Karen wrote:
> "Stark Raven" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Not on the taste of room temp butter, but on consumption. One
>> contention for the butter bell was that room temp butter was more
>> spreadable, thus could be more efficient than spreading cold butter.
>> My experience with more-spreadable anything is that you end up using
>> more.
>>
>> What's the skinny here? Or not.
>>
>> --
>
> I'm a diabetic, and portion control is essential for me. I
> specifically bought the butter bell to help me use less butter. With
> the bell, I can spread a teaspoon of soft butter thinly over an
> entire slice of my low-carb toast and still get the full flavor in
> every bite. Sure beats margarine! :-)
>
> Karen

Agreed, Karen! I find, if I have to try to spread a pat of COLD butter on
bread, I'm using more because I can't get the darned stuff to spread even if
the bread/toast is piping hot. My natural tendency is, okay, maybe if I put
*more* on it LOL! With the butter bell, I use less.

Jill