Does anyone not refrigerate butter? (restaurants, mild, cream, meals)

[Kaphawoman]

I've never left it out, but I had a roommate that did. I found that when left on the counter I overindulged. I'm in a studio apartment now with almost no counter space, but in my next place I will leave it out because I like the look of those cute butter crocks they sell at Sur La Table and Williams & Sonoma.

[JustJulia]

I leave mine out too. I hate trying to spread cold butter on bread.

[jtur88]

In summer, when it gets to 90 in my house, I turn on the AC set at 85. My butter has stayed out for eight years. It gets soft.

[Cdarocks]

I have butter in the freezer, the fridge and in a covered butter dish on the counter. There are daily toast and bagel eaters in the house and they like soft butter for the warm bread.

[zugor]

You might want to consider using a butter bell:

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That keeps it cooler than room temp but not as hard a when refrigerated.

[TabulaRasa]

I definitely keep some refrigerated, for baking recipes that call for chilled versus softened butter.

But daily use butter that I like spreadable stays out, in a covered butter dish. What is left out is in small enough amounts that it gets used quickly, and spoilage has never been an issue.

[MrsRosencranz]

Butter is salted not for taste but for preservation. It's been that way for hundreds of years. I always have a stick out on the counter in my butter dish. It's perfectly safe.

[SeaOfGrass]

Originally Posted by Kaphawoman

I've never left it out, but I had a roommate that did. I found that when left on the counter I overindulged. I'm in a studio apartment now with almost no counter space, but in my next place I will leave it out because I like the look of those cute butter crocks they sell at Sur La Table and Williams & Sonoma.

Originally Posted by zugor

You might want to consider using a butter bell:

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That keeps it cooler than room temp but not as hard a when refrigerated.

My mom always kept it in the fridge. I remember someone gave her one of those stoneware crocks where you stuck the stick of butter onto the lid, and lowered it into the crock/tub which had some water in it to keep it fresh or something??? Not sure, lol. Anyway, I remember thinking how bizarre and gross it seemed. Now, though, I'll take the butter dish out, one stick or under, in the morning and it stays out all day, then I put it away at night. No problems. And I usually buy salted. Anyway, that way I always have both softened and cold butter on hand (in case I feel a sudden, intense need for, say, Beurre Blanc sauce ).

[Kaphawoman]

Originally Posted by MrsRosencranz

Butter is salted not for taste but for preservation. It's been that way for hundreds of years. I always have a stick out on the counter in my butter dish. It's perfectly safe.

What if you only buy unsalted butter? Can that be left out as well?

[wordsmith680]

Originally Posted by nmnita

why would you be paranoid? We freeze ours when we buy a bunch on sale; take it out by the lb, put it in the fridge, take it out by the cube put it on a butter dish and leave it in the cupboard unless it is summer, then we have to keep it in the fridge most of the time.

This, only we don't need to refrigerate, no need to here..........