Buttered toast is an essential dish for continental breakfasts, cheap college meals, and when you’re under the weather. It’s one of the most perfect foods ever invented: warm bread topped with creamy butter. How could you go wrong?
Well, for one thing, you could use cold butter. If you’re making toast first thing in the morning and you don’t have a butter dish on your kitchen counter, you’re stuck with a rock-hard stick straight from the fridge. No matter how thinly you slice the butter, it’s always a nightmare to spread.
I’ve spent years trying to maneuver pats of butter across toast to maximize even melting. I’ve shredded the delicately toasted bread attempting to spread cold butter with a knife. I’ve even tried to balance the butter on top of the toaster in hopes that residual heat would soften it just enough to spread.
I thought I had exhausted all of my options—until I saw a TikTok of someone using a vegetable peeler on a stick of cold butter.
That’s right, a vegetable peeler. According to the video, by using a tool you already have in your kitchen, you can get long, thin strips of butter that will soften quickly on warm slices of toast. I immediately made myself some toast to test the theory.
Indeed, the peeler produced thin slices of butter that were easy to spread. I can officially confirm that this hack works. It’s change the game when it comes to breakfast. Next time you’re hoping to have a slice of buttered toast without the hassle of softening your butter, lean on your trusty vegetable peeler to get the job done.
Have you tried this hack before? Let us know in the comments.
