What can I do with this butter?

It’s fine. timothykinney keeps his butter out all the time, as in, unrefrigerated. It’s home is on a shelf or the counter.

My grandmother kept butter out all the time with no ill-effects.
In our home such errors are exploited by our dog leaving us without any butter at all.

I’ve read that butter is very stable due to all the salt. I still can’t wrap my head around it though.

Didn’t it melt?

@augustlan Neither can I. That’s why I asked.

@Tink1113 It didn’t melt. We had a very cool weekend so it didn’t get very warm in the house. The tub was warm and the butter wasn’t as firm but it looked fine.

We keep sticks of butter on the counter for days. Once we open one it doesn’t go back in the fridge. Never had any problems.

My mother always kept butter out, too. And margarine. They lived on top of the refrigerator. You’re fine.

I’m assuming you mean real, dairy butter, and not the vegetable oil spread. It doesn’t hurt to leave it out.

Thank you everyone! My daughter eats grilled cheese daily for lunch and I was afraid the butter would make her sick.

@YARNLADY Yes. It’s spreadable butter.

yeah, we leave ours out.

if all else fails, use it as lube.

Butter can be out for days at room temperature and will generally be perfectly ok.

well the butter should be fine… but… if you’re asking… ;)

If it does not taste rancid it is okay to eat…:D

I grew up never refrigerating butter, and I suffered no ill effects. Now that I live on my own I generally keep it in the fridge, but I long for the old days when it comes time to spread butter on toast or do some baking without leaving the butter out in advance.

Butter does go rancid eventually, but you will be able to easily identify when this is, and we’re talking weeks, not days :)

Butter is fine, but for Evelyns’ sake, never leave cream cheese out. I once ate some room temperature cream cheese and boy howdy, I’ll never do that again, as I was puking like a out of tune lawn mower burns oil.

@evelyns_pet_zebra I had the same experience with a cream cheese dip that I brought home from my parents house after a get together on Christmas Eve. That was the worst Christmas Eve ever!

sounds like a common WI dilemma, but usually it’s cheese-just kidd’in.
Maybe you could make ghee, it is great for cooking.

Oh, I forgot “Last Tango In Paris”-again just kidd’in.