https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 06:11:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571949 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:17:14 +0000 tororojo 571949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a glass butter dish that we leave out on the counter. It holds a stick at a time and we've never had butter go bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571366 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:48:10 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 571366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I leave it out, but only a 1/4 cup or so, the rest is in the fridge. Just don't leave out more than you can eat before it goes bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571363 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:45:42 +0000 chopsuey 571363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep it in the fridge! When I serve butter with bread or bake cookies I'll leave it out so it can get to room temp </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571346 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:25:02 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 571346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The butter is kept in the fridge, but if I want it softer before use I just take it out while I prep the rest of the meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571344 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:22:47 +0000 ninja 571344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, butter is always left in a dish in the cupboard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571298 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:29:49 +0000 softcream 571298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>when we're on a buttered bread kick, we'll leave out a stick of a butter in a covered wooden butter dish. it stays good for at least 2 or 3 weeks, depending on ambient temperature. readily soft butter is so much nicer for spreading. we keep the rest of the butter in the fridge for cooking and storage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571286 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:19:36 +0000 BSB 571286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we don't. We usually have a tub of spreadable margarine so we don't need to leave butter out.</p> <p>I do like those butter crocks. Maybe I'll get one some day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571283 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:16:04 +0000 Mrs. Chalk 571283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We primarily keep it in the fridge, but will put half a stick or so in a covered butter dish on the counter. It makes life so much easier when all you want is to butter a slice of toast without being aggravated. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571281 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:10:18 +0000 ineebee 571281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had NO idea you could just leave butter out! I'm totally doing that now!! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571272 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:00:43 +0000 nana87 571272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>in the fridge. we rarely use it except when cooking/baking so it doesn't matter if it's hard. (also, we don't have a toaster or toaster oven; maybe if we did we would use it! ahh the annoyances of living in an nyc apt with limited countertop space...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571261 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:42:52 +0000 MrsH 571261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: too funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571186 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:39:26 +0000 DigAPony 571186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We leave one stick out in a covered butter dish. It would take quite a while to go bad, and it would be very obvious if it was rancid (it would smell and taste terrible), so I don't worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571183 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:33:38 +0000 MrsTiz 571183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never leave it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571182 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:31:54 +0000 anbanan15 571182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Believe it or not but we never regularly have butter in the house or a butter substitute! If we did it would be in the fridge.</p> <p>Onetime DH wanted boxed mac and cheese that requires butter and we had to use yogurt lol since we forgot we don't have butter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571171 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:22:02 +0000 Ash 571171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: lol! So true! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-571126 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:48:43 +0000 Reese 571126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We leave it in the fridge.. but this thread reminded me of this and the bane of my existence </p> [attach=3040/13/midr17.305x600.Buttah.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570944 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:22:20 +0000 sorrycharlie 570944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we leave it in the fridge. I mainly use it for cooking or baking, we don't really spread it. if we need to, I usually melt it and add a bit of garlic :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570929 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:11:10 +0000 dagret 570929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only leave salted butter out in a covered butter dish and we always use it up before it goes bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570920 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:07:19 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 570920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't. i just try to take it out of fridge an hour or so before i plan to use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570918 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:06:43 +0000 sandy 570918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I leave my butter out in a covered butter dish and it has never gone bad. It's pretty mild weather in the seattle area though and we use up the butter pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570915 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:04:14 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 570915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: that's what my MIL has. </p> <p>We keep ours in the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570914 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:02:28 +0000 Grace 570914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put a half a brick out and the rest in the fridge. Sometimes it does go bad, but what is nice is that it goes rancid and it's very easy to tell. You will never accidentally eat bad butter. Plus, it takes weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570912 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:59:11 +0000 sera_87 570912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leave it out in the cupboard. It takes a long time to go bad &amp; is always gone before it gets to that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570908 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:52:20 +0000 BananaPancakes 570908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep most of it in the fridge, but keep a butter bell on the counter for spreadable butter anytime. </p> <p><a href="http://www.butterbell.com/white-retro-matte-butter-bell-crock-by-l-tremain_414874_11/#axzz2LAjpBCUb" rel="nofollow">http://www.butterbell.com/white-retro-matte-butter-bell-crock-by-l-tremain_414874_11/#axzz2LAjpBCUb</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570897 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:45:51 +0000 mrskc 570897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always left it out in a butter dish. Have never had it go bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570896 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:44:33 +0000 travelgirl1 570896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put the stick we're using in a butter dish, covered, out. The other three sticks stay in the fridge until they're needed. Hard butter is just an extra obstacle in the morning : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570831 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:35:50 +0000 apis 570831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fridge, definitely, but my grandparents would leave the butter out in a covered butter dish. I don't know if it went bad, because there were too many people around and eating for any butter to remain there for very long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570818 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:24:31 +0000 Bao 570818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep it in the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570815 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:19:45 +0000 MrsBrewer 570815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never put it in the fridge I always leave butter out in room temperature just in a regular butter dish. I've never had butter go bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-your-butter-out#post-570788 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:40:45 +0000 ineebee 570788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looove butter! I leave it in the fridge, and then cut a few thin slices before I toast my bread. Within 5-7 min, the butter is soft enough to spread! </p>