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.

Spreadable butter is minging, yabu.

What's the difference between spreadable butter and margarine? I class them as the same thing?
They need to stay in the fridge otherwise they will go off.
Only actual butter can be left out.(Block butter sold in paper)

Spreadable butter is real butter blended with oil to soften it slightly.

Margarine is vegetable oil, emulsifiers, colouring etc.

Pretty sure my ds used one pack of flora a term 🤢 😂

@Noreeen I've learnt something new there!

My butter is in a covered butter dish in the cupboard. It’s used up within three days. We are all alive and well.

Get rid of marge and spreadables. They’re plastic.

Your mil shouldn’t be moved by your stuff around.

What is relevant is how salted the butter us and what the packaging says. A lot of spreadable ones do need to be kept in the fridge. Only salted butter can be kept out of the fridge unsalted should be in the fridge, the salt is the preservative. Spreadable ones have other things added to them to make them more spreadable such as oils etc and sometimes this does mean they need to be in the fridge.

There is no such thing as 'spreadable butter' OP so you are right. The spreads that come as 'spreadable', unless they are cheap marg, do not spread at cold temps.

Its ultimately oil and butter so can live quite happily in the cupboard.

Im a butter fiend, I have real butter, kept on the worktop.

Last night I was caught short and only had a new pack of butter which was from the fridge. I had to slice it like cheese and put that on top of my welshcake.

Was nice.

Clover spreads straight from the fridge, only one I’ve found that does

It's kept in a fridge in the supermarket so I keep it in the fridge - but I take it out and leave it at room temp for a short time before I use it. It only takes a couple of minutes to get spreadable, so I just get plates, bread etc. ready in the meantime.

But your MIL should mind her own business. It’s a question of principle. If you want to keep it in the cupboard, do. Tell her "Thanks, but I prefer to keep it in the cupboard so please leave it there."

With that attitude she probably does it to piss you off. Don’t blame her.

There is no such thing as 'spreadable butter' OP so you are right. The spreads that come as 'spreadable', unless they are cheap marg, do not spread at cold temps.

Yes there is, and yes they do.

The thing is OP stuff like Anchor is a very different product to Lurpak? Anchor is a margarine, Lurpak spreadable is a blended butter. They aren't the same thing?

Fat is the preservative, not the salt. There isnt enough salt in butter to 'preserve' it

Full fat and high fat products dont go off as quick. Practice with some full fat milk vs skimmed milk if you dont believe me

Last week I opened a carton of full fat milk with the use by date of 26th Dec, it was fine.

Same with low fat cheese (bleugh), goes mouldy way before proper cheese ever would.

This! Her fridge is clearly far too cold if the spreadable butter won't spread when taken out...

And potatoes...winds me up!

There isnt because a) its not butter and b) they are not spreadable from the fridge unless you want your bread ripped to rags.

What a sweetheart you are!

May you always have rock hard spread

If you by it from the shop and it's in the fridge then it belongs in the fridge. I know people's opinions on real butter differs though but yes spreadable belongs in the fridge.

You do get some marketed as softer butters with no added oil. Kerrygold I think, plus one from M&S

Me too, I gave spreadable, unless extreme heat, it’s fine!
its unclosed in a butter dish like container, tho these days often use nut butter on toast

Anchor is butter same as lurpak
The spreadable ones both have added oil

real butter, lives in a butter dish in the counter, all year, except height of summer. I don’t like spreadable butter….

Clover isn't butter, its a vegetable spread with some buttermilk added

If you want to keep it out the fridge, crack on. You’d know if it was off. She should let you run your own house. I feel like everyone is suggesting you are unreasonable for buying spreadable butter but that wasn’t your question.