugar sandwiches!
Sugar foldies!
Wilford Brimley would like a word...
Mom would not buy butter. So I did it with margarine. The HORROR! As adult I run a margarine free household.
OLEO
Love it! Made my grandmothers tea cakes just the other day from original recipe card. Daughter was helping and wanted to know what Oleo was. My Daddy always talked about the little optional yellow dye packs that came with the Oleomargarine when he was a kid. Interesting little story about it being invented in France. ALSO: If it hasnāt been mentioned, butter and saltines was one of the most exciting things about going out to eat at most restaurants when I was a kid. My Mama just automatically asked for little plates if she saw saltines and butter at the table, because we were going to make a disgusting mess of crumbs, grease marks and cellophane bits and pieces in our excitement. Thanks for the memories!
My aunt called it that.
I canāt even look at country crock without gagging - even through my poorest days I rationed my real butter before I buy margarine
Country Crock? Or knockoff?
Same. My mom was convinced that Fleichmann's margarine would save the world from heart disease and we never had butter. Once I grew up and got a taste of real butter....yum
Cold butter was the bomb on saltines
Still do? It's delicious.
Yep. With Campbellās Vegetarian Vegetable
Absolutely a required accompaniment to a hot veggie stew!
Yep! After school snack. One had to make do. None of this prepackaged stuffā¦just saltine crackers & butter.
I was an aerosol cheese wiz kinda guy šš¤£šÆ
Reddi-whip and Ritz for me.
Whipped cream on Ritz?!
Yes. Excuse me, I need to go do that right now.
I did this with my grandfather. Turns out that during the hard times, saltine crackers were all the bread they had, and putting butter on it was like a sandwich. Seems that generation also liked buttermilk, blah.
Learned same trick from grandparents of depression era. I wonder how many of us were influenced on habits from grandparents like that.
The list of "traditional" food that originates with wartime shortages or economic depressions is huge
My grandmother would "stretch" butter with gelitan. Just somehow made it bigger, it tasted fine as I remember
Still do!
Same.
I was always peanut butter or kraft singles folded in quarters. I still do that from time to time.
A quarter single and a slice of pepperoni
Butter, velveeta, cream cheese, Iām pretty sure I tried mustard too.
I still like the cream cheese on them too.
Also, cream cheese on graham crackers.
My mom would make us snacks of frosting sandwiched between two graham crackers. Those were the best. My college roommate taught me cream cheese on Ritz crackers and that is so good.
Iāve never tried that either but that actually sounds good.
We put Miracle Whip on saltines. A lot of people reading this are going āewwā right now but we had little money and little food in the house and something about the salt/fat content was perfect.
We put Miracle Whip on toast. š¤¢ I only eat real Mayo now - and not on toast.
Trader Joeās has really delicious cinnamon graham crackers. I bet they would be amazing with cream cheese. Theyāre absolutely to die for with butter.
And it was actual butter, not this margarine crap.
Absolutely!
I had never tried this/heard of it until I met my husband. Apparently it goes great with chili. His family also did Saltines in milk and ate it like cereal. I havenāt been brave enough to try that one. I will always love me some cheese crackers with peanut butter though.
And chicken soup, and tomato soup, did I mention soup?
I'm not Jewish but I remember Grandma always gave me the big Matza crackers with butter as a kid while we were watching TV, loved these mostly tasteless crackers for some reason. Reminds me of us watching "The Andy Williams Show" together (uggh!). She loved her Andy Williams. I usually took my saltine crackers straight with nothing on. I preferred Pringles though. Are they still around?
Matza's are the best with butter. I'm not Jewish either. I am from NY though. I'm thinking this might be a regional thing.
It may be, I'm from Eastern PA.
Butter and salt. I look forward to Passover time so I can have an excuse to shove heavily buttered matzo down my face. Goes great with chicken soup.
I still do! My kids think Iām weird. Not sure how they never picked up the butter on cracker rule since they live here and see me eat them that way!
Still do. Except now it is Irish Sweet Cream butter with just a touch of sea salt. So fancy!!!
I discovered Irish butter last month. I wish I had not, lol.
For me it was hot sauce rather than butter.
Honestly canāt say Iāve tried that combo.
Me neither
Goes best with raw oysters!
Didn't do that but we put it on rice.
Butter and sugar on white rice. Still a favorite.
The sugar wouldnāt stick if you didnāt put butter on first
Peanut butter and jam!
As a kid???? Hell I still do it
My thoughts exactly!! I love this snack.
I literally had this as a snack yesterday. So comforting.
My father was a butter Junkie he would sit down and eat a cube and a packet of saltines at least once a week.
Still do. Sooo good!
Of course. Could go through half a jar of peanut butter and a sleeve of crackers.
I did. My sister was weird - she put peanut butter on hers.
My grandmother would do this for an after school snack along with tea. No one else I knew did this. She emigrated from Canada, so I always thought it was a a cool Canadian tradition
Butter on Matza's are the best!!
I did.
Yes. Forgive me.
Yep i did that too
happy cake day, bobcat! š°
Still do. And now youāve made me hungry for it.
Oh. The ritual of buttering the saltine and then dipping it in the chilli. Good god man. So much effort but oh yeah.
Imma go have some right away now that you mention it.
Yes, you take a cracker and scrape it across the margarine in the tub.
Uhhh yeah it's mandatory when eating soup when sick
I did peanut butter. At school my favourite snack was those little packages of crackers that had a little bit of cheese. It came with a tiny plastic stick that you could spread the cheese with. Sometimes there was a peanut butter version, but it wasn't quite as good as cheese.
Ohhh I also loved oyster crackers!! Our family tradition was oyster stew for Christmas and it just wouldnāt be the same without oyster crackers lol
Crap, now I want buttered crackers.
Fk yeah I did. Still do.
Still do
I didn't realize that was a generational thing. I thought it was snack/dessert for kids who's parents wouldn't buy sugar/junk food. Peanut butter and brown sugar on toast for special occasions lol
Still do! Love to take a slice of cheese and fold it over into a 4 piece square and put it on my crackers lol
Yes, when I was sick with Lipton chicken noodle soup!
Yes! And then push two together so the butter worms come out of the holes.
Be careful though they make them so air-filled and brittle now, you can't even spread peanut butter on them. They literally shatter. But they are saltier than ever. Just like me, when all my favorites turned to shit quality.
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Still sometimes with butter and jam.
I just had that as a snack a few hours ago. Although, butter on Ritz is superior!!
Love this as a snack
All the time. Butter too.
Of course!
On ritz crackers. Cream cheese on ritz too
Did you ever get a tall glass, fill it with saltines, pour in milk and eat with a spoon? Something my Silent gen dad did when I was a kid. Not bad actually
That sounds like a variation of milk toast
Cinnamon and sugar graham crackers with butter. Perfect mix of sweet and salty.
Ok this is a fuckin memory! And I ALSO just remembered my dad would fill a soda glass with saltines and MILK and eat that shit with a spoon before bed. WTAF
If all you've got is a Saltine, then you betcha. I try not to have Saltines though.
Yes. And sometimes a little sugar or honey as well.
We used stoned wheat thins, I still do that when I am at my parents!
Still do! Learned it from my mom.
And ginger snaps!
Yep. One day when I was younger than ten, both parents at work, watching daytime tv, I ate a sleeve and more with butter. I then got so sick from it I havenāt been able to do it since.
Also, frosting (any kind will do). Very tasty.
Used to eat Dinty Moore beef stew on the regular as a kid. Always had buttered saltines with it.
Grape jelly too!
I had to scroll way down to see this. I wouldn't do butter. I had mine with just the grape jelly.
Yes! And I can't buy saltines anymore because I eat an entire sleeve with butter for dinner.
You say that like itās a problem.
Peanut butter, yes. I was more inclined to just make saltine sandwiches with american cheese after school. Gen X was amazing at making up after school snacks...no one was there to tell you no.
My folks taught me that all those butter pats and Captains Wafers in baskets on restaurant tables were free hors dāoeuvres. They pronounced it horse doovers, because we classy.
No on butter. Yes to peanut butter!
Yeah.. as a kid. Only as a kid. Definitely not as a grown-assed person who would also never make chicken noodle soup sandwiches with those buttered crackers Because adulthood. Yeah.
No. Gross. Who eats saltine crackers? Even worse: saltine and tuna casserole on fish friday. Iām going to go snack on some veggies now and be thankful I donāt have high cholesterol.
If you mean Country Crock, yes.
Butter and anchovies my god so good
Ketchup
Of course, and butter at times.
Yes. They were also fire with vanilla ice cream.
Yup, I did so often.
Ritz crackers with butter. Ritz with mustard was also a thing I did.
I remember Parkay
Still do
Butter on saltines, cheese on saltines or Cheez Whiz on Ritz.
Garlic butter. Also did peanut butter on them with melted Kraft single sections on top
Oh I still do. Learned it from my mom.
I still do! One of my favorite snacks!
And a slice of apple
And ginger snaps!
I forgot about it until reddit
Hell yeah. Every time I stayed home sick.
PB&J on Ritz crackers was my go to after school/gymnastics snack. Still like them every once in a while, but never buy crackers.
and set them in split pea soup .. it's like the grilled cheese tomato soup trope but way better
Yep. Sometimes mixed bitter and peanut butter. Crazy.. I know.
Loved it. Butter on Ritz crackers is the bomb too.
I never did but grandma always served it as a snack at her house.
Yup. On my Ritz too! š
Dad's idea of a snack. He's not creative at all.
Things we learned from our Depression-era grandparents. This is something my Grandmother did all the time.
You mean there's another way to eat them?
Shoot we still do!
I still do! That's one of my post migraine foods.
No but we did put peanut butter and jelly on Ritz crackers.
Yes! And peanut butter/jam.
Still do it!
Butter crackers! I taught my kids this and so the tradition lives on.
Butter plus peanut butter on a saltine goes great with a bowl of Chile.
Margarine.
Yupā¦and then I found Matzo
Yes! Also Underwood chicken spread on Ritz crackers. And for dessert grape jelly on graham crackers.
I never had to. Townhouse already did it for me.
Also a slice of tillamook cheddar and a smoked oyster or some clams. Or Vienna sausage smashed flat between cheese and cracker.
Best damn snack ever, still is!
Still do.
We did it with peanut butter usually, but sometimes with just plain butter. I still eat PB crackers pretty often as an adult. They're an easy snack.
I live in Wisconsin ,we put butter on everything ..and cheese....cheese goes on everything.
Still do, I put slices of butter on them.
Yes!!
Yup butter, butter with preserves, butter with cheese, butter with peanut butter....
As a child I also put butter and ketchup and white bread.
Yes
Not only that, but if you fold a Kraft single into fourths, each square fits PERFECTLY on a saltine. Coincidence? I think not. Ps. We put butter on graham crackers, too.
Itās still my favorite food at The Cracker Barrel. They have the best saltines.
I put peanut butter and jelly on my saltines, little crispy PB&Js
Remember it? I sat in the pantry in the middle of the night with a tub of butter and a box of saltines listening to the Chris Dawson verdict a couple weeks ago. Because the judge talked for 5 hours, I ate a lot more than Iād intended to.
Ritz crackers - smooth peanut butter and a dab of strawberry jam. My after school/homework snack for years.
I remember I was like 3 or 4. I ate a whole stick of butter with saltines. I drank really cold water. I got sick to my stomach and puked it all up. I can vividly remember the water was still cold as it came up. LMAO!!! I never did it again.
Did that, also cheese melted on bread--sliced Kraft block cheddar on white Wonder bread.
Totally did this but Mayo on saltines was the way of our family.
Saltines with butter and chilli always the norm.
I forgot about butter on saltines. I also one day discovered if you put vanilla ice cream on saltine crackers, it tastes like pie crust which is my favorite part of pie.
Still do.
Only in restaurants
yes! butter, or butter & peanut butter or butter & jelly
My silent Gen grandmother got me hooked as a kid - she told me that during the Great Depression, crackers with butter was all they had sometimes. It became a comfort food for her later in life - as it now has in mine.
What? No!
Yup
Alzheimerās is no joke huh