ATTENTION RESTAURANTS! Butter does not need refrigeration.

[shortylickens]

Nor does it need freezing.

Stop serving me bricks with my food.


You fucking morons.

 

[sdifox]

lol you try telling food inspectors that you can leave butter outside the fridge.

 

[sandorski]

Butter should be made Fresh, at your Table...

 

[BarkingGhostar]

By a naked lady.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Butter can be left out in a cool environment for a few days but much longer than that it will go bad and it will go bad much faster as the temperature increases.

You'll know if it has gone rancid.

 

[lxskllr]

I've left butter out for weeks in the summer, not a particularly cool house, and it's been fine.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've left butter out for weeks in the summer, not a particularly cool house, and it's been fine.

Butter doesn't last that long around my house. Just make sure you clean the container before adding a fresh stick.

 

[lxskllr]

I can go either way with butter. Sometimes it goes fast, other times it sticks around awhile. I definitely clean the container between fills though.

 

[Captante]

Apparently fine provided you use it promptly

 

[snoopy7548]

By a naked lady.

With uh... fresh ingredients...

 

[BoomerD]

The OP would be here whinging if the restaurant had served him rancid butter...


(but, at least for home use, he's right. Butter, especially salted butter does not have to be refrigerated.)

 

[stargazr]

We've been using a French butter dish for several years now. Pretty cool, butter lasts much longer.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I've left butter out for weeks in the summer, not a particularly cool house, and it's been fine.

My mother used to leave butter out and it never went bad but remember butter has salts and preservative crap in it now.
I’m sure pure organic butter would spoil, also I’ve heard the fat turns rancid overtime not all at once so it begins to taste funky slowly over time.

Regarding food places if you want soft butter ask for soft butter.

 

[Leymenaide]

Fresh is best. This is a list of butter flavor issues from The USDA Standards:
Probable Causes of Certain Characteristics in Butter Flavor Characteristics -
(1) Acid - Associated with moderate acid development in the milk or cream, or excessive ripening of the cream.
(2) Aged - Associated with short or extended holding periods of butter. The holding temperature will affect the rate of development of this flavor. May also occur if high quality raw material is not properly handled and promptly processed so that the flavor loses its freshness.
(3) Bitter - Attributable to the action of certain microorganisms or enzymes in the cream before churning, certain types of feeds and late lactation.
(4) Cooked - Associated with using high temperatures in pasteurization of sweet cream.
(5) Coarse - Associated with using high temperatures in pasteurization of cream with slight acid development.
(6) Feed - Attributable to feed eaten by cows and the flavors being absorbed in the milk and carried through into the butter. Most dry feeds (like hay or concentrates), silage, green alfalfa, and various grasses produce feed flavors in butter. Silage flavor may vary in degree and character depending on the time of feeding, extent of fermentation and kind of silage.
(7) Flat - Attributable to excessive washing of the butter or to a low percentage of fats or volatile acids and other volatile products that help to produce a pleasing butter flavor.
(8) Malty - Attributable to the growth of the organism Streptococcus lactic var. maltigenes in milk or cream. It is often traced to improperly washed and sanitized utensils in which this organism has developed.
(9) Musty - Attributable to cream from cows grazing on slough grass, eating musty or moldy feed (hay and silage) or drinking stagnant water.
(10) Neutralizer - Attributable to excessive or improper use of alkaline products to reduce the acidity of the cream before pasteurization.
(11) Old Cream - Attributable to aged cream, or inadequate or improper cooling of the cream. This flavor may be accentuated by unclean utensils and processing equipment.
(12) Scorched - Associated with using excessively high temperatures in pasteurization of cream with developed acidity, prolonged holding times in forewarming vats or when using vat pasteurization. Also associated with vat pasteurization without adequate agitation.
(13) Smothered - Attributable generally to improper handling and delayed cooling of the cream.
(14) Storage - Associated with extended holding periods of butter for several months or 10 longer.
(15) Utensil - Attributable to handling or storing milk or cream in equipment which is in poor condition or improperly sanitized. (16) Weed - Attributable to milk or cream from cows which have been fed on weedinfested pastures or weedy hay.
(17) Whey - Attributable to the use of whey cream or the blending of cream and whey cream for buttermaking.

 

[JulesMaximus]

My mother used to leave butter out and it never went bad but remember butter has salts and preservative crap in it now.
I’m sure pure organic butter would spoil, also I’ve heard the fat turns rancid overtime not all at once so it begins to taste funky slowly over time.

Regarding food places if you want soft butter ask for soft butter.

Salt is a preservative, that is why you buy salted butter, especially if you're going to leave it out at room temperature all the time.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Salt is a preservative, that is why you buy salted butter, especially if you're going to leave it out at room temperature all the time.

That and taste, unsalted butter is bland like an egg without salt.
Unsalted butter is typically used for baking.

 

[JulesMaximus]

That and taste, unsalted butter is bland like an egg without salt.
Unsalted butter is typically used for baking.

That too.

My wife brought home unsalted butter once... I almost divorced her. 😉

 

[lxskllr]

I've been getting Irish butter lately. It's a bit better than commodity butter, but if money got tight, it would be my first downgrade. It isn't mind blowingly better or anything.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

That too.

My wife brought home unsalted butter once... I almost divorced her. 😉

Yeah my wife started using some unsalted butter on toast because we weren’t out of butter. She started liking it????
Why bother with unsalted butter on toast it has no taste.

 

[nakedfrog]

You want her to eat dry white toast? While you sit there with your four fried chickens?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

You want her to eat dry white toast? While you sit there with your four fried chickens?

This is how it went down.
I made some cookies and I didn’t realize I had two sticks in the freezer. New unsalted box goes into the freezer.
I use all but a tablespoon or two of the unsalted butter.
She uses that unsalted butter the next morning.
I pick up proper salted butter, she continues to use the unsalted.
Later during the week she takes a stick of unsalted butter out of the freezer.

She had a weird aversion to salt but it was mostly fixed by some bloodwork she had done and being low on iodine(?). Doctor recommended she have more salt.

 

[Kaido]

This is how it went down.
I made some cookies and I didn’t realize I had two sticks in the freezer. New unsalted box goes into the freezer.
I use all but a tablespoon or two of the unsalted butter.
She uses that unsalted butter the next morning.
I pick up proper salted butter, she continues to use the unsalted.
Later during the week she takes a stick of unsalted butter out of the freezer.

She had a weird aversion to salt but it was mostly fixed by some bloodwork she had done and being low on iodine(?). Doctor recommended she have more salt.

Yup, people need more salt, not less. The problem is we all rely on knee-jerk anecdotal information for the majority of our decisions in life:

The Salt Scam

Why Eating Less Salt is Not Really Healthy

medium.com

Whole book on it:

The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life - Kindle edition by DiNicolantonio, Dr. James . Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life - Kindle edition by DiNicolantonio, Dr. James . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Salt...

www.amazon.com

Same with fat. Eat your eggs, lard, and bacon. The real problem is excessive sugar intake:

Over 50% of America is now diabetic in some form; Type II is largely self-induced & is reversible for the majority of the population:

I haven't followed up on the latest data yet, but last I read eating less than 20g carbs per day for 9 months does the trick in most cases. Couple that with some exercise & voila! Especially since sitting apparently kills you:

There’s more evidence that sitting in your free time can kill you

Sitting more than six hour a day during your free time raises the risk of early death by 19 percent.

www.nbcnews.com

Anyway, I quit buying unsalted butter. I personally haven't found a use for it over the years. Every single recipe I've used that calls for unsalted butter has benefited from using salted instead. Good article on unsalted butter:

Stop Using Unsalted Butter

We've been told to use unsalted butter. But is there really enough salt in salted butter to make a difference? Chef Max Hull of The Chopping Block tests it

www.thechoppingblock.com

Which leads into why I preach macros so much:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/d0rxv6/muscle_growth/ezebxg9/?context=3

My current approach:

1. Eat macros, including lots of salt & fat
2. Use a strong but simple meal-prep system to make things easy
3. Use modern appliances to make things even easier
4. Profit! (literally - I saved so much money by cooking at home that I bought a Mustang lol)

TL;DR: Use salted butter & get a sports car.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yup, people need more salt, not less. The problem is we all rely on knee-jerk anecdotal information for the majority of our decisions in life:

The Salt Scam

Why Eating Less Salt is Not Really Healthy

medium.com

Whole book on it:

The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life - Kindle edition by DiNicolantonio, Dr. James . Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life - Kindle edition by DiNicolantonio, Dr. James . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Salt...

www.amazon.com

Same with fat. Eat your eggs, lard, and bacon. The real problem is excessive sugar intake:

Over 50% of America is now diabetic in some form; Type II is largely self-induced & is reversible for the majority of the population:

I haven't followed up on the latest data yet, but last I read eating less than 20g carbs per day for 9 months does the trick in most cases. Couple that with some exercise & voila! Especially since sitting apparently kills you:

There’s more evidence that sitting in your free time can kill you

Sitting more than six hour a day during your free time raises the risk of early death by 19 percent.

www.nbcnews.com

Anyway, I quit buying unsalted butter. I personally haven't found a use for it over the years. Every single recipe I've used that calls for unsalted butter has benefited from using salted instead. Good article on unsalted butter:

Stop Using Unsalted Butter

We've been told to use unsalted butter. But is there really enough salt in salted butter to make a difference? Chef Max Hull of The Chopping Block tests it

www.thechoppingblock.com

Which leads into why I preach macros so much:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/d0rxv6/muscle_growth/ezebxg9/?context=3

My current approach:

1. Eat macros, including lots of salt & fat
2. Use a strong but simple meal-prep system to make things easy
3. Use modern appliances to make things even easier
4. Profit! (literally - I saved so much money by cooking at home that I bought a Mustang lol)

TL;DR: Use salted butter & get a sports car.

If the Mustang is a sports car then my Mercedes C-class cabriolet must also, by definition, be a sports car. 😉 Yes, I've actually had this conversation with a guy I know. He doesn't think my car is a sports car.

 

[dullard]

If you need butter at a restaurant, then you are not eating at good restaurants. Sufficient butter should be cooked inside the food to begin with.

 

[sdifox]

If you need butter at a restaurant, then you are not eating at good restaurants. Sufficient butter should be cooked inside the food to begin with.

What about bread?