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.")