# Buttering corn on the cob w/bread and butter: movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761 "2010-07-15T10:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/1 "2010-07-15T10:47:56Z")
I swear there was a supper scene in Flashdance where they were using bread and butter to butter their corn on the cob. Is this true? Where can I find this scene? My Dad insists that it was in Ferris Bueller’s Day off. He is dead wrong. ---
**Author:** ![snoopygal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@snoopygal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoopygal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/2 "2010-07-15T11:01:14Z")
It might be Peggy Sue Got Married. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/3 "2010-07-15T11:10:08Z")
_Bueller_ in a different movie. In _War Games_ Matthew Broderick’s character’s father does it. He puts a huge layer of butter on bread and everyone else thinks he is going to eat it. Then he butters the corn on the cob with it. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/4 "2010-07-15T11:21:17Z")
Hey, you’re right, **Don’t Ask** ; I also think it happened in Flashdance, though. Anyone? Anyone? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/5 "2010-07-15T11:47:11Z")
See I thought it was from the **Falcon and the Snowman**. It was definitely a father of one of the principals and I remember the camera sort of lingering on that shot and me thinking to myself, “that’s not a bad idea on how to do it.” Not that I butter corn on the cob that way. Like most refined individuals, I slice the corn from the cob and then apply butter which I know some view as a sin against nature. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/6 "2010-07-15T12:09:09Z")
It was Wargames. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/7 "2010-07-15T12:20:10Z")
I have seen all of the aforementioned movies and honestly can say I do not remember seeing anybody butter corn … but in my defense perhaps it is because that is precisely how we have always buttered our corn on the cob ever since I can remember, so I probably wouldn’t notice it because I am accustomed to seeing it done that way. As far as I know, it is a perfectly logical way to butter corn, you don’t drip melty butter all over everything, and you still have your piece of bread to eat in the end =) I need to have mrAru stop on the way home and get some fresh corn before we run off to germany tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/8 "2010-07-15T12:36:15Z")
The movie was _Breaking Away_ (1979). Paul Dooley, who plays Dennis Christopher’s father, does it at dinner. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/9 "2010-07-15T12:53:24Z")
I think **Ronald** ’s got it. We use a Butter Girl: [http://www.talismandesigns.com/html/butter\_girl\_butterer.html](http://www.talismandesigns.com/html/butter_girl_butterer.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/10 "2010-07-15T13:24:59Z")
Can anyone back me up on the Flashdance thing or, at least, give me a link to the War Games scene? At the very least, I have to prove that it wasn’t FB’s Day Off. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/11 "2010-07-15T13:32:05Z")
[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFYKoce-FA) it is at 5:40. (BTW, I can’t imagine where it would be in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as the only meal I remember is the fancy sit-down dinner in the snooty restaurant.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/12 "2010-07-15T13:38:22Z")
BTW, judging by the plastic yellow tub, the dad in Wargames is buttering the bread with margarine. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/13 "2010-07-15T13:47:37Z")
I LOVE that scene in Wargames, it’s just so bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/14 "2010-07-15T14:01:36Z")
Thanks, DF! This corn is RAW! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/15 "2010-07-15T14:01:47Z")
O.K., am I misremembering the scene in _Breaking Away_? Does anyone remember for sure whether it happens it that movie, too? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/16 "2010-07-15T14:05:07Z")
Definitely War Games, but maybe Back to the Future also? Joe ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/17 "2010-07-15T14:22:38Z")
Funny, I remembered the scene exactly including “this corn is RAW!” with the right dad, but my brain inserted Broderick’s Ferris Bueller mom. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/18 "2010-07-15T14:23:59Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I have seen all of the aforementioned movies and honestly can say I do not remember seeing anybody butter corn … but in my defense perhaps it is because that is precisely how we have always buttered our corn on the cob ever since I can remember, so I probably wouldn’t notice it because I am accustomed to seeing it done that way. I recall as a kid having dinner at someone’s house where they were using a shaving brush to butter corn. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/19 "2010-07-15T15:44:48Z")
That is a brilliant way to do it. “Buttering your corn” as a euphemism also makes much more sense that way. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761/20 "2010-07-15T16:52:06Z")
Best way to butter corn. My grandmother would premix butter with pepper and other spices so a single application got everything you might want evenly onto the corn. And then you had a pretty tasty piece of bread as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob-w-bread-and-butter-movie/546761.md?page=2)