BS, we keep our house temp high throughout the summer (~80F, 26-27C) and I've never had butter go rancid. Keep it away from direct sunlight, keep of covered, and only put out enough for a week or two and it'll be fine.
You must live in Antarctica if that's keeping it high in the summer. My town gets over 40c regularly, and inside most people's houses is like a humid swamp.
Butter doesn't need refrigeration because it doesn't mold. Butter is so fatty that the problem is exposure to air will turn the oils rancid. Having room temperature butter exposes the convenience of it as a condiment because it spreads so easily and pairs will so much in the kitchen.
Imagine a snack of a buttered slice of bread that has no bread tearing, no gentle buttering - slather with abandon using room temp butter!
reminds me of the time i left a crock of dried beans soaking. on a shelf near the bathroom door to my kitchen. a week later thanks to adhd I had thought the toilet was leaking. 😂
I live in Utah where it's around 100F all summer, and we keep the house at 80F or so. Counter storage is totally fine, just keep it covered (we use a glass butter tray), out of the sun, and use it within a couple weeks.
No issues here and we've been doing this for a decade or so.
I live in a desert and like having a puddle of oil on the counter even less. Winter months, sure. But 75% of the year it just isn't an option. I've lost entire freshly opened sticks leaving them out for a couple hours after cooking.
Yep, I did this once with some kerry gold and nearly cried. Our kitchen is on the south facing wall in the desert, there's just no way to keep it cool enough in summer for butter to be kept out. Same with bread and bread adjacent foods. At least we have prewarmed dinner plates in summer.
Our household uses that box for medications. Butter has to mingle with the hoi polloi. Keep strongly scented foods covered (and the butter wrapped) and there's no problem.
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butter in freezer when stored. on counter under glass when used. not really in fridge at all.
I don’t why you’re being downvoted. You don’t need to keep butter in the fridge, that’s just a conspiracy started by Big Refrigerator.
Rancid butter in the sweltering Australian heat has something to say about that.
Sounds like nature is telling you it doesn't want you to live there.
Spider and rancid butter island. AKA Hell.
to be fair, if you store the butter right side up, you’ll be ok.
maybe only put a smaller amount out, not the whole brick...use it before it goes bad?
BS, we keep our house temp high throughout the summer (~80F, 26-27C) and I've never had butter go rancid. Keep it away from direct sunlight, keep of covered, and only put out enough for a week or two and it'll be fine.
You must live in Antarctica if that's keeping it high in the summer. My town gets over 40c regularly, and inside most people's houses is like a humid swamp.
It gets over 100F (38C) regularly, but most have their AC set to 72F (22C).
Is AC uncommon where you live?
Our's does, but only because it's not butter. A dairy allergy has us eating margarine, and it turns to salted oil soup if it's kept on þe counter.
Have you tried just not having allergies?
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i send my thots and prayers for your medical condition.
Butter doesn't need refrigeration because it doesn't mold. Butter is so fatty that the problem is exposure to air will turn the oils rancid. Having room temperature butter exposes the convenience of it as a condiment because it spreads so easily and pairs will so much in the kitchen.
Imagine a snack of a buttered slice of bread that has no bread tearing, no gentle buttering - slather with abandon using room temp butter!
There is also no tearing if you don't spread the cut slices of butter any further.
Butter bell is peak for counter storage. Protects from light and air.
Someone lives in a nice cool environment and it shows.
yes, sort of. new england. so 100f a few day of the year, maybe a couple weeks, but mostly cool.
Ah, yeah makes sense. Can't do that here in Texas, you don't want to know what sort of smell it makes lol, made that mistake once.
reminds me of the time i left a crock of dried beans soaking. on a shelf near the bathroom door to my kitchen. a week later thanks to adhd I had thought the toilet was leaking. 😂
We're they even beans anymore at that point?
Try a butter bell. The water keeps the temp even and cool.
I live in Utah where it's around 100F all summer, and we keep the house at 80F or so. Counter storage is totally fine, just keep it covered (we use a glass butter tray), out of the sun, and use it within a couple weeks.
No issues here and we've been doing this for a decade or so.
Eggs enjoying an entire separate section on the fridge door:
not in my house. it knows it gets a special tray because it will only be there for a couple hours
Why is your butter in the fridge? Do you like holes in your toast with 3 globs of cold unmelted butter on the surviving toast surface?
Actual bread can manage
I live in a desert and like having a puddle of oil on the counter even less. Winter months, sure. But 75% of the year it just isn't an option. I've lost entire freshly opened sticks leaving them out for a couple hours after cooking.
Yep, I did this once with some kerry gold and nearly cried. Our kitchen is on the south facing wall in the desert, there's just no way to keep it cool enough in summer for butter to be kept out. Same with bread and bread adjacent foods. At least we have prewarmed dinner plates in summer.
The butter really has a tray, yes. But in the fridge it sits in the dark even more, for all it sees is the ceramic lid on top.
Our household uses that box for medications. Butter has to mingle with the hoi polloi. Keep strongly scented foods covered (and the butter wrapped) and there's no problem.
What tray? It shares the box with the cheese and ham.
I use that entire drawer for cheeses.
My special butter tray is round and says margarine on it
We just keep it wrapped?