Do you leave it out?

[BvBPL]

We usually leave some out. It is helpful not just for when I want toast, but also for when I need butter for a baking application that is soft enough to spread but not melted.

 

[NickyJ]

How can you not leave out butter?

/thread.

Do I really have to state whether I leave it out or not now?

 

[NovaKart]

Oh I see. I think 10 days isn't the exact time for every stick either for when it starts to go bad, just a general timeline. For your question, I'm not quite sure. Apparently after about 10 days or so the butter begins to go sour, so I doubt it would taste very good after the intial 10 days. How long until it becomes dangerous to eat?

I dunno.



Hm, and a hot knife really works? I'll try it sometime.

I googled Last Tango in Paris.

Why would you want to do that to someone NovaKart?

I wouldn't it was a joke but it was in poor taste so I apologize for that. It is however (apart from that scene which was kind of pointless) a very good movie although not something everyone would enjoy, there isn't a great deal of plot, more about people's emotions.

 

[LucyDuke]

I would like to add that I keep the box of butter in the freezer and only move a stick to the fridge when the previous stick diminishes. I will cook with butter right from the freezer.

So I take it from the question that people actually still use butter as a spread? Interesting.

I'm surprised you find that surprising. Nothing tastes like butter, and buttered toast is still yummy.

I wish I never read this thread, especially the Last Tango in Paris bit. But anyway I keep it in the fridge so it stay fresh, plus I only ever use it on toast or crumpets, so it melts as you spread it.

What's the problem with the rest of the thread?

/thread.

Maybe you don't use enough butter to go through it before it goes bad.

Maybe you don't need it soft for your uses of butter - maybe you don't use butter at all.

Maybe you didn't know it would stay usable for very long.

Maybe you're very informed about butter durability and you've weighed your butter use frequency and prefer soft butter and still have decided you prefer keeping your butter in the fridge. What's the problem?

This isn't a MY TEAM IS BETTER THAN YOURS question like whether to wear shoes in the house. It varies based on the way someone lives their life and integrates butter into their life. You should try to be more accepting of alternative buttery lifestyles.

 

[Antilogic]

/thread.

Do I really have to state whether I leave it out or not now?

I know we use the "/thread" rejoinder around here at times, but was this really a "/thread" moment?

 

[Dachs]

I know we use the "/thread" rejoinder around here at times, but was this really a "/thread" moment?

It almost never is.

I don't leave it out, by the way.

 

[Antilogic]

That's it, the next official name of my nonexistent political organization in this cruel /thread-space is going to be the Siberian Butter Party. Butter should be chilly!

 

[NickyJ]

I know we use the "/thread" rejoinder around here at times, but was this really a "/thread" moment?

You're right. I don't know what happened. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Dumanios]

I can't think of anyone I personally know who leaves butter out.

 

[wilycoyote]

Of course, I have no problem with people discussing what they want to discuss, but how is THIS topic so popular?

 

[Dachs]

Of course, I have no problem with people discussing what they want to discuss, but how is THIS topic so popular?

I'd much rather talk about butter than about the Republican flavor-of-the-month presidential candidate or about people who can't agree on a mutually acceptable definition of obvious terms like "socialism" or "totalitarian".

 

[dIZZyBlIZZy]

I can't think of anyone I personally know who leaves butter out.

Most of my family does. I don't, but I never use it for a spread. The only purpose my butter serves is for cooking.

 

[Rulle_Kebab]

I HATE when the bread tears up cause of the hard butter, but i keep it in a jar and pull it out of the fridge 5-10 minutes before I need to spread it.
i keep some clarified butter for cooking, just melt it and separate it since we have no Ghee in regular shops and the clarified butter tastes much better when frying...

 

[Dachs]

I HATE when the bread tears up cause of the hard butter, but i keep it in a jar and pull it out of the fridge 5-10 minutes before I need to spread it.

That's a decent solution, but you might just be using too-thick slices of butter.

 

[bathsheba666]

edit: must learn to read the thread before responding to op

 

[Rulle_Kebab]

That's a decent solution, but you might just be using too-thick slices of butter.

Yeah we get it in 250g packets here, I just chuck the package into the jar and leave it. Then I scrape with a butterknife ontop of the lump. Slicing it would make it easier but I guess I am just too lazy...
Altho I am trying to cut down on butter usage in general, using it for everyday cooking and then on bread seems to be a lot and it isn't the healthiest thing in the world. I am perfectly happy just eating a loaf of good bread with a slice of nice cheese on - no real need for butter.

Apropos butter... There is now a shorage of butter in Norway. I saw that butter went for more than 100 dollars a kilo last night!!!
hehehe

 

[Camikaze]

I'm surprised you find that surprising. Nothing tastes like butter, and buttered toast is still yummy.

I'm not sure I know anyone that uses it as a spread (my grandmother used to, but doesn't anymore, and other than that I've never seen anyone use it as one). Might be an American thing.

Edit: Apparently 56% of the 97k tonnes of spread sold in Australia in 2009 was margarine, with 22% being butter, and the other 22% being other dairy blends. Given that most people would own butter, but use it in cooking, rather than as a spread, that probably means a lot of people are using margarine as a spread.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Butter on hot bread of almost any sort
Butter on untoasted raisin bread
A dab on scrambled eggs
With salt on a baked potato (or mashed)
On asparagus
Melted for artichoke dipping
On hot pasta
Sprinkled with sugar on Wonder Bread (a long time ago)

 

[kochman]

I leave unsalted butter in the fridge for cooking.

If I want something to spread, I either pour olive oil on toast, or put a dish of olive oil in the fridge to let it congeal.

Better to cook with Olive Oil too... much much better for you.

 

[MjM]

Of course, I have no problem with people discussing what they want to discuss, but how is THIS topic so popular?

It's not wildly popular, but butter is something a lot of people deal with on a daily basis, so may be able to better to relate to buttery topics of discussion.

I'd much rather talk about butter than about the Republican flavor-of-the-month presidential candidate or about people who can't agree on a mutually acceptable definition of obvious terms like "socialism" or "totalitarian".

Quoted again to answer the above question.

I HATE when the bread tears up cause of the hard butter, but i keep it in a jar and pull it out of the fridge 5-10 minutes before I need to spread it.
i keep some clarified butter for cooking, just melt it and separate it since we have no Ghee in regular shops and the clarified butter tastes much better when frying...

The bread getting torn up is often my main concern too because it takes quite a bit of force to spread the butter.

I'm not sure I know anyone that uses it as a spread (my grandmother used to, but doesn't anymore, and other than that I've never seen anyone use it as one). Might be an American thing.

Butter is an awesome spread! And the cheapest butter is usually better for you around here than the cheapest margarine. This is because margarine has trans fats usually when it is very cheap while butter only has saturated fats.