Woman sparks heated debate about the right way to get butter out of a tub

Woman sparks heated debate about the right way to get butter from the tub and is branded ‘weird’ for digging the spread out rather than scrapping it off the top

  • Jules Ross shared photo of how she gets her butter out on a UK Facebook group 
  • She prefers to dig down from one side to the other not scrape it off the top
  • Many were shocked, branding it ‘weird’ while others said it made them ‘anxious’

From putting the milk in tea first to the order of cream and jam on a scone, rows about the right way to serve food seem guaranteed to rile tempers, and now a woman has created a fresh fuss about the correct way to get butter out of the tub. 

Jules Ross, from Fakenham, Norfolk, has shared a photo revealing that she doesn’t scrape along the top of the spread, but instead prefers to dig down from the top. 

Taking to the Facebook group Family Lockdown Tips & Ideas, she wrote: ‘My husband thinks I’m weird. Does anyone else scrape their butter from the tub this way? I’ve always done it.’

British Facebook user Jules Ross sparked a fierce debate online after she posted this picture of how she gets butter out of the tub by digging down into it from one side

She wrote under the photo: 'My husband thinks I'm weird, does anyone else scrape their butter from the tub this way?'

She wrote under the photo: ‘My husband thinks I’m weird, does anyone else scrape their butter from the tub this way?’

The picture showed the butter with half of it taken out right to the bottom and two slices of buttered bread.

However the post – which now has over 2,000 comments on it – sparked a furious debate among members of the group, with some branding the mother ‘weird’. 

Jules (pictured) was met with a huge response to the Facebook post, with the majority of people disagreeing with her technique

Jules (pictured) was met with a huge response to the Facebook post, with the majority of people disagreeing with her technique

However the post - which now has over 2,000 comments on it - sparked a furious debate among members of the group, with some branding the mother 'weird'

However the post – which now has over 2,000 comments on it – sparked a furious debate among members of the group, with some branding the mother ‘weird’

Others even jokingly said that the method ‘should be illegal’.

One woman said: ‘If someone dug out my butter like that I would go crazy.’

Another wrote: ‘It’s not often I say a man is right, but I’m with your husband on this one… You’re weird.’

Meanwhile others pointed out that it would mean the weight of the tub was uneven and might fall over in the fridge.

Meanwhile others pointed out that it would mean the weight of the tub was uneven and might fall over in the fridge

Meanwhile others pointed out that it would mean the weight of the tub was uneven and might fall over in the fridge