Do You Refrigerate Butter?

[StarSong]

I grew up with butter being left out once the stick is taken out of the fridge and unwrapped,so I have always done it this way. Never had it turn rancid. I do use unsalted butter for cooking on occasion and that comes straight out of the fridge and any unused goes back in. But that`s because I don`t use it that often. A stick of salted butter left out in the butter dish seldom lasts more than a day or two in my house.

My mother refrigerated butter and it would tear the toast up, leaving a big blob in the middle. Yuk.

My MIL never refrigerated butter. I followed her glorious lead with no spoilage, food poisoning or other issues.

I never understood restaurants serving toast alongside a small dish of wrapped butter cubes on a bed of ice.

 

[Judycat]

My mother used to put a stick of butter in a glass butter dish and let it sit. I don't, I hate the taste and texture of soft butter.

 

[Ceege]

One of my food poisoning adventures also involved a restaurant - "Lucille's Smokehouse" in Woodland Hills, CA.
It can be difficult to determine what food caused the problem or what restaurant, but in my case, that was the only food I ate a couple of hours before I got sick and uh....I could tell from its appearance it was not digested. Food has to be really bad when your stomach sends it back up in the same condition as when you ate it without even starting to digest it. And a fever of 102. Plus, several other reviewers also got sick after eating there; one posted a review that included his info from the ER that described the contaminants.
After the owner read my review, he offered me a $70.00 gift card to eat there again. I said, "Uh.....no thanks."

I said, "Uh.....no thanks."
I get that. Ain't enough money, sometimes.

 

[Ruby Rose]

That's what I was thinking. Looks like HSN really wanted to sell their product. They never mentioned it turning rancid or any time limit.
Maybe I'll keep it in the fridge, & only leave some that I think I'll use that day out.
It is a great butter dish:

I have always kept my butter in the fridge (just like my Mom did) and only take out a bit at night for my morning toast. A word of caution is make sure you always buy salted butter as unsalted (as I found out) goes rancid very fast.

 

[Jules]

Going back to the family fridge in the mid 60s, there was a slightly heated section on the door for the butter. My mother only put enough on the tray for the week and it never went bad. I swear she had that fridge for 30 years and all was ok.