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"Bob (this one)" > wrote: > Melba's Jammin' wrote: > > > "Bob (this one)" > wrote: > > > >>Melba's Jammin' wrote: > >> > >>> "Bob (this one)" > wrote: > >>> > >>>>I leave butter out on my counter in a June Cleaver-looking stainless > >>>>steel covered butter dish that I bought at a yard sale. The butter > >>>>"ripens" and the flavor becomes more complex and interesting. > >>> > >>>You are SO full of shit, Pastorio!!! It's why I love you! LOL! PMP! > >> > >>Duh. Of course I am. But my butter tastes better than yours because > >>-what happens? - it ripens. I keep the backups in the fridge, but the > >>butter in use (or about to be in use) goes into the covered dish and > >>sits out. Been doing it that way forever. Spreads better, melts better > >>into the pasta, toast, nuked broccoli, etc. and the taste evolves. > >>Y'oughta try it once. No bacteriological issues, only rancidity and that > >>won't happen for weeks. > > > > > > Rancidity, etc. doesn't worry me - I grew up in one of those homes that > > the food police would shut down today. > > Didn't we all. > > > You wouldn't believe the stuff > > Mom left out. I get the spreading part, but you're not going to > > convince me about the ripening and enhanced flavor. Nuh-uh., I don't > > care WHAT Wayne says - he's as nuts as you are! "-) > > Of course there's no convincing about flavor until *after* you taste. My > question is why does it so distress you? Good point. I guess because the concept sounds absurd to me. Unbelievable, in fact. But you're right -- your it shouldn't distress me. > Try it. Put some butter out in > a covered container (glass, glazed ceramic or stainless) for a few days > and taste it side by side with the stuff in the fridge. Have others try > it, too. You know it won't hurt you. No significant bacterial action > gonna happen. What's the downside? It'll taste different. Better. Maybe will do, but you know I'd never admit to you if it does taste different. :-0) Principle. > > If you don't like the taste, use it as a, um, lubricant. Don't go there. > > No, seriously... > > Pastorio -- http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 11-19-05 - Shiksa Varnishkes. |
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