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AIBU?

To ask how you keep your real butter useable?

94 replies

SpudsandGravy · 09/01/2021 21:13

Hello all,

Following on from the yummy food worth paying extra for thread, how do those who use it keep 'real' i.e. block butter (not spreadable versions) usable? I always have some in a butter dish and I keep it out of the fridge, but for large parts of the year I can't use it for sandwiches etc.

What am I missing?

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GameSetMatch · 09/01/2021 21:43

We just leave it out in the butter dish, if it’s very cold I just slice it very thinly and put it on hot toast until it melts a little then it’s spreadable, I’ll be honest in the winter on normal bread it’s cobs of butter...

VestaTilley · 09/01/2021 21:44

In a butter dish. Ping a little bit in a microwaveable dish for spreading on sandwiches in winter, and refrigerate in the dish for half an hour etc if too warm in summer.

I’d never eat margarine now!

BluebellCockleshell123 · 09/01/2021 21:45

I use an insulated butter dish and keep it out of the fridge.

Also eat it really quickly so it never gets a chance to go off! Mmmm...real butter.

TheLette · 09/01/2021 21:46

We keep ours in the microwave which seems to keep it spreadable, not sure how! We don't heat it in the microwave, we simply keep it there when it's not in use.

B33Fr33 · 09/01/2021 21:47

In summer I only put out about 1/4 Of a block at once. The rest of the time the counter above our fridge is warmer than the rest of the kitchen. In full on winter I just use thin slices.

Diversion · 09/01/2021 21:48

In the fridge. I just slice it off the block. I do like some bread with my butter though!

ArosAdraDrosDolig · 09/01/2021 21:48

I just leave it out, doesn’t seem to be a problem.

SpudsandGravy · 09/01/2021 21:50

Some very good ideas here, thanks all! I'll definitely be trying them out.

No butter on a sandwich, btw? OMG, no... I don't want to eat sandwiches without it!

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JoeWicksSurvivor · 09/01/2021 21:51

Insulated Lakeland metal butter dish kept in the bread bin year round.

VanGoghsDog · 09/01/2021 21:53

I always have it out but I just kind of scrape at the top so you only get thin smears so it spreads OK. Admittedly it doesn't work that well on fresh bread, but just very thin slivers can be "placed" on the bread.

KihoBebiluPute · 09/01/2021 21:53

My 800kW microwave has a 10% setting. 35 seconds on 10% is just right for getting a lump of about a quarter of a packet to spreading consistency.

I can't stand fake butters or butter-like spreads. I only have butter very occasionally as it is so high cal but I would rather have nothing on my bread most of the time and butter as an occasional treat rather than stomach anything less than the real thing.

eaglejulesk · 09/01/2021 21:53

What's wrong with spreadable butter? I use it (100% butter) and it's fabulous - spreads right out of the fridge, and if you leave it out for a minute or two it's really soft. Love it, no more faffing around with trying to use non-spreadable.

CherryRoulade · 09/01/2021 21:56

Another benefit of an Aga

HerringGull · 09/01/2021 22:00

Kerrygold is softer (unless your kitchen is particularly cold). Think it's supposed to be because the cows are grass fed. We thought it was just advertising, but it does actually seem to be a lot softer!

schmockdown · 09/01/2021 22:01

Microwave for 7 seconds in this weather. This is the precise time to be spreadable and not runny. Years of practice.

schmockdown · 09/01/2021 22:02

@eaglejulesk

What's wrong with spreadable butter? I use it (100% butter) and it's fabulous - spreads right out of the fridge, and if you leave it out for a minute or two it's really soft. Love it, no more faffing around with trying to use non-spreadable.

I'm intrigued I've never seen a 100% butter that's spreadable?!

eaglejulesk · 09/01/2021 22:07

I'm intrigued I've never seen a 100% butter that's spreadable?!

Sorry - should have mentioned I'm in NZ.

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partyatthepalace · 09/01/2021 22:13

@Imaginetoday @schmockdown

Only two I've found that are just butter are MnS softer butter and President, they are whipped I think, and the air keeps them softer - and spread from fridge. Nothing like the crappy ones with oil in.

Love em.

coronafiona · 09/01/2021 22:17

I keep it in a butter dish with a lid on the side

SmartPinkShoes · 09/01/2021 22:20

I keep butter in a bowl in the cupboard - about 1/5 - 1/4 pack at a time. Only keep it in the fridge during the hottest summer days. Never had a problem. Why wouldn't you leave it out? What butter mysteries am I missing here?

ouchmyfeet · 09/01/2021 22:24

I just abandon it for the winter and use the spreadable lurpak that goes in the fridge.

When it warms up a bit I go back to proper butter

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GreenPlum · 09/01/2021 22:24

I have Kerry Gold and keep it in a butter dish out on the work top. Never a problem
That's it's not refrigerated. Prob gets eaten in 3-4 days.

MyGazeboisLeaking · 09/01/2021 22:27

Top tip - real butter for almost everything but / Flora Buttery for sandwiches - it's AMAZING.

Indoctro · 09/01/2021 22:30

I keep my butter in a dish on the kitchen counter and never had a issue with it
It's always perfect for spreading and has never gone off.

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