Keeping butter in a butter dish

We have two butter dishes. Used alternatively.

A pack of butter always goes in the butter dish and is kept there on the work surface until used up. If the weather is particularly warm then it goes in the fridge.
Never had a problem with it going off and could be there fora couple of weeks as only me in the house and only used for breakfast toast or an occasional scone etc.

I have always kept butter in a butter dish that stands on the kitchen counter, as butter kept in the fridge is too cold to spread.

Right now, I have a Le Creuset butter dish with lid, but previously, I had a cheap plastic one, which was equally as good, as far as keeping butter fresh, and had the added advantage that a butter loving cat could not get the lid off, as it had a rubber seal.

Now that I am alone, 200 g of butter last for a week at least, and more often for ten days, and is perfectly fresh at the end of that time.

We use the only pure butter that is spreadable . It is by Marks and Spencer and can be found in laeger stores. It can be kept in the fridge . It is made in Nortern Ireland usind a very creamy milk .

My sister uses proper butter, but had a problem as she doesn't use much at a time. I found a small butter dish in the local Quadrant ( Co-op) store that holds enough for a couple of sandwiches. So now when she gets up she cuts a lump of butter and puts it in the dish to leave out for the day's use, whilst the bulk goes straight back in the fridge. I personally use President spreadable butter, unlike others that use oils to make it softer President uses cream! It's lovely.

I use a stone butter bell which holds about half a standard pack of butter. I change the water in the bottom half every 2nd day and my butter stays usable for days irrespective of the weather. I brought mine back from France over 20 years ago after using one in the holiday rental.

I also have the stainless steel one from Lakeland, bought it many years ago. Keeps butter at perfect temperature summer and winter

I use Lurpak spreadable. It has a great taste, just like good ordinary butter.

We have 2 - they go in the dishwasher. I think that works well enough.

mae13

Butter dishes have to be scrupulously washed before placing another block of butter into - unless you want a rancid product.

I don’t think anyone has said they don’t scrupulously wash their butter dish before putting a new block in?

Obviously a butter dish police alert!

Allira

Yes, I also have the matching cheese container, also inherited from mum!

Butter dishes have to be scrupulously washed before placing another block of butter into - unless you want a rancid product.

I cut a pack of butter up in quarters each quarter lasts about two days in the dish the rest is kept in the fridge.

I have the Lakeland double steel butterdish, too. I bought it when we lived in Nigeria and it kept the butter fresh even in permanently 30+ degree temps.

Once I put a new pack into the dish it stays on the worktop until it’s all gone. I don’t really know how long that is, I’ve never taken note.

I keep butter in a stainless steel insulated butter dish I bought from Lakeland. It keeps very well even in very hot weather.

I've never liked butter, the only time I buy it is if I'm baking shortbread

My daughter gave me a ceramic butter dish, with lid as a gift. I keep half pound butter in there, the rest in the fridge

I put half a block in the butter dish.
The rest is in the fridge.
I never put it back in the fridge, (unless I'm going away for more than a weekend) it stays out till it's eaten.
Sometimes it's gone quickly, sometimes it might be as long as a week(?)

Calendargirl

Ours is in my late mum’s Tupperware butter dish. (No doubt very bad for us as it’s probably the wrong sort of plastic or something nowadays)

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I have the matching cheese container 😀

I do but only when I have a house full. Otherwise, it wouldn't get used with just the two of us, especially as I don't eat bread etc.
It's cute with a Highland Cow on it.

Yes. All the time. Till it's used up. With thick crockery butter dishes it stays cool enough in our kitchen to still need me to zap small pieces of it for immediate spreading during winter.

Indigo8

Yes. Until it is used up then I wash the covered dish and put another one in. It seems to keep OK because of the high fat content. I only refrigerate it in very hot weather.

Likewise.

Butter is a product first produced many thousands of years ago as a way of preserving milk for months and months. If it smells OK and a bit on the tongue tastes OK, then it is fine.

Mine stands on the side for weeks without problem.

Ours is in my late mum’s Tupperware butter dish. (No doubt very bad for us as it’s probably the wrong sort of plastic or something nowadays)

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Yes, always. It's a stainless steel one from Lakeland. We also have a lovely china one, complete with matching butter knife. We get this out for visitors.

In a butter dish on the worktop. The lid has broken, so I will have to get a new one, methinks.