who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround that
was ice water filled
Green square things

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from Pits09 > contains these words:

> who still uses butter dishes

me

especially the ones with a surround that
> was ice water filled
> Green square things

I don't need a cooled one in this climate. Mine is rectangular bone
china with a lid.

Janet (Scotland)

On Jan 7, 4:56*am, Pits09 > wrote:
> who still uses butter dishes *especially the ones with a surround that
> was ice water filled
> Green square things

I use a plain, ceramic, covered butter dish. No water. My kitchen is
about 70 F year round.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Jan 7, 4:56 am, Pits09 > wrote:
>> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround that
>> was ice water filled
>> Green square things

My butter dish is just plain, white ceramic with a cover.

Becca

On Wed 07 Jan 2009 07:22:49a, Cindy Hamilton told us...

> On Jan 7, 4:56*am, Pits09 > wrote:
>> who still uses butter dishes *especially the ones with a surround that
>> was ice water filled
>> Green square things
>
> I use a plain, ceramic, covered butter dish. No water. My kitchen is
> about 70 F year round.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

I have a butter bell, but I never use it. I have a half dozen or so
different kinds of butter dishes, some glass, some china, some pottery. My
favorite is one I inherited from my grandmother. It will hold 2 standard
1/4 pound sticks of butter and is made of very pale green glass. It dates
back to 1912 when my grandparents were married.

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Becca wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Jan 7, 4:56 am, Pits09 > wrote:
>>> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround that
>>> was ice water filled
>>> Green square things
>
> My butter dish is just plain, white ceramic with a cover.

Same here, plain white covered dish. I used to use and loved the
Rubbermaid covered butter keepers, but when my last one was kaput I
couldn't find a new one anywhere.

<I'm guessing that the original gmail poster was referring to a butter bell>

Pits09 wrote:

> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround that
> was ice water filled
> Green square things

I use a plain, uncovered dish that is kept in the microwave with the
door closed to protect it from a certain counter-surfing dog with the
incredible elastic extendo-neck and the prehensile lips.

On Jan 7, 11:10�am, Pennyaline > wrote:
> Becca wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> On Jan 7, 4:56 am, Pits09 > wrote:
> >>> who still uses butter dishes �especially the ones with a surround that
> >>> was ice water filled
> >>> Green square things
>
> > My butter dish is just plain, white ceramic with a cover.
>
> Same here, plain white covered dish. I used to use and loved the
> Rubbermaid covered butter keepers, but when my last one was kaput I
> couldn't find a new one anywhere.
>
> <I'm guessing that the original gmail poster was referring to a butter bell>

'Zactly... butter bells are available in many configurations.

My butter dish is clear glass with a lid with a molded in pattern, it
lives in the fridge.

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:56:12 -0800 (PST), Pits09 >
wrote:

>who still uses butter dishes

I do! Part of my china set. But in summer, I put it into a deep,
rectangular, plastic container that will catch the liquified butter
when it pools up. <G>

It really does get hot in Minnesota. Just not as hot as other places.

>especially the ones with a surround that
>was ice water filled
>Green square things

I'm curious about those.

Carol

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Kathleen wrote:
> Pits09 wrote:
>
>> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround
>> that was ice water filled
>> Green square things
>
> I use a plain, uncovered dish that is kept in the microwave with the
> door closed to protect it from a certain counter-surfing dog with the
> incredible elastic extendo-neck and the prehensile lips.

LOL that is some image

On Jan 7, 3:56*am, Pits09 > wrote:
> who still uses butter dishes *especially the ones with a surround that
> was ice water filled
> Green square things

No need, unless it's some type of upscale dining - butter at my house
sits out on the counter (in a covered dish, with no ice) all the time
because it never lasts long enough to get icky. It doesn't melt in
the summer because the house is air-conditioned.

N.

Kathleen > wrote in message
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[snip]
> I use a plain, uncovered dish that is kept in the
> microwave with the door closed to protect it
> from a certain counter-surfing dog with the incredible
> elastic extendo-neck and the prehensile
> lips.

There's a nice visual.

Yes, we use two butter Waterford crystal dishes. I normally
include the cover but didn't today. My 17-yo 22-lb tabbie
showed me just how spry he still is today by springing the
38-inch height from tile floor to tile countertop with only
minor effort. A quick sniff of the air and up he launched
himself with no click of nails or slip of paws to one of the
buttered treat. He's currently experiencing his senior moments
of, "So you see me doing something I'm not supposed to. What're
y'all going to do about it? The Bottle of Baptism doesn't
bother me anymore."

The Ranger

Ophelia wrote:
> Kathleen wrote:
>> Pits09 wrote:
>>
>>> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround
>>> that was ice water filled
>>> Green square things
>> I use a plain, uncovered dish that is kept in the microwave with the
>> door closed to protect it from a certain counter-surfing dog with the
>> incredible elastic extendo-neck and the prehensile lips.
>
> LOL that is some image

I don't have to imagine it. I've seen it many times from the large dogs
in the family. One dog got a whole pound of butter that way. It was just
home from the store, waiting to be moved into the fridge to await its
golden hour of becoming cookies and cakes... it never had a prayer.

<that dog had a neck like a flexi-straw!>

> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:56:12 -0800 (PST), Pits09 >
> wrote:
>
>>who still uses butter dishes

Plain glass one with cover that came with the fridge. Lives in the fridge
too. Stays firm, not hard, not quite spreadable, but after it sits for a
few minutes it is perfect, IMO. I don't like it too soft.

> who still uses butter dishes

I do. I have a glass one with a cover. It came from WalMart.

Pits09 wrote:
> who still uses butter dishes especially the ones with a surround that
> was ice water filled
> Green square things

Never understood why people feel the need of that sort of
butter dish. I had a wonder fake cut-glass looking dish (it
was cheap - got it at the supermaket). I loved it. It was
rectangular, just the size and shape of the stick of butter -
lid and base. I think I had it for about 20 years but it broke
recently. I tried to find a new one. Well, I didn't try that
hard - I just went to Walmart and they only had one and I didn't
have the time or energy to go all over looking for one like the
one I had.) So I bought it. It's glass and the same size and
shape. Problem is it's smooth glass and the lid is curved at the
corners and the side slightly sloped out at the bottom. It's
extremely hard to pick up the lid if your hands are dry and slippery.
Also, I always used to lay the knife on top of the lid so it would
be handy the next time I needed to cut butter. However the new one
is slightly rounded on top and the knife constantly slides off.
Grrr!

I leave my butter out on the counter in the butter dish all the time -
summer or winter. When it's really hot in the summer sometimes it
melts but I don't care as I usually use it on things where I want it
to melt anyway. If I need hard butter I just get a new stick out of
the fridge and cut off what I need. The one time I like hard, ice
cold butter is on really fresh Mancini's bread (local bakery - to die
for!). After bread is more that about 6-8 hours old I prefer to
reheat it in the toaster oven and for that I don't need hard butter.
Since I prefer all bread, rolls, muffins, etc. to be warm I hardly
ever need hard butter.

I guess I'm going to have to find a new butter dish like my old
one as the one I'm using now is driving me crazy! I hate it!
Maybe I can find one online.

Kate

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