"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message >
> It's not a terribly common practice here (NSW, Australia), either. Of
> course, in some cooler parts of the country it may be more likely to
> be
> done. If I leave butter out in my kitchen for several days in summer,
> unless we were to run the airconditioning most of that time, I'd end
> up
> with a puddle of butter <g>.

No fear of that here in Scotland, even with the central heating on
My butter tub lives in the bread bin alongside the bread.