Keep butter fresh without your refrigerator

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Keep butter fresh without your refrigerator

by Patricia Mayville-Cox (Subscribe to Patricia Mayville-Cox's posts)
Sep 2nd 2008 @ 11:04AM

Filed under: Food

I'm always asking my mom to tell me stories of growing up on a family farm. One of things that fascinates me is that they did not have a refrigerator. She says that they really didn't need one. They had fresh milk every day from their own cows, fresh eggs from their chickens, fresh fish from the sea right outside their window, and some dry and preserved items to round things out. And of course, butter and cheese, well, those would last a while even without any refrigeration.

The Glass Butter Crock from Gaiam can keep butter fresh at room temperature for weeks, so it's always ready to use, unlike block-hard butter straight out of the refrigerator. According to Gaiam, just fill the serving dish with a stick of butter, and fill the base with water. Invert the dish of butter into the base and the water will seal out oxygen that causes rancidity.

Available from Gaiam for a reasonable $14.

Has anyone ever used one of these? How did it work for you?

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9-02-2008 @ 12:10PM

Justin M said...

My mother-in-law uses one like this. She isn't dead yet.
I've been looking to get one for a while. Thanks for an idea for where to do that.
As a side note. These butter holders make much more sense if you actually use butter with most meals. They are totally safe, but you need to be able to kill off a stick of butter within about 2 weeks. If you do, then it is great being able to actually spread soft butter.

9-02-2008 @ 3:49PM

cheaplikeme said...

I use the "butter bell," and blogged about it a while back - http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/in-with-the-butter-out-with-the-butter-tubs/.

Butter does stay fresh for a while in the winter. In the summer, I've not been using mine, because it goes bad faster than we use it. Other than that, I love it.

9-03-2008 @ 8:19AM

ryan said...

It could be that my mom would always use about half a stick every day just for herself, but I never had any problems at my house with butter going bad. Always had a stick of it in the cupboard ready to spread!

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