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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I had a Dutch roommate once who routinely ate sprinkles on toast for breakfast — she called it traditional.

Half my family is from the Caribbean and I’ll admit we eat some odd things (all manner of salted fruit for example), but I have a hard time computing sprinkle toast as a complete meal

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a Dutch roommate once who routinely ate sprinkles on toast for breakfast — she called it traditional.

It is! Hagelslag on bread is very much a Dutch traditional food.

Bread, apply butter, pour chocolate sprinkles on. Eat.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So many people don't appreciate how good high-quality butter is!

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, Dutch people use unsalted, and often the cheapest butter on their bread. And the majority use margerine

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago

Doesn't change how great high-quality butter is. :)

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I do love (quality) sprinkles on straight-up white bread, but I will usually toast the bread first and put on a thin layer of peanut butter instead of butter.

Dollar-store generic sprinkles are AWFUL. De Ruijter or bust.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Thank you! Nobody I've pointed this out to seems to understand what an abomination cold butter on raw bread, with sprinkles is, I thought I was the crazy one.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's a treasured tradition in Australia and New Zealand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_bread

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

This is why you people were expelled to the furthest possible distance.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The first time I ever heard of this was in the game Dinkum. That was when I discovered Australians apparently say "hundreds and thousands" to refer to what we call sprinkles. I appreciate most of our little differences but that one puzzles me.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 14 hours ago

100's and 1000's is specifically the spherical sprinkles. I don't know why. But it's totally acceptable to call them sprinkles too.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

I know I'm weird, but thickly slathered cold butter on bread can be amazing.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s not for me…I’d faster do it with melted butter and toast if I were going to. But then again, I eat hot pepper soaked pineapple rings, so maybe I don’t deserve to judge anyone…