Alan Moorman > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:20:29 -0400, "Bob (this one)"
> > wrote:
>
>>Denise~* wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:47:33 -0700, Jeneen Sommers
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>but I don't
>>>>know if remembering to change the water every couple of days is
>>>>worth having room temperature butter around.
>>>
>>> Think of haw many times you would take butter or margarine out of the
>>> refrigerator, letting it come to room temp (or nuking it) & compare
>>> that with refreshing an inch of water every 2-3 days.
>>
>>It's precisely both those little nuisances that can be avoided by
>>merely letting the butter sit out without the butter bell. (Although I
>>never either waited or nuked it.)
>>
>>The water doesn't do anything that a cover doesn't do. Covers don't
>>need refreshing. Oh, maybe a kind word now and again, but you can do
>>that from across the room. Is that too much to ask...?
>>
>>Pastorio ("Hey, butterdish, I really appreciate how you keep bugs and
>>Mister Fluffy out of my butter.")
>
> I refold the paper around the butter so it's sealed from the
> air, again. And it lasts, and lasts, and lasts. I don't
> use much, but it doesn't spoil that way.

That is WAY too much effort for me. I resent having to unwrap it in the
first place, but the paper isn't too tasty. <g>

> And it's all nice and soft and easy to spread.
> (Like some starlets, I hear.)
> (That was the obligatory on-topic subject.)
>
>
>
> Alan
>
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