French Butter Crock: I Want One! (link)

I just keep my butter in an airtight di**** would never last a month, maybe a week, and has never gone rancid for as long as I've tried it :D

yes I had one for years too but I also had it fall into the water and go bad at times.  I find just a butter dish works fine on the counter but yes I do keep butter soft and available at all times!

 I was just thinking of my ole butter bell the other day.  I broke it when we moved and never replaced it.  LOVED IT!  My MIL keeps butter out in a dish, but it doesn't keep that same sweet, fresh taste as it does in the butter bell.  I think you're going to love it :)

Love, Love, Love my butter bell, I have for years, the hard cold stick was the only reason I had for using margarine and when I saw this years ago and found out how awesome it is that was the day I vowed never to use the fake stuff again.  It is amazing, I got my butter bell from Ross and spent maybe $6 for it, my Mother and extended family fell in love with it as well and now we all have them. 

Hey Steve, I've had one for a while. I just thought you & Tracy knew about them. Especially since she is quite the chef. I bought one off of amazon that is stainless steel & glass. Works great & holds two sticks of butter. You just have to be sure to keep enough water in them. You know how dry it is here, if they dry out mold a plenty!

Oh, I knew...there's even been one on my Christmas list in years past.  Large circles made round them in Williams Sonoma catalogs.  VArious other hints given.  Somebody just didn't glom on until recently...when it caught his fancy.

Men.

Well, truthfully I just keep my butter in a closed plastic container. I've never had it spoil. I will say this though. As a DSer I rarely keep butter on the counter for a month. I keep about a pound of butter in the container I have on the counter and when it gets to the bottom I usually just wash the container and start over again. My guess is that I go through a pound or more of butter a week. I currently have about 12 pounds of butter in the refridgerator. I start getting twitchy when there is only 4 pounds left!

Meh, butter doesn't hang around long enough for me to worry about freshness! I just keep my regular butter dish out on the counter. But those are used a lot in Europe. I never owned one when I lived in Germany, but used them as a guest in other people's homes and they were nifty.

I love, love, love, love mine! It was a gift from Boss Queen BC after she saw me admiring it at the Fat Mama's Knock You Nekkid Margarita party last year. It is now one of my most treasured possessions. That reminds me, I need more Amish butter, and the farmer's market closes in 30 minutes! Ack!

I retired my butter bell...as I had the same problem as trxxyy...mine also got too soft and fell in the water.

I never had it turn rancid as that usually only happens if you use the knife for something else like buttering bread and then re-using it in the butter bell. You have to use a knife JUST for the butter and nothing else.

Liz