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Originally Posted by Shirleevee
I am a born New Yorker and so was my mother and we ALWAYS put butter on a turkey sandwich, as did lots of my friends.......NYC, Brooklyn, Staten Island! If you went to a Jewish deli, you got margarine........
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There's no doubt that some folks ask for butter on their sandwich but I've never seen "butter" included as part of the sandwich description on a menu. Did you have a chance to look over Gandolfo's menu to see what I'm referring to? I'd like to think that you could order one of these "butter sandwiches" without butter. I've also known people (although not many) who would only eat macaroni with butter, no red sauce or garlic and oil, just butter. I'm just reporting my personal experience from growing up in the Bronx and working in Manhattan for almost 40 years. In those days (the 50's) there was a Kosher or Italian deli every couple of blocks, and my recollection is "butter" or margerine was never mentioned or suggested for a sandwich. Yeah, now that I think about it, Nedicks used to cook their hot dogs in butter. Maybe life was different on Staten Island.