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Wayne Boatwright
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Waiting for Report on Butter Bells
(Mark Shaw) wrote in :
> I'm still wondering why these things are necessary. I leave my
> butter out on the counter in a covered butter dish, and have
> never had any problems with that -- even during a Texas summer.
>
They're not at all necessary, Mark, but the water does seal air away from
the butter. If the butter bell is made of pottery, the combination of the
pottery and water seems to keep the butter just a bit firmer than in a
regular butter dish. Mostly, I think it's just a matter of preference.
Wayne
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