In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
(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.

Hmm, I guess that would make a difference. I do prefer my butter
to be slightly firmer than it tends to be in August, and that
might do the trick.

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