I either leave it out and in a pinch I'll microwave it too at low power for
1 minute or so. So, to have a contraption to keep butter soft just seems
silly.

Lynne

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2005-12-01, Bob (this one) > wrote:
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051130/...tain_butter_dc
>
> I already have one. It's called a microwave oven. Half a cube of
> refrigerated butter will become spreadable after about 18-20 secs on
> high (YMMV).
>
> nb