On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:54:37 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I bought one of these suckers a couple months ago and note that within a
>couple days, I'm getting something black on the inside of the water
>container and on the inside of the butter container. It's grossing me
>out and ticking me off.
>
>Whaddaya think is causing it? More, how the hell do I stop it!?
>
>Again, IAYCAA. "-)


I just went a-googling and found some mention of it....one
recommendation was to add salt to the water and another was to be
scrupulous about not letting any crumbs get onto the butter.

Are you using sweet butter or salted butter?

Boron