Originally Posted by
1screech
I leave my sticks of butter sitting on my counter in a glass container with a lid. My friend has done this for 50 years...or at least as long as I have known her and she did not have AC years ago. Never went bad and always soft for bread.
I have started doing this as well. One stick at a time doesn't go bad. I tried a "butter bell" type thing, butter fell out.
Of course you have to be careful if you have "counter critters" - anything that creeps around the counters at night and eats what is left out.