On Jun 15, 9:12*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:
>
> > My mom would also leave butter out. *Then it wasn't hard. *But I think
> > that was a health code violation. *The only time she kept butter in
> > the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
> > would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.
>
> I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. *It doesn't get
> hot enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little
> softer than I'd like.

I survived childhood eating butter left out, but later wondered if it
really would pass health code inspection. I guess all the salt in
preserves it? Still, it must get little beasties in it being left out?