OT: if you get mold in your butter crock...

blasting

TEXASBGE2018 said:     It's a miracle of epic proportions. 

This ^^ cracked me up - Very high praise for a butter vessel.

caliking

blind99 said:

how about just leave the water out of the crock?  

i leave butter on my counter year round, never had any mold on it.  as a bonus, nystatin and vodka are available for their proper uses!

 Tried that a long time ago, and I think it still got moldy or rancid, so went back to adding water to the crock. 

Didn't have the same issues when we lived in the midwest, so local climate and airborne cooties are the likely culprits. 

nolaegghead

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Brisket_Fanatic said:

What happens when it gets a tad warm and the upside down crock of butter bell melts? Watery Butter? Never heard of said butter bell before and quite frankly am a little baffled. Is this a Southern thing, we just keep a butter dish on the counter.

If you keep butter in a butter dish in Texas you will have mold in about 2-3 days. The water prevents this. For a Southerner this is a game changer. I can now have easily spreadable butter on my toast without ripping through it. It's a miracle of epic proportions. I doubt unless you kept it on top of the stove that you could get it to the point where the butter would melt. Maybe so. All I know is I bought one Friday it was delivered Sunday and I am forever in butter heaven.

....and on day 3 with the butter crock, new discoveries were made, and they were loved dearly.  Until the wife came home unexpectedly early....

caliking

HeavyG said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Brisket_Fanatic said:

What happens when it gets a tad warm and the upside down crock of butter bell melts? Watery Butter? Never heard of said butter bell before and quite frankly am a little baffled. Is this a Southern thing, we just keep a butter dish on the counter.

If you keep butter in a butter dish in Texas you will have mold in about 2-3 days. The water prevents this. For a Southerner this is a game changer. I can now have easily spreadable butter on my toast without ripping through it. It's a miracle of epic proportions. I doubt unless you kept it on top of the stove that you could get it to the point where the butter would melt. Maybe so. All I know is I bought one Friday it was delivered Sunday and I am forever in butter heaven.

Do Texans not live in climate controlled houses?

 Many do, but my crib is in the 80's when we're out, and a comfy 77F when we're home. My peeps are built for heat

caliking

Brisket_Fanatic said:

What happens when it gets a tad warm and the upside down crock of butter bell melts? Watery Butter? Never heard of said butter bell before and quite frankly am a little baffled. Is this a Southern thing, we just keep a butter dish on the counter.

The butter doesn't melt to that point. Also, the water cools it a bit.

HeavyG

caliking said:

HeavyG said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Brisket_Fanatic said:

What happens when it gets a tad warm and the upside down crock of butter bell melts? Watery Butter? Never heard of said butter bell before and quite frankly am a little baffled. Is this a Southern thing, we just keep a butter dish on the counter.

If you keep butter in a butter dish in Texas you will have mold in about 2-3 days. The water prevents this. For a Southerner this is a game changer. I can now have easily spreadable butter on my toast without ripping through it. It's a miracle of epic proportions. I doubt unless you kept it on top of the stove that you could get it to the point where the butter would melt. Maybe so. All I know is I bought one Friday it was delivered Sunday and I am forever in butter heaven.

Do Texans not live in climate controlled houses?

 Many do, but my crib is in the 80's when we're out, and a comfy 77F when we're home. My peeps are built for heat

Many decades ago I used to work with an engineer who was born and raised in India. In the hot summer months we had to stop letting him take turns driving out to lunch because he would never turn on the AC in his car.

I've always been impressed (and somewhat envious) of that ability to deal with heat/humidity.

caliking

HeavyG said:

caliking said:

HeavyG said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Brisket_Fanatic said:

What happens when it gets a tad warm and the upside down crock of butter bell melts? Watery Butter? Never heard of said butter bell before and quite frankly am a little baffled. Is this a Southern thing, we just keep a butter dish on the counter.

If you keep butter in a butter dish in Texas you will have mold in about 2-3 days. The water prevents this. For a Southerner this is a game changer. I can now have easily spreadable butter on my toast without ripping through it. It's a miracle of epic proportions. I doubt unless you kept it on top of the stove that you could get it to the point where the butter would melt. Maybe so. All I know is I bought one Friday it was delivered Sunday and I am forever in butter heaven.

Do Texans not live in climate controlled houses?

 Many do, but my crib is in the 80's when we're out, and a comfy 77F when we're home. My peeps are built for heat

Many decades ago I used to work with an engineer who was born and raised in India. In the hot summer months we had to stop letting him take turns driving out to lunch because he would never turn on the AC in his car.

I've always been impressed (and somewhat envious) of that ability to deal with heat/humidity.

I can totally see that. 

Growing up, we had air conditioning in all of our cars. I can remember turning it on less than a handful of times. Just to see if it worked!

Even now, one of the things I enjoy most about visiting Kolkata is riding around the city in a rickety Amabassador taxi with the windows rolled down. 

blind99

caliking said:

blind99 said:

how about just leave the water out of the crock?  

i leave butter on my counter year round, never had any mold on it.  as a bonus, nystatin and vodka are available for their proper uses!

 Tried that a long time ago, and I think it still got moldy or rancid, so went back to adding water to the crock. 

Didn't have the same issues when we lived in the midwest, so local climate and airborne cooties are the likely culprits. 

Must be, plus the high ambient temp!  i start getting nervous when the house gets above 75...