Butterbrot
Sign in to saveIn German cuisine, ' (literally: butter bread = bread with butter) is a slice of bread topped with butter. Also known as ' in Dutch speaking countries, it is still considered or even if additional toppings, such as cheese, spreads, or lunch meats, are added, as long as it begins with a slice of bread with butter.
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- Prepared food.name
- Butterbrot
- Prepared food.image
- Butterbrot.png
- Prepared food.image_size
- 250px
- Prepared food.country
- Germany
- Prepared food.type
- Sandwich
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Bread, butter
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In German cuisine, ' (literally: butter bread = bread with butter) is a slice of bread topped with butter. Also known as ' in Dutch speaking countries, it is still considered or even if additional toppings, such as cheese, spreads, or lunch meats, are added, as long as it begins with a slice of bread with butter.
The words in formal and colloquial German and the different dialects for butterbrot (different from belegtes Brot - with cheese, sausages etc.), simply Brot ("bread"), Butterstulle, Stulle, Schnitte (all three Low German/Berlinerisch dialect), Botteramm (Colognian dialect, cf. Dutch boterham), Bütterken (Lower Rhine dialect) to Bemme (Upper Saxon German) or Knifte (Ruhrdeutsch). Although it is increasingly replaced by other foods, it remains a common staple food in Germany. Since 1999, the last Friday in the month of September was made the Day of German Butterbrot by the Marketing Organization of German Agricultural Industries.