butter storage

[hopinlopin]

can butter be left out at room temperature instead of being refrigerated?

[puddicat]

Yes it can but its shelf life will be less, will go rancid quicker!!!

[coccinelle]

If you've got a place that's quite cool rather than your heated kitchen (this is where pantries were great years ago) you can keep it for a while before going off.

[flobadob]

Get a butter dish and keep it in a press and just keep the main block in the fridge and keep taking bits off as you need.

[heathfield]

Butter oxidises. The rate of oxidisation depends on temperature and the amount light there is. Butter keeps best when it's kept in a cool and dark place.