Originally Posted by
Barb in Louisiana
I bought the butter bell but could not keep my butter up in it. I turned it over and just sit it on the counter. It works fine and looks like it is sitting on a little stand. That might not be appropriate for an rv traveling down the road. "smile" I find the only time I get mold in mine is I use a butter knife to spread the butter on bread and accidentally get some bread in it. My mother kept her butter on the cabinet in a plastic container with a lid on it. It was always fine. If we get our RV up and running, I will probably use plastic so I don't have to worry about breakage.
I have a DH who will use the knife from his dinner to get butter from the butter dish and it makes me crazy! Do not ever use any utensil that you are eating with in dishes that others are being served from or that will not be refrigerated! In fact, don't use them at all. Get a separate knife or spoon or fork or whatever! I keep a BUTTER knife near the butter on the counter, but that does not always mean it will be used as it is intended. My DH is too old of a dog to teach a new trick especially since I have been asking him to refrain for over 40 years, but if any of you have some newer dogs, please train them better than I or his dearly departed mother have done my DH.
When at the dinner table, cut off a piece of butter with the butter knife and place it on your bread dish or on the side of the plate so that you do not have to go back to the butter dish.