@@iwishiwasthomasshelby you think they just leave the butter as a decoration? It's to keep the butter soft so you can have nice butter while keeping it fresh since soft butter is a higher temperature so bad bacteria doesn't grow and it does go bad.
I have left my butter out on the counter for decades in a regular butter dish. It has never gone bad, unless it got contaminated with food from a knife.
Hahaha. Yeh I am thinking how you’d probably have to change the water out regularly to prevent mold/mildew in water, riiiight?!? 🤷🏼♀️ I thgt the same thing… “Could work but then “Into the fridge, butter!” Lol Work smarter, not harder!
How about somehow stumbling through 69-- nearly 70-- years without ever even hearing the words butter and bell in the same sentence??? They ain't lying when they say you're never too old to learn! Happy birthday to me!!!
OMG I did something like this! I had a marble meat pounder thingy that I had on a shelf in the living room because I thought it was a sculpture 🤣😂 My mom called me out!!
@@kwhatten Not really, maybe if it's too hot but overall it's just fine outside without water. But on the other side... At least in Europe I doubt that the butter stays longer than week cause it's used a lot.
@@kwhatten nope. I used to think that. We use butter too much in my household that it doesn't stick around for long, but I've been doing it this way for 15 years and I have never gotten sick or had any issues whatsoever.
I just leave the stick of butter out on the counter with no precautions. It’s never been a problem but it’s also never been around for more than a week. Butter and olive oil are my two main cooking fats so they go fast.
These are great, I like to find them in thrift stores cause new they're about 25-35 depending on design or where it's sold. Important thing to note: You must change the water every 2-3 days, you can go a bit longer if you use distilled, it takes 1/3 cup. Make sure you also do not leave crumbs in it which will also increase likelihood of mold. And if you don't want to dirty a utensil to fill it in like myself, just make sure the butter is softened and press one end directly into the top of the bell and using the wax paper, press it down firmly until the sides expand. You can use the wax paper to press smooth it in more.
Love my butter bell. I've used this method forever. Even before we had an actual butter bell my mom taught me a way to do this. A tea cup with the butter and place upside down on a small bowl with a little salt water in it. I got my first butter bell about 2 years ago and I just love it. But to be honest I still use my little blue tea cup and bowl my momma gave me for my butter more often than not 🥰
@@screamingopossum7809 I think butter doesn't even have enough water in it for any mold or bacteria to grow. It should last a few weeks or more with no issue
@@jharris9898 depends on how hot your kitchen is. If you've got central air and your area isn't particularly humid then it can go longer. also depends on if you salted the water. Salted water lasts longer. I tend to switch the water in mine like every 3 days depending on how hot its been and what the water looks like
If the room is too warm, the butter will slide out of the bell and just be sitting in the water when you remove the bell.... happened to mine a few times before giving up on it.
I’ve always stuck it in the fridge. I was traumatized as a child when my parents had my uncle move in and brought ants and roaches with him. Eventually my parents got the pest under control but we never left anything out ever again
I think it depende on the country. Mine's too hot, I think nobody here leaves the butter out of the fridge. I'd love to, tho. Love butter, hate rock-solid buttwr
@@AngieGandalf6 I've seen butter graters on aliexpressor you could slice off a sliver with a thread knife. Not ideal but it gets softer a lot faster, I do it like that in winter and I'm tempted to buy the butter grater for next winter
@@dirtabd What? Butter is mostly fat and has low water content (you get bacteria from *moisture*). That’s common sense. You don’t keep your oil in your fridge, do you 😂
Salted is fine out of the fridge, covered... up to 2 weeks (high fat, low moisture, salt as a preservative). Unsalted is better refrigerated, or used quickly, if left out.
According to the USDA, butter is safe at room temperature. But if it's left out for several days at room temperature, it can turn rancid causing off flavors. The USDA does not recommend leaving it out more than one to two days.
That's a handsome butter bell, and a good video. I now keep my butter in a plastic storage container with a snap-on lid. I swap containers every week or so, for cleaning. Where I live, butter will go sour in a couple of weeks. I make some butter into ghee. It keeps a long time and is great for cooking.
I remember Gran used to have this. We got butter that stays soft enough to be spreadable and can be stored in the fridge now a days in my country. Fun reminder of lunchtimes at Gran from watching your short vid.
The water wont rise inside of the cup as you use the butter. Take an empty cup and hold it upside down and put it in water. Does the water go higher inside the glass?
🤣🤣🤣😂 I always used a covered butter dish which my ex thought was ridiculous. It keeps the cat from licking the butter I said. After we were married I stopped eating his butter left uncovered on the counter and used the butter in the fridge. He insisted I was mistaken until he came around the corner one day and there was HIS cat sitting on the counter kicking his butter stick! I didn't look up, only answered "hummm, what cat?" He used a covered butter dish after that🤣😂😂
My old cat had a really disgusting habit of licking all around the cover of the butter dish and eventually found a way to knock it off to lick the butter stick. It was so gross lol but I miss that nasty cat haha
There are different versions that use more water to keep them a little cooler. I've only had my butter melt out once when someone accidentally set it by a windowsill
I have one on my boat it gets very hot so I keep it in a cool place which is actually under the counter closer to the water line and I've never had it melt and I've been all kinds of places and the boat gets really hot so far so good and I do you sea water
My grandma use to have a Butter Bell. I had forgot about them. I was happy to be reminded and I think I’m going to look for one. I remember having soft creamy butter for bread, pancakes, waffles and so much more🌹Thank You
You have to change the water every 2-3 days max or else you risk mold. You can let it go a little longer if you use distilled. Also making sure there's no crumbs left in it is the best practice.
Today I learned that people really keep their butter on the counter. Initially I was horrified... I don't eat a lot of butter and firmly believe that dairy products belong in the fridge. I looked it up though and learned some cool things. 1. According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), while most types of bacteria would be able to survive on unsalted butter, there is only one type of bacteria that can survive the conditions of salted butter 2. Most butter is made with the expectation that people WON'T refrigerate their butter. 3. Butter DOES go bad, but it depends on multiple things in it's environment, especially exposure. While rather resistant, butter can go rancid or oxidize after a few weeks but it can also last for months.
@@2Skinny you know when you have a basin of water, stuff a paper ball or tissue ball into a cup (make sure it doesnt fall out when you turn it over), dip the plastic cup into the basin upside down, and somehow the paper isnt wet?
I've always wondered why would the butter go bad. My butter has never gone bad out on the counter, even in the summer. It never did as a kid either, grandma kept the butter in a container in the cupboard. Never had rancid butter ever. I don't know if anyone I know had butter that did. It's not usually a subject of conversation lol Hey Sally how's your butter been, mine keeps going bad. What's your secret? Then like a commercial she pulls a butter bell out from underneath the table were sitting at and tells me all the virtues of the butter bell. I smile, tell her thank you then next shot the delivery man is delivering my butter bell and I'm happy forever since my butter will never go bad again. End scene. Maybe if you didn't have air conditioning your butter would go rancid but I'm almost 54 and have never had unfresh butter.
I know, but you think it’s a good idea to store butter outside instead of in the fridge. That’s what I don’t get. To me that’s is not delicious. I dislike warm butter and prefer it cold (also, to me that makes it fresh and I don’t find it fresh when it’s been outside and warm 😅 just how I feel about it.
You can just leave it out on the counter in some dish that covers it with a lid. Less work then the bell and keeps it fresh for around a week/week and a half...
Do you have to change out the half an inch of water when your butter is out for 2-3 weeks?? That just sounds gross to me.. but I don’t know much about butter being in room temperature!
We are in Coffs Harbour and never refrigerate our butter ever. Sits in the pantry in a normal Tupperware container. Will last a couple of weeks, but ours rarely makes it that long before being consumed.
@@worleybirdfilms I'm in Ballina and I just leave my spreadable butter in its original container on the counter. I've had it melt, but never actually go bad... it can take me weeks to finish one container since it's only me using it.
I love my butter bell so much! I will admit I don't ever put water though. My mother left butter (both salted & unsalted) on the table for decades with no problems whatsoever.
Even though it doesn’t look bad or taste different, butter that is left out quickly becomes rancid and you might have no idea you’re eating rancid butter but your body does! Rancid or partially rancid fats are very bad for your health
@@p1nkfreud your tongue is actually incredibly sensitive to rancid fats. Even so it’s not even the fat that goes rancid in butter first. Butter is usually too high fat for substantial bacterial growth (what usually causes fat to become rancid, though even if sterilized fat will naturally degrade over longer spans of time) because fat is pretty hostile to microbes in large concentrations. However, wild penicillium usually takes root within 1-2 months depending on environmental conditions. The flavor is unmistakable as well. It tastes like blue cheese. Since some strains of penicillium are safe and some are extremely toxic, it’s better to avoid eating butter that’s developed this flavor. Usually you won’t see blue or green marbling because (again) fat is naturally anti microbial and the mold usually develops slowly enough that you’ll notice the flavor long, long before the mold matures to the extent of having visible fruiting bodies.
It doesn’t make a difference what temp your house is, the water I beleive is there for both a seal against air as well as water has a high specific heat meaning it takes a lot of temperature difference in the outside to make a noticeable difference on the inside
@@tommyekelly4413 I see. I haven't seen it being sold in our malls here in the Philippines. I wondered if I use it, it might just melt along with the water because of the weather here. We don't have AC.
@@janmae19 ohh maybe there’s a difference? I mis understood your question, I thought that you were thinking the butter would become too hard with ac or something I live in the us and my house is usually between 69-75* depending on time of year so that might mean something
@@tommyekelly4413 Oh wow! The coldest we experience in my area is around 80° only. It could be a weather in our mountainous areas but not in the cities where I grew up. I really want to try it because I love butter!
I have a vintage one it was white originally with a blue line on top of bell top and blue stripe around the bottom. It has aged into a lovely beige the blue hasn't changed. I love mine a lot! Good hunting!!!
This looks great; I was wondering about that dish every time I saw you use it! Like other commenters, I've been able to leave butter on the counter generally without issue but have noticed it can go stale if you don't use it quickly enough. This seems great to prevent that since there's much less air in this dish! Thanks for the video.
I’ve never had my butter go bad by keeping it in a regular butter dish on the counter. I do the same with my eggs they don’t go bad. I feel like this is super cute but unnecessary.
In Europe eggs aren’t even stored in the refrigerated section so it should be fine…and I just take my butter out 5 mins before I eat it from the fridge and it’s fine this puts it in contact with water and I don’t like that (not that it’s bad or anything I just don’t personally like it)
Butter does not need to be refrigerated in the USA. You also don't need to use water. Butter can sit out on the counter and it does not go bad. Lots of pretty butter storage containers on Amazon if you just want a decorative container. Mine was less than ten dollars. Butter is only refrigerated by manufacturers and stores because it's easier to transport and keeps it from melting.
I remember my grandmother used to keep her butter out on the dining room table all the time and it never went bad. Today's butter starts molding a couple of days of keeping it out.
Bad news friend: memaw was using margarine, aka fake butter made with vegetable oil. Real butter on the counter would absolutely spoil in a week or two unless it was salted, and then it would last about a month.
I always heard using salted water in the butter bell was best for keeping it fresh since salt helps inhibit bacterial growth.
I heard the best way to keep Butter fresh is just to ducking use it
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@@buttercupcakey that happens sometimes 🤷🤷
@@iwishiwasthomasshelby you think they just leave the butter as a decoration? It's to keep the butter soft so you can have nice butter while keeping it fresh since soft butter is a higher temperature so bad bacteria doesn't grow and it does go bad.
@@buttercupcakey sometimes comments don't need a response but yeah sometimes it is sus
I have left my butter out on the counter for decades in a regular butter dish. It has never gone bad, unless it got contaminated with food from a knife.
Yes this just keeps it fresh a lot longer if you don’t through butter super quick!
I hope the “decades” part was sarcasm.
@@letsjustdirtbike nope I just basically commented the same thing. Just don't do it with fresh homemade butter
Doesn’t this depend on where you stay? I can imagine butter stays good for longer in a place with lower temperatures than somewhere tropical
@@anmolgandhi9835 I live in tropical country and butter gone bad in just a week or less outside fridge 💀
Am I officially an adult now because I got so excited to see this exists?! Wow a butter cup!
Can you buy a butter cup
I'm getting to know only now that butter cup is an actual word and not merely a character's name from the Powerbuff girls. 😬 #adulting
I know I went whaaaaat? 😄
@@mkat508 Buttercup is also a flower
I would say it means you may be younger than you think lol, this has been around for a while, should be nothing new to you but🤷♀️
Fantastic, clear, with pleasant voice, instructions. Thank you.
I like hard butter. Biting into it is divine. With honey especially on bread
Me: interesting....
Also me: *throws it in the fridge*
Same. I always put the butter in the fridge. Don't need a special container or water. I never had problems with conserving the butter in fridge
Hahaha. Yeh I am thinking how you’d probably have to change the water out regularly to prevent mold/mildew in water, riiiight?!? 🤷🏼♀️ I thgt the same thing… “Could work but then “Into the fridge, butter!” Lol Work smarter, not harder!
Same … ion know nothing about that leaving it onna counter madness
@@itizal Its only because it stays softer. If you prefer it in the fridge, thats fine.
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I'm sold lol. Never seen or heard of this in my 25 years of life -- my Amazon cart is calling!
I'm 47 and I've never heard of it either🙂
32 never been aware lol
How about somehow stumbling through 69-- nearly 70-- years without ever even hearing the words butter and bell in the same sentence???
They ain't lying when they say you're never too old to learn!
Happy birthday to me!!!
27 and never heard of this, but I'd rather store my butter in the fridge because I don't go through my butter nearly quickly enough
@@infonimfo Happy Birthday! 🥳🎂
Have a beautiful day!✨
(I hope it’s not too late😅)
I've been using mine as a change collector because I didn't know what it was lol
Oh isn't that the best? Learning the use of something you own
Wait u didnt know what better is?
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What a millennial thing to do 😂 i would have done the same
OMG I did something like this! I had a marble meat pounder thingy that I had on a shelf in the living room because I thought it was a sculpture 🤣😂 My mom called me out!!
There is a wonderful shop in Salado Texas called Mud Pies Pottery. The owner/artist makes these, hand thrown and glazed. Beautiful work.
We have just a ceramic plate with a ceramic bowl on top and it'll last a month just fine
Your method requires refrigeration.
@@kwhatten Not really, maybe if it's too hot but overall it's just fine outside without water. But on the other side... At least in Europe I doubt that the butter stays longer than week cause it's used a lot.
@@kwhatten nope. I used to think that. We use butter too much in my household that it doesn't stick around for long, but I've been doing it this way for 15 years and I have never gotten sick or had any issues whatsoever.
But it gets more yellow that way
@@cassie.minimalist At first it changes colour cause it changes temperature, it need to lay much longer to start getting bad or anything.
Salted butter lasts on counter for quite awhile. I just use my ceramic butter dish.
I have a ceramic pig butter dish and when I clean it I have an old Tupperware butter dish I alternate with.
I have an antique version of this… and I’ve been trying to figure out what the heck it is for YEARS!!! THANK YOU!!!
Wow, you're so lucky!
Lol8
😂👌
I just leave the stick of butter out on the counter with no precautions. It’s never been a problem but it’s also never been around for more than a week. Butter and olive oil are my two main cooking fats so they go fast.
You are an awesome teacher.
These are great, I like to find them in thrift stores cause new they're about 25-35 depending on design or where it's sold. Important thing to note: You must change the water every 2-3 days, you can go a bit longer if you use distilled, it takes 1/3 cup. Make sure you also do not leave crumbs in it which will also increase likelihood of mold. And if you don't want to dirty a utensil to fill it in like myself, just make sure the butter is softened and press one end directly into the top of the bell and using the wax paper, press it down firmly until the sides expand. You can use the wax paper to press smooth it in more.
Love my butter bell. I've used this method forever. Even before we had an actual butter bell my mom taught me a way to do this. A tea cup with the butter and place upside down on a small bowl with a little salt water in it. I got my first butter bell about 2 years ago and I just love it. But to be honest I still use my little blue tea cup and bowl my momma gave me for my butter more often than not 🥰
I've always just put mine in the fridge
Same I'm like wtf 😩
Same. In fact the freezer
As you should. Butter has milk in it so i definetly wouldnt recommend keepin
it in a warm place like the counter..
Same lol
We always stored ours out on the counter, no bell, no bad.
Whether or not you realized it - you were eating rancid butter.
@@p1nkfreud No, they weren’t. It tastes completely normal… you would definitely know if your butter was bad…. There’s no guessing with bad butter.
@@p1nkfreud no, no you're not!
@@p1nkfreud Nope. If you let your butter go bad by sitting it on the counter you ain’t using it fast enough.
@@screamingopossum7809 I think butter doesn't even have enough water in it for any mold or bacteria to grow. It should last a few weeks or more with no issue
I found a beautiful L. Tremain cobalt blue butter bell at goodwill for $3! I’ve had it 5 years now and love it.
I love butter so much.
Thank you USDA and pasteurization. You both keep us safe from ourselves.
@Harmonix it's science, sorry you don't know about it.
@@arlee8308 lol chill
@@whatever3145 I'm good. Stay in your lane.
Lol. Thank you USDA for telling us absolutely garbage facts about health and nutrition 😂
Wonder if the antivaxers are also anti-pasteurizers?
One of my family members used one of these apparently they never cleaned it and when I was using it I noticed mold in it and the butter was soured.
You gotta clean those every time it empties and you gotta change the water out every week
@@lauraklabe2259 wtf more like every day
@@jharris9898 depends on how hot your kitchen is. If you've got central air and your area isn't particularly humid then it can go longer. also depends on if you salted the water. Salted water lasts longer. I tend to switch the water in mine like every 3 days depending on how hot its been and what the water looks like
Eww. I would think it needs to be cleaned after the butter runs out each time.
@@childofgod269 it does... Idk how someone wouldn't realize that
Never heard of this, thank you!
If the room is too warm, the butter will slide out of the bell and just be sitting in the water when you remove the bell.... happened to mine a few times before giving up on it.
I've never heard of this thing in my life. That's why I love RUclips. You learn something new every day
I’ve always stuck it in the fridge. I was traumatized as a child when my parents had my uncle move in and brought ants and roaches with him. Eventually my parents got the pest under control but we never left anything out ever again
When you say 'got the pest under control' are we talking about your uncle or the roaches ?
@@tonray9395 you caught that too huh 🤣🤣😍😍
It gets a funny taste in the fridge to me
I know what you mean shit sucks
Why is it always an uncle that comes and destroys the peace for life? 🤦🏻♀️
I have one of these. Love it! I buy real butter and I’m able to keep it soft!
Butter doesn’t go bad if left on the counter, it lasts a long time actually you just have to cover it.
I think it depende on the country. Mine's too hot, I think nobody here leaves the butter out of the fridge.
I'd love to, tho. Love butter, hate rock-solid buttwr
@@AngieGandalf6 I've seen butter graters on aliexpressor you could slice off a sliver with a thread knife. Not ideal but it gets softer a lot faster, I do it like that in winter and I'm tempted to buy the butter grater for next winter
Good way to grow bacteria. Likely the cause of those stomach issues and diarrhea you experience.
@@dirtabd What? Butter is mostly fat and has low water content (you get bacteria from *moisture*). That’s common sense. You don’t keep your oil in your fridge, do you 😂
Salted is fine out of the fridge, covered... up to 2 weeks (high fat, low moisture, salt as a preservative).
Unsalted is better refrigerated, or used quickly, if left out.
According to the USDA, butter is safe at room temperature. But if it's left out for several days at room temperature, it can turn rancid causing off flavors. The USDA does not recommend leaving it out more than one to two days.
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I keep my butter in a takeaway plastic tub on the counter , does the job fine, 😀🇬🇧
Wow this is new to me, i always stuck it into the refrigerator :)
I guess its for people who wants room temp butter cuz i also just keep it in the fridge and it lasts months
Me too !
Same like I know it can be left out it is just feels weird to me to have it out
This is normal and this is correct
@@LtgOperator true, but that's a lot more work, also hard to get right if you need softened butter for a recipe because I tends to melt
I love the little ringing sound it makes when it's pulled out of the one part. Cute lil butter bell ❤️
But how do you refill it? Do you have to wait until it's completely empty?
Also do you need to add more water as you use more butter?
She has such a cute voice.
WOW. I had no idea. This is fantastic!!
The butter bell is great I use salted butter, love it so much bought one for my brother, sister, and Aunt.
Never in my life. I learned about this today and I just ordered one! Thank you. ♥️
Make sure to only use salted butter, you cannot use unsalted butter like this.
Same! ☺️
@@RiRyn27 If you use unsalted butter, you can put a pinch of salt in the water 🙂
Sooo, with the butter bell, the butter should NOT, touch the water?
Never heard of a Bbell, until recently. Just asking, to confirm. Thanks😊
That's a handsome butter bell, and a good video.
I now keep my butter in a plastic storage container with a snap-on lid. I swap containers every week or so, for cleaning.
Where I live, butter will go sour in a couple of weeks.
I make some butter into ghee. It keeps a long time and is great for cooking.
Hey...am in love with your pepper grinder please share a link for that grinder if you have it
Ty! It’s from Areaware :)
@@hailscatalano thankyou...love your content
Awesome!! I have been looking for ways to keep my butter wet , spoiling faster is just an added bonus!!
How do you prevent the butter from getting all wet???
Butter won't get "wet" because fats and water don't mix.
Never used one of these. I've been keeping butter on the counter in a dry butter dish my whole life and never lost any butter to mold.
I remember Gran used to have this. We got butter that stays soft enough to be spreadable and can be stored in the fridge now a days in my country. Fun reminder of lunchtimes at Gran from watching your short vid.
So, my question is, as you're using the butter for you continue to add water 💧 🤔
The water wont rise inside of the cup as you use the butter. Take an empty cup and hold it upside down and put it in water. Does the water go higher inside the glass?
Finally, a product that will keep my cats from licking the butter!
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🤣🤣🤣😂 I always used a covered butter dish which my ex thought was ridiculous. It keeps the cat from licking the butter I said. After we were married I stopped eating his butter left uncovered on the counter and used the butter in the fridge. He insisted I was mistaken until he came around the corner one day and there was HIS cat sitting on the counter kicking his butter stick! I didn't look up, only answered "hummm, what cat?" He used a covered butter dish after that🤣😂😂
My old cat had a really disgusting habit of licking all around the cover of the butter dish and eventually found a way to knock it off to lick the butter stick. It was so gross lol but I miss that nasty cat haha
I use a spray bottle with water in it to keep the cats off the counter. They eat plastic and things. I don't want them to get sick.
Nice! I'll be on the lookout for one of these now that I know they exist.
Yassss!!! The best thing ever. And if anyone says. “won’t the butter go bad?” You, kind human, don’t eat enough happiness on the regular
But is the butter wet when you remove it? Does it ever fall out when it's upside down?
If I did that in Australia it’d end up as oil in Summer.
Lol same in the Philippines
There are different versions that use more water to keep them a little cooler. I've only had my butter melt out once when someone accidentally set it by a windowsill
I have one on my boat it gets very hot so I keep it in a cool place which is actually under the counter closer to the water line and I've never had it melt and I've been all kinds of places and the boat gets really hot so far so good and I do you sea water
India also 🤣
Same in Singapore 😆😆
I saw this dish on another one of your vids….thank you for this insight 🙏🏽💜
Refrigerator and it stays fresh for at least 2 months
But it's not soft enough to spread lol
Personally, i just mix it with honey - honey butter. Stays pretty good for a week, too.
My grandma use to have a Butter Bell. I had forgot about them. I was happy to be reminded and I think I’m going to look for one. I remember having soft creamy butter for bread, pancakes, waffles and so much more🌹Thank You
Used this and every time it grew mold. Whereas just sitting on a plate it never went bad
You have to change the water every 2-3 days max or else you risk mold. You can let it go a little longer if you use distilled. Also making sure there's no crumbs left in it is the best practice.
I've never heard of these. Interesting.
Today I learned that people really keep their butter on the counter.
Initially I was horrified... I don't eat a lot of butter and firmly believe that dairy products belong in the fridge.
I looked it up though and learned some cool things.
1. According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), while most types of bacteria would be able to survive on unsalted butter, there is only one type of bacteria that can survive the conditions of salted butter
2. Most butter is made with the expectation that people WON'T refrigerate their butter.
3. Butter DOES go bad, but it depends on multiple things in it's environment, especially exposure. While rather resistant, butter can go rancid or oxidize after a few weeks but it can also last for months.
My butter always stays out on the counter & has never gone bad unless the outdoor temperature has risen to over 95 degrees. Then it just melts!😊
100% going to try & remember to get one of these Butter Bells! Been looking for a way to keep my butter soft & fresh...
Seems like its a solution for a problem that didnt exist before the solution.
if you've ever tried to spread butter right out of the refrigerator onto bread then you know what the problem is
@@universalcollective427 they sell spreadable butter. Also microwaves exist. 😂
These date back before refrigeration
I have one!! Handy Dandy,so
Kool that your sharing this.✌
I put mine on a saucer and keep a butter knife on the plate
we always had one of these as a kid and i was surprised it’s wasn’t as common as i thought it was
I got a butter 🧈 bell for mother's day. Thanks for the video. I didn't know how to use it. How often do you change the water?
Yum, I love my butter extra watery.
*science left the chat*
@@beanypea how's that?
Oil and water don’t mix, genius 😂
@@nuggets0717 No shit "genius" but if there is water ON your butter it doesn't just disappear when you go to spread it on your bread.
@@2Skinny you know when you have a basin of water, stuff a paper ball or tissue ball into a cup (make sure it doesnt fall out when you turn it over), dip the plastic cup into the basin upside down, and somehow the paper isnt wet?
It’s pretty hot where i live… would it melt into the water? Lol
“It has two parts. The top and bottom.”
Me: *surprised pikachu face*
She says parts, not sides
😂
Gay
I've always wondered why would the butter go bad. My butter has never gone bad out on the counter, even in the summer. It never did as a kid either, grandma kept the butter in a container in the cupboard. Never had rancid butter ever. I don't know if anyone I know had butter that did. It's not usually a subject of conversation lol Hey Sally how's your butter been, mine keeps going bad. What's your secret? Then like a commercial she pulls a butter bell out from underneath the table were sitting at and tells me all the virtues of the butter bell. I smile, tell her thank you then next shot the delivery man is delivering my butter bell and I'm happy forever since my butter will never go bad again. End scene. Maybe if you didn't have air conditioning your butter would go rancid but I'm almost 54 and have never had unfresh butter.
I've been keeping my butter on my countertop in a regular butter dish my entire life. Never a problem.
This is the first I hear about the butter bell, sounds like a good idea.
Why do you think that? Don’t you put it in the fridge?
@@Ankie3011 we do, but when we buy from the store, it comes in containers similar to tapperware, so we don't need to replace it.
I know, but you think it’s a good idea to store butter outside instead of in the fridge. That’s what I don’t get. To me that’s is not delicious. I dislike warm butter and prefer it cold (also, to me that makes it fresh and I don’t find it fresh when it’s been outside and warm 😅 just how I feel about it.
I have a butter bell that’s like 150 years old
@@Ankie3011 Most people prefer their butter soft and spreadable, so you're definitely the odd one out here.
My mom always had one of these, they are game changing
Useless* you meant useless. They went out of fashion on the 1930s for a reason.
You can just leave it out on the counter in some dish that covers it with a lid. Less work then the bell and keeps it fresh for around a week/week and a half...
I never even knew this existed! Adding to my Christmas list now girl!
I love that,first time seeing or hearing about a butter bell
Do you have to change out the half an inch of water when your butter is out for 2-3 weeks?? That just sounds gross to me.. but I don’t know much about butter being in room temperature!
I can’t imagine this working here in Australia😂
in Germany this days also, 2 weeks 35Grad and more 😭😭
Or in Southeast Asia lol
We are in Coffs Harbour and never refrigerate our butter ever. Sits in the pantry in a normal Tupperware container. Will last a couple of weeks, but ours rarely makes it that long before being consumed.
@@worleybirdfilms I'm in Ballina and I just leave my spreadable butter in its original container on the counter. I've had it melt, but never actually go bad... it can take me weeks to finish one container since it's only me using it.
It doesn’t, lol. In winter maybe. In summer it just melted into the water 😆
Never heard of it, now I need one.
Omg where has this been my whole life
It's been in the garbage where it belongs.
Would love one. Oh I loved the wee dog too.
I love my butter bell so much! I will admit I don't ever put water though. My mother left butter (both salted & unsalted) on the table for decades with no problems whatsoever.
Never used one. I just keep mine on the counter, in my butter dish.
Bitch do you own a fridge?
I’m guessing this was a useful invention before A/C
Umm so my grandma used just a dish with a cover and it never went bad.
Mine too!
Even though it doesn’t look bad or taste different, butter that is left out quickly becomes rancid and you might have no idea you’re eating rancid butter but your body does! Rancid or partially rancid fats are very bad for your health
@@p1nkfreud your tongue is actually incredibly sensitive to rancid fats. Even so it’s not even the fat that goes rancid in butter first. Butter is usually too high fat for substantial bacterial growth (what usually causes fat to become rancid, though even if sterilized fat will naturally degrade over longer spans of time) because fat is pretty hostile to microbes in large concentrations. However, wild penicillium usually takes root within 1-2 months depending on environmental conditions. The flavor is unmistakable as well. It tastes like blue cheese. Since some strains of penicillium are safe and some are extremely toxic, it’s better to avoid eating butter that’s developed this flavor. Usually you won’t see blue or green marbling because (again) fat is naturally anti microbial and the mold usually develops slowly enough that you’ll notice the flavor long, long before the mold matures to the extent of having visible fruiting bodies.
@@p1nkfreud youve said this on multiple comments and have been told youre wrong multiple times. Stop.
@@p1nkfreud wrong (I would give more feedback but I feel like you know better)
'Tis my first time hearing this!
But lemme ask you, is your home air conditioned?
It doesn’t make a difference what temp your house is, the water I beleive is there for both a seal against air as well as water has a high specific heat meaning it takes a lot of temperature difference in the outside to make a noticeable difference on the inside
I’ve had one in my house since I was born and we’ve always had ac
@@tommyekelly4413 I see. I haven't seen it being sold in our malls here in the Philippines. I wondered if I use it, it might just melt along with the water because of the weather here. We don't have AC.
@@janmae19 ohh maybe there’s a difference? I mis understood your question, I thought that you were thinking the butter would become too hard with ac or something
I live in the us and my house is usually between 69-75* depending on time of year so that might mean something
@@tommyekelly4413 Oh wow! The coldest we experience in my area is around 80° only.
It could be a weather in our mountainous areas but not in the cities where I grew up. I really want to try it because I love butter!
Smooth like butter 🧈
You can also get a regular butter dish. It'll keep fresh for 2 weeks also. The water doesn't do anything.
I totally need this in my life
I was today years old when I learned about this. 🙏
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!! I love putting wet butter on toast!!
I've never heard of dry butter lol
Our family has used these for as long as I remember and I swear by them. Keeps the butter fresh and room temperature for so long
Never knew or have seen one of those!! I'm now going to look for vintage ones!!
I have a vintage one it was white originally with a blue line on top of bell top and blue stripe around the bottom. It has aged into a lovely beige the blue hasn't changed. I love mine a lot! Good hunting!!!
This looks great; I was wondering about that dish every time I saw you use it! Like other commenters, I've been able to leave butter on the counter generally without issue but have noticed it can go stale if you don't use it quickly enough. This seems great to prevent that since there's much less air in this dish! Thanks for the video.
I’ve never had my butter go bad by keeping it in a regular butter dish on the counter. I do the same with my eggs they don’t go bad. I feel like this is super cute but unnecessary.
In Europe eggs aren’t even stored in the refrigerated section so it should be fine…and I just take my butter out 5 mins before I eat it from the fridge and it’s fine this puts it in contact with water and I don’t like that (not that it’s bad or anything I just don’t personally like it)
@@gmzakg Our eggs are washed differently lol
@@janehoe. yes yes I know why haha but thanks 😊 I find that a lot easier to store btw
Butter cupboard in my refrigerator: "You underestimate my powers!?"
Does the water touch the butter? How often do you change the water?
Butter does not need to be refrigerated in the USA. You also don't need to use water. Butter can sit out on the counter and it does not go bad. Lots of pretty butter storage containers on Amazon if you just want a decorative container. Mine was less than ten dollars. Butter is only refrigerated by manufacturers and stores because it's easier to transport and keeps it from melting.
“How to keep your butter soft, step 1, start with soft butter”
Well, yeah, that's why she said "keep."
@@RoemDaug yeah I got that after I commented, too ashamed to delete it though lmfao
My butter sits in a random bowl in my spice cupboard. It lasts me two weeks, have never had it go bad before I finish it.
Oh wow, I’ve never heard of this thanks!
After you have used like one inch of butter out of the bell, wouldn’t you have an air pocket in the bell? So the butter would go rancid??
I remember my grandmother used to keep her butter out on the dining room table all the time and it never went bad. Today's butter starts molding a couple of days of keeping it out.
Bad news friend: memaw was using margarine, aka fake butter made with vegetable oil.
Real butter on the counter would absolutely spoil in a week or two unless it was salted, and then it would last about a month.