I come from a family that adores savory snacks. Don’t get me wrong, we like our sweets too, but there’s nothing better than taking a deliciously salty cracker, slathering it with salty butter, and gorging. I posted about buttery saltines on Facebook a few months back, and was surprised that almost no one had heard of it. People thought I was nuts! This was a childhood favorite of mine, spurred by my father who was the expert at matching spreads with crackers.
When I’m on my own for dinner, sometimes I like to keep it extra simple and heat up a bowl of soup. Except, I can’t have a bowl of soup without also having buttery saltines. Some might say, the soup is a formality and the buttery saltines are the real dinner. Because buttery saltines are good. really good. cravingly good. Dipped in hot soup so that the butter gets a little melty, but the cracker itself is still crisp…YUM!
Don’t think you can get the same buttery goodness from just any cracker combo. In order to have the full experience, you need to use saltine crackers (name brand or generic, doesn’t matter) and you have to use salted butter. Not margarine, not sweet cream butter, not I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, REGULAR SALTED BUTTER. Trust me. And don’t skimp on the crackers either – these days saltines come in a variety of styles: salted tops, low salt, low fat, no salt, etc. Stick with the original, and enjoy.
This was a favorite of mine growing up, too. It seems perfectly wonderful to me! Graham crackers with butter was another favorite.
Oooh – graham crackers with butter. I’ll have to try that!
Liza, I love this! I was quite intrigued when I saw your Facebook update (as I saw others were too!).
Speaking of graham crackers..yesterday we had apricot Stilton cheese with water crackers. I got out some graham crackers and tried the stilton on that and it tasted like the most decadent, rich cheesecake.
Love you, love your blog.
LOL – thanks Jessica! After the initial buttery saltines post on FB, and subsequent comments (especially yours), I thought a blog post about them would interesting!
BTW – I LOVE water crackers! With warmed baked Brie and brown sugar…. Sounds like another blog entry!
Um, okay… I am sure this is really really good, but I would never eat it for fear I would want it all the time!