• jana@leminal.spaceOP
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        1 year ago

        You put the butter in the bell part. The butter sticks. You then put some water in the crock and put the bell in the crock. The bell/butter displaces some water and it prevents air from getting to the butter.

        Imo it’s silly; there’s no real issue just leaving butter in a dish at room temp.

        • Halosheep@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Leaving butter out is definitely not a safe practice. Modern butter is not shelf stable and needs to be stored in the refrigerator.

          Old style butter, which had a large amount of salt as a preservative, was safe to leave out for long periods of time, but this is no longer true.