On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 4:09:46 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/27/2018 2:09 PM, heyjoe wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:06:14 -0500
> > in Message-ID: >
> > jmcquown > wrote :
> >
> >> You do realize you can set butter
> >> out on the counter to soften, right? It doesn't have to be hard and clumpy.
> >
> > Yah, but . . . that takes planning and waiting. In some respects, I
> > can very millenial - I want what I want - Right NOW (sometimes I even
> > begrudge the couple of minutes it takes to grill a sandwich).
> >
> >
> Leaving butter out takes no planning anf no waiting. In summer it gets
> too soft for out liking, but about 9 months of the years it just sits in
> a covered dish.

I prefer to keep it in the fridge. The effort involved in deploying
it keeps me out of a lot of trouble. Otherwise it would be buttered
toast every time I get bored, rather than saying, "Oh, that's too
much work. I'll find something to keep me busy."

Cindy Hamilton