If you are at a dinner party and are curious about bread and butter etiquette, remember to take one roll at a time, tear the roll into bite-size pieces, and butter each bite individually. If your butter is very hard, you can soften it by leaving it on the counter, spreading it across a plate with your knife, grating it, or placing a warm glass over it. Simply scoop up your butter with a butter knife, and spread it across your bread in light, soft strokes.

Following Bread and Butter Etiquette

1. Pick up one roll or slice from the serving tray. If you are at a dinner party and someone passes you the basket of bread, avoid taking multiple rolls at the same time. Select one for now, and then pass the basket to your right.

• If you want another piece of bread, you can get a second after everyone else has a piece.

2. Place the roll on your bread plate or dinner plate. To follow proper etiquette, put your roll onto the small plate toward the top left of your dinner plate. If you do not have a bread plate, you can place it on your dinner plate wherever you have room.

3. Scoop up a small slice of butter and put it on your plate. Instead of buttering your roll directly, get a small bit of butter with your butter knife, and put it on your bread plate next to your roll.

• This is more polished than spreading the butter straight from the stick.

4. Rip off a bite-size piece of bread. Eat your bread in small pieces at a time to show your manners. This is proper etiquette, rather than biting directly into your roll.^[4] {

• If you are at a dinner party, the only way you can warm up your butter is by spreading it back and forth on your plate. You can do this before you spread the butter if it is easier.

5. Spread the butter onto each bite of bread with light, short strokes. Rather than trying to spread the butter from left to right in 1 motion, scoop up a small bit of butter per bite, and lightly push it across the bread with your knife. Move your knife in small, circular movements to avoid ripping the bread. Start on the left side, and spread the butter to the right.

Full article: https://www.wikihow.com/Butter-Bread