Poll: Do You Like Butter?

[sengsational]

Where did you live as a kid? And did you, at the time, know of the "butter preference test" whereby the examiner would hold a dandelion or buttercup under the chin of the subject to make the butter preference determination.

Definition: Kid: <11 years of age.

Null hypothesis: Uniformly distributed, as are dandelions.

I split the blue into north and south. Draw the line somewhere above Texas and below Minnesota. And I like this map, BTW, because it makes Minnesota look bigger than Texas, hehehehe!

 

[Aerides]

We did it in the UK with a buttercup.

 

[disneysteve]

Northeast and buttercup

 

[Ronstar]

Midwest and do not remember a butter preference test. Never heard of it until now.

 

[MC Rider]

There is a really vague memory there.
I said yes for the area I lived in back then.

 

[razztazz]

Northeast / buttercup

 

[athena53]

I was raised in the Midwest and remember the "buttercup test". Mom bought margarine but called it "butter". I can take it or leave it- when I'm served good bread I see no need to butter it and I hate it when I buy a pre-made sandwich and find that the bread has butter (more likely margarine) on it.

I do keep it around for baking and for BF to put on his toast when he's here.

 

[scrabbler1]

Northeast and never heard of it.

 

[RobbieB]

We did that "test" in Michigan as kids all the time. I had no idea what it was about, but 2 kids gave me the test back when I was less than 10 years old.

I do like butter, but have no idea what the "test" was about. Maybe to stick yellow pollen on chin?

 

[sengsational]

Sorry to leave out the rest of the world...interesting to know it was likely an import (or an export?)

 

[Graybeard]

Northeast, Buttercup. Never heard of doing it with Dandelions.

 

[Winemaker]

Northeast and buttercup.

 

[Gumby]

Never heard of such a thing. What is the purpose? And how can you possibly tell if someone likes butter by holding a flower under their chin?

 

[Dreamer]

Northeast and never heard of it.

 

[friar1610]

Northeast, Buttercup. Never heard of doing it with Dandelions.

^^^

Same here.

 

[friar1610]

Never heard of such a thing. What is the purpose? And how can you possibly tell if someone likes butter by holding a flower under their chin?

As I recall, if you liked butter you would see a reflection of the yellow from the buttercup on the skin under your chin, meaning that you liked butter. The absence of the reflection meant you didn’t. Just a silly kids’ thing.

 

[Gumby]

As I recall, if you liked butter you would see a reflection of the yellow from the buttercup on the skin under your chin, meaning that you liked butter. The absence of the reflection meant you didn’t. Just a silly kids’ thing.

Thanks. I've learned something new today. And, for the record, by the time I was 11, I had lived in every one of those regions except the green one.

 

[RobbieB]

Kid's thing for sure. Not a problem though. No pain was ever felt.

Unlike some other kid games -

 

[Jerry1]

Never herd of the test, but I love butter. Warm bread a butter - yum. Pastries and biscuits where they fold in butter for flakiness - even better. Unfortunately, I’m not supposed to eat it. Oh well, everything in moderation.

 

[Mmm Rrr]

Pacific Northwest, we did it with dandelions probably because they were much more common than buttercups.

 

[aaronc879]

Midwest and never heard of it until 2 minutes ago. For the record I like butter if it's warm/melted.

 

[rk911]

never heard of it.

 

[USGrant1962]

Never heard of it. I thought this poll was going to be KerryGold vs Domestic and salted vs unsalted.

I wonder if it is an age thing? Maybe a thing in the 50s-60s, but not 60s-70s?

 

[6miths]

As I recall, if you liked butter you would see a reflection of the yellow from the buttercup on the skin under your chin, meaning that you liked butter. The absence of the reflection meant you didn’t. Just a silly kids’ thing.

+1

This was how we did it in Ontario. One's preference was highly dependent on whether the sun was out that day.

 

[rodi]

Ok - I was born and raised in San Diego and I know this 'test'.... but I know it from a visit to my grandparents, who were living in suburban Detroit. We were having a picnic in the park across from their place, I was 5, and we did the 'test'.

So, perhaps, I should have answered Midwest... but I answered Pacific. I did the test on my kids... raised in San Diego... so I've helped transfer this test to the west.