To keep spreadable butter in the cupboard

[willywallaby]

Every time MIL comes round she moves the spreadable butter from the cupboard to the fridge and explains that it spreads straight from the fridge, so it needs to be kept in the fridge. Spreadable butter does not spread straight from the fridge though. None of the own brand ones do and Anchor doesn't. I don't know about Lurpak. MIL bakes all her own sourdough so maybe it spreads better on there. And it spreads okay on toast. But making a regular sandwich on supermarket sliced bread is a ridiculous experience with spreadable butter unless it's at room temp. I only keep spreadable butter in the fridge if the weather is hot enough to liquify the butter. Or if MIL has been round and I haven't put things right again.

I use president non salted spread and never put it in the fridge and nothing bad has happened, even though it isn't even salted. We also use proper non salted butter, which also sits out. We use it on toast but the spread on unsalted bread.

I only have butter that is hand churned by nomads from yaks’ milk in the Himalayas, I serve it in a solid gold butter dish that I keep at a constant 6c temperature via the use of sophisticated cooling technology. Do I win the butter game?

No, you sound cheap.

When I said nasty additives I meant loads of chemicals and e numbers, not oil, water and salt. And Country Life doesn't contain lactic cultures.

I must admit the butter snobbery on this thread has taken me by surprise.

I always keep my block butter in the fridge, as I keep all dairy products.

I'm not in the UK, buttersoft is not the brand name, just the type of butter - and yes, it is 100% spreadable butter, no oil added.

Yes, that's the one!!!

She shouldn’t be interfering! It’s not her house so not up to her.

But as it goes I think spreadable butter should go in the fridge. It’s not purely butter, I don’t think? Not sure it keeps well in the cupboard.

Thought everyone kept butter in the fridge? I’ve never known anyone to not keep it in the fridge.

Also never had issues spreading spreadable butter straight from the fridge - only proper butter I have to allow to warm before using.

What she does is irrelevant. This is not her house, so she should put it back where she found it.

Life is too short not to have real butter. It’s one of life’s pleasures.

I live in South Africa and spreadable butter has to stay in the fridge. But I guess if the ambient temperature is ok then it could stay in the cupboard. If the consistency stays ok then there shouldn’t be a problem.

I mostly use spreadable, usually Country Life, and unless you want it spread very thick (I don’t) it generally stays out of the fridge, so it spreads fairly thinly, easily. Dh never uses it so it’s just me.

According to the pack, it contains butter (50%), rapeseed oil (25%) water, salt.

Nothing else.

The butter purists count those as nasty additives. I don't.

Keep your spreadable where you like.
Your spread, your rules.

I can’t imagine why you’d need to though. When spreadable goes too soft the oil takes over the butteriness and it’s not very pleasant.
I can only assume one or maybe more of the following apply,
your fridge is actually a freezer,
your buttering technique is poor- maybe your a gouger,
you use shit bread.

Or the OP has a very cold kitchen.

Your fridge is too cold, spreadable butter in fridge, normal butter in butter dish on the side.

Here is the ingredients and info on the M&S Softer Butter. NO OIL! Never mind 50%!

I need to get myself to M and S.