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If you're after something swift, tasty, and satisfying, you simply cannot beat a good sandwich. The combinations are virtually limitless - from classic fillings such as cheese, salad, ham, chicken, tuna, and fish fingers, to more indulgent options like avocado or fresh crab, not to mention the vast array of breads on offer.

Now, one American man who has spent time living in the UK has shed light on a striking difference between how Brits and our friends over the pond put together this lunchtime staple. Zach Lincoln, a US native who lived in the UK until recently, regularly shares his observations on cultural differences with his social media followers. He recently uploaded a video to Instagram in which he admitted to being completely taken aback upon discovering something peculiar about the British approach to sandwich-making, reports the Mirror.

The clip showed Zach looking thoroughly bewildered, accompanied by the caption: "I just found this is normal here".

"British people do not realise how weird this is," he said. "I just found out about this today and, I'm going to level with you, I don't think I'm ok with this.

"I have come to appreciate many customs here in the UK, but this, I just don't know what to do with. It came to my attention after making my daughter a turkey sandwich. Well, it was a chicken sandwich actually."

"And I posted about it [and] someone asked which type of butter that I use. I was like 'what do you mean butter?'

"It was just mayonnaise, turkey, you know, maybe some cheese if they're feeling saucy, and it became a discussion, and I found out you guys all put butter on your sandwiches. Or many of you, I shouldn't say all."

Looking aghast, he continued: "I have not been the same since finding that information out. Like, I understand it, intellectually, but like, I've never done it, and I don't know that I'm capable of doing it.

"Like, there's part of me that wants to try it just to say I did but like, I don't, first of all, I don't eat meat, so I don't know what situation I would try it, like maybe a peanut butter and jelly?"

People in the comments all said the same thing. One person said: "No butter is a CRIME." Another said: "If you tell us you also eat dry toast I am calling the police." And someone else wrote: "Bro we literally invented the sandwich."

A further user remarked: "Sometimes, with *just* the right bread or roll, it's ONLY butter." Though another pushed back, countering: "I mean, we Americans definitely understand the value of butter on plain bread, but at that point, you can't call it a sandwich."

One commenter offered a practical explanation for the British habit, writing: "The butter adds a layer of fat so that if you add salad of some kind (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber) the moisture will not be able to travel beyond that layer and make the bread soggy. It is science."

One respondent added: "Dude get yourself some cheese and onion crisps, a tiger loaf, and real butter. Cut some nice thick slices, slap a load of butter on, then put loads of crisps on and squash it flat and then eat. Thank me later."

While another quipped: "A sandwich without butter is a sadwich."