Kitchen

[insomniac]

My mother-in-law always kept a stick of butter in a butter dish that was never refrigerated. No problems!

[caspie]

On 2/23/2014 house cat said:

On 2/23/2014 homedecor1 said:

On 2/23/2014 house cat said:

I never anticipated so many responses, but I appreciate them very much. I think I'll search ebay for a vintage Pyrex butter dish and start leaving one stick out in it.

Thank you all.

didn't read through all the posts but I just purchased at BB&B a glass pyrex butter dish as I couldn't find the original butter boat (which I accidentally dropped the lid and broke).

This is working out just fine!

I was browsing on ebay tonight. They have a lot of them and they're not expensive. One weird thing, though, is that here in CA our butter is short and fat, as opposed to the longer 1/4 lb. sticks I'd buy in NY. I was looking at some smaller butter dishes.

Yes, housecat, the butter here in CA doesn't fit in a regular butter dish! I wonder why the difference in size? When I'm on the east coast (CT) the butter is the longer, slimmer sticks. I've also noticed they sell covered dishes the same size as a package of cream cheese, but those, too, even though they are shorter, are too low for butter.

[Silkeej]

All of my butter is refrigerated except one cube that I keep in my butter boat I purchased from QVC a long time ago. Our family uses up the butter as quick as I can clean the dish and put it back in so I don't worry about it going bad. When butter is on sale I purchase many and put them in the freezer and thaw them out in the refrigerator as I need them. I like my butter soft for pancakes, waffles and toast. I use unsalted butter for baking and that I always keep under refrigeration.

[Nightowlz]

I have a butter boat just like the one in post 15. I buy fresh butter from a local farmer. When the don't have any I buy KerryGold butter or Organic butter. I leave it in the butter boat 7-10 days on the counter. If we are not using it I will put it in the refrigerator.

[golding76]

On 2/23/2014 Brinklii said:

When I was growing up, we always left the butter out in a covered butter dish (not a butter boat). It would really melt in the summer, and we never got sick from it.

In those days though, people used a lot more butter. There were six of us in the family, so we went through it quickly.

Same in my parents' house. Butter sat out all the time on the kitchen table, housed in its covered butter dish.

[luvdoodles]

I have always kept a stick of butter in a covered butter dish in my cabinet. Nothing worse than trying to spread hard butter on toast. My mother always did the same thing. Never got sick from doing this. If it is extremely hot out, I will put it in the fridge.

[MaggieToo]

Unless I have the butter in a butter boat, it is in the refrigerator.

Growing up in CA, we had a little pantry on an outside wall that had vents in it that we kept butter and things in. It kept items cool all year round. I don't know what those types of cooler/pantries are called.

[Deadeye Daisy]

I only buy unsalted butter. Kate's for table use, Plugra for baking, Cabot for other cooking. I use a small size Butter Boat (holds half a stick) and it's out all the time. If traveling, I pop the boat into the fridge before I leave home.

When buying fresh, unsalted butter from local Amish farm, I store the pound in a 2 cup Tupperware container and leave on the counter. Stays fine for up to 3 weeks.

The ONLY reason store bakeries refrigerate fresh buttercream iced cakes and cupcakes is because they are required to do so by their corporate leaders.

[Sooner]

I'm sorry but my butter has and always will live in the fridge!

[pommom]

On 2/24/2014 Sooner said:

I'm sorry but my butter has and always will live in the fridge!

Sooner - is your nick because you live in OK? I, as well, refrigerate my butter. Here in Texas, it stays pretty warm most of the year and plenty hot from May - October.

I make my toast by placing small pieces on bread and sticking it in the oven for about 3 minutes on the "broil" setting. It is delicious!