Storing butter at room temperature

thriftlady_2

Pete*G wrote: »

why not buy spreadable stuff?

Because it costs on average about £1.50 -£2 a kilo more than a simple block of pure butter.

Why complicate things with more expense, more unecessary ingredients, more processing and more packaging, more advertising?

MrsE_2

I would love a larder for things like this.
I buy spreadable & keep it in the fridge.
My kitchen is too hot in summer or winter (central heating) to leave it out. I don't like it too soft anyway.

BitterAndTwisted

My darling mother used to keep unopened packs of butter in a bowl of cold water to keep it fresh and solid in hot weather. This was back in the days before my family owned a fridge or a had proper, cool pantry. Milk was kept fresh in the same way overnight but put in a bucket somewhere in the shade

Pink.

Hi knithappens,

I keep butter in the dish out of the fridge at this time of year as the temperature in the kitchen at night is almost as cold as the fridge. In summer I pop it into the fridge. There's an earlier thread discussing this so I've added your thread to it to keep the replies together.

Pink

Apricot

I keep mine in a butter dish in the cupboard otherwise I find it too difficult to spread. I have had butter go rancid only once a few years ago when it had been left on the side in the kitchen and the weather was really warm.

alex21

Came home tonight to find DS finishing off the dishes from his romantic meal last night.
Me. Hi love, er, where's the butter?
DS. Oh, I just threw it out
Me. WHY?
DS. Mum, it had been lying out all day. yuk
Me. In a butter dish (strangled tone)

Well, is it me? Who else leaves their butter out like me? (although it goes in the fridge if the weather is warm)

kittycat204

my mother does, i would if i was using it every day, hate it when it goes a little rancid on the edges when it goes a slightly darker yellow colour. but then again it does that in the fridge too and when it does i just scrap the sides off.

Bitsy_Beans

Mine sits on the side in it butter dish. Why keep it in the fridge when it will be too hard to spread!!

freyasmum

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Mine sits on the side in it butter dish. Why keep it in the fridge when it will be too hard to spread!!

This.

I love butter - we don't use the 'm' word in this house - but it's a nuisance to spread when it's been in the fridge!

BitterAndTwisted

Alex21, your son is a fool and a wastrel. I'd be minded to get him to pay for what he's so casually chucked out. I'm shocked that a young person would imagine that good butter could go off in a matter of hours.

In this house proper butter is only used for baking and cooking: it's just too expensive for everyday use on bread round here. I use cheapo supermarket olive-oil spread instead. It doesn't compare to The Real Thing, especially on warm toast but needs must. If I was richer it would be unsalted Normany butter for me.