On 6/16/2012 12:03 AM, somebody wrote:
> On Jun 15, 9:12 pm, > 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?

I have a sensitive stomach and it's never bothered me. Unless this is
the cause of it all these years.