Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
:

> On Sun 20 Nov 2005 01:42:28a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Rhonda
> Anderson?

>> If I did want spreadable butter in summer, I'd have to try the butter
>> holder with the water like Jill has, and see if that worked. On the
>> plus side, except in the coldest weather, it doesn't really take too
>> long for butter to soften enough for creaming when baking cakes.
>>
>> Rhonda Anderson
>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>>
>
> Yes, the butter bells do keep it firmer. We keep our home
> air-conditioned to 70-72 degrees in the summer, so butter left out is
> not a melting problem.
>

Wayne, do you mean that your air-conditioning runs all the time, even when
you're not home?

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia