On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:34:39 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>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.

When butter is left at room temperature it absorbs more off odors and
at a higher rate.