Love, love, love, love mine. There's nothing better than some crusty bread with spreadable butter. Yummmmm! I change out the water every two or three days and it keeps just fine. Several of my friends have gotten one after seeing mine. It's one of my most favorite kitchen items!

We keep our butter on a ramekin in the cabinet above our toaster. One stick doesn't last any longer than a week, and it has never gone bad. I've kept my butter this way for over 40 years.

Oh wow, that's a stellar recommendation! Thanks! Do you tend to use up all of the butter in your crock before it would be time to toss any unused portion out?

We have a butter boat, similar to a crock but not upside down. We didn't find it to be any better than our usual method of leaving the butter on the counter in a covered butter dish. It doesn't go bad.

I leave butter out in a ramekin, no problems ever.

Love mine. The water creates an airlock, and it should be changed every so often. I prpbably do 2x a week, once just changing and once dumping washing the bottom out. A plus is spreadable butter with no plastic tub.

Ok, I'm sold ... off to order. Thanks!

ETA: Getting this one.

Should go nicely with my bread baking bowl!

That's a beauty! You'll love it, Ida!

I too use a butter bell. I do find I use more butter since it is handy. Be careful to really pack the butter in or it can fall into the water. Also try to keep the edge of the butter well (inside) wiped clean or you can grow mold

I keep my butter on the counter, between the toaster and the stove, in a plain old covered butter dish. There's only me using the butter, but I like butter a lot, so I go through it like two people. It never goes bad.

Late responding but yes i use a ”butter bell” I

change out the water every few days (of course it’s just plain old white …Growing up I can remember it was left in a covered butter dish inside a cabinet.

Yes, I have one that I bought in France decades ago and use it. Butter has never gone bad or gotten moldy. I also sometimes just use the butter dish and leave it on the counter. Both ways work fine.

Remember the discussion about a year and a half ago about how hard butter was to spread? We keep ours on the counter and sure enough, it was a bit harder to spread. DH was thoroughly convinced of the cow feed that was causing it. When summer came and naturally the butter was easier to spread, I pointed that out to him. He dismissed it.

Does anyone else have two butter dishes? one in the dishwasher, one for the butter?

bpath, pretty much.

Does anyone else have two butter dishes? one in the dishwasher, one for the butter?

We have several ramekins that we use for butter.

Mine was a gift from a friend years ago but i think it came from Sur la tabla. It is white glazed ceramic in a rectangular shape and has a bamboo lid with a pliable silicone gasket. You can actually fit a pound brick of butter in it but we buy butter divided into sticks and keep only one in at a time.

I used to have one that someone gave me, but it broke.

I found it awkward to use, and it required more maintenance than it was worth - at least for me.

I do not keep butter on the counter, and I never put butter on toast, pancakes, or waffles. About the only time I use butter on something that has already been cooked is potatoes or vegetables, and then only rarely. I generally make a velouté sauce for vegetables instead. When I make pancakes or waffles, I add cream and sufficient butter to the batter that they do not need any more butter after they are cooked.

If I want butter on toast, I generally make garlic toast, and I mix butter, garlic, herbs, and olive oil into a spread to put on the bread before toasting/grilling it. I can't think of ever putting plain butter on toast or bread.

I have a butter bell crock, but haven't used it yet. Mine looks very much like this one.https://smile.amazon.com/Sweese-Porcelain-Butter-Keeper-Crock/dp/B076H4SDBT/ref=sr_1_100?crid=TA51K2YYJCJK&keywords=butter+bell+crock&qid=1656958022&sprefix=butter+bell%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-100 

This is our butter boat. Now, we just use the butter dish and lid, not the bottom part.

We bought it at Lehman’s, the Amish hardware store in Kidron Ohio. Of course it’s made in China.

I'll be the Lone Ranger, but no. I prefer my butter refrigerated. I do use a real butter spread made with canola oil and sticks for cooking. Nothing like real butter!

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Dh likes Kerrygold spreadable butter, so no need to keep butter on the counter. If I want a softened stick I take it out of the fridge 30-40 minutes before use.

https://www.kerrygoldusa.com/products/naturally-softer-pure-irish-butter/