Your irrational pet peeves

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

According to FDA spokesperson Tamara Ward, butter will last up to 10 days at room temperature before turning rancid. Rancid means that enzymes that are naturally present in milk begin to digest the fats in the butter, causing a sour flavor and aroma.

[PensFanInDC]

lol FDA

We leave butter on the counter all the time. It has never gone bad.

[dodint]

Yeah, but you're cold as ice.

[GSdrums87]

[blackjack68]

I call shenanigans.

True story.

We buy the pound of sticks and keep that in the fridge and take one out and leave it on the counter.

When then gets 2/3 done, we take out another.

No hard butter! EVER!!!

[Pavel Bure]

Salted butter doesn't spoil (easily) unsalted does. I leave my butter out as well because the salt preserves it

[stopper40]

I call shenanigans.

True story.

We buy the pound of sticks and keep that in the fridge and take one out and leave it on the counter.

When then gets 2/3 done, we take out another.

No hard butter! EVER!!!

My parents do this. They even have a butter dish designed to leave out on the counter.

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[tifosi77]

Unsalted Butter

This is the only kind of butter you should be buying.

Too early in the morning for the MSG talk...

Yeah I love when my butter spoils easily

Good lord, how long do you expect to keep butter?

Keep it in the fridge, take out what you need an hour or so before you need it. Now you not only have butter that will store properly and be soft when needed, but you can control the amount of salt in your cooking more precisely.

[dodint]

That would go good with a matching gravy boat.

I'm kind of annoyed that the "temperature of butter" conversation is not met with the same level of angst as my "temperature of hummus" discussion. >:|

[blackjack68]

Cause hummus is gross.

[Troy Loney]

garlic, olive oil, chick peas, salt, lemon and water is not gross

[blackjack68]

5 outta 6 ain't bad.

[count2infinity]

recently got on the hummus bandwagon. wegmens has some chipotle hummus. i can't stop eating it.

[Troy Loney]

I don't think i've found store bought hummus that I prefer to my own. At least that's cheaper than the ingredients that I need to get to make it at home. ($1 cans of garbanzo beans and a lemon).

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

hummus looks disgusting, which is why I've never tried it

[dodint]

When you have to use a line for anything other than completing a tetris.

[Idoit40fans]

Hummus is ok...i dont go out of my way to eat it though. The fiancee likes to make it from time to time.

[Troy Loney]

The issue for me is getting good fresh pita bread. I don't really like hummus with anything but pita bread.

[count2infinity]

we use triscuits and veggies

[dodint]

we use triscuits and veggies

Same, triscuits and either carrots are large slices of mushroom.

[Pavel Bure]

Unsalted Butter

This is the only kind of butter you should be buying.

Too early in the morning for the MSG talk...

Yeah I love when my butter spoils easily

Good lord, how long do you expect to keep butter? :lol:

Keep it in the fridge, take out what you need an hour or so before you need it. Now you not only have butter that will store properly and be soft when needed, but you can control the amount of salt in your cooking more precisely.

BUTTER IN THE FRIDGE IS NOT SOFT!!!!

How much butter do you use that it affects your daily salt intake?

[the wicked child]

I know most chefs prefer unsalted butter because it allows them to control the exact amount of salt in a dish. I can't really think of a time that a dish ended up too salty because I used salted butter though... And I would never use unsalted on bread.

Only time I really use unsalted is if baking requires it, really.

[tifosi77]

BUTTER IN THE FRIDGE IS NOT SOFT!!!!

How much butter do you use that it affects your daily salt intake?

Hence the 'take out what you need an hour or so before you need it' bit.

Any amount of salt you ingest affects your salt intake, but that's not why I made the comment. The role of salt in cooking is multi-layered, and use of too much of it in ingredients (as opposed to being added as a seasoning by itself) makes keeping the balance and interplay of flavors harder.

[Rylan]

Butter is gross.

[Crankshaft]

BUTTER IN THE FRIDGE IS NOT SOFT!!!!

How much butter do you use that it affects your daily salt intake?

Hence the 'take out what you need an hour or so before you need it' bit.

Any amount of salt you ingest affects your salt intake, but that's not why I made the comment. The role of salt in cooking is multi-layered, and use of too much of it in ingredients (as opposed to being added as a seasoning by itself) makes keeping the balance and interplay of flavors harder.

I wonder if they use salted butter on the McRibb.