Life is Short. Buy Nice Butter and Keep It in This
Do you know people get very hyped about butter? This is something I was tangentially aware of, but in the past year or so I started buying Kerrygold butter, and now I get it. I’m in the butter cult. (If you follow that link, you can watch a video about Kerrygold cows that makes it seem like their butter should cost $50, when in actuality you can get it at Costco for a steal.)
And as a person who previously only bought butter that came in it’s own container, I wasn’t sure how to deal with sticks. What do people do with sticks of butter, if they’re not going to bake with them or throw them in a tomato sauce? WELL! There’s a fancy contraption for that, called a butter bell.
The one I got is actually labeled as a butter keeper, which I cannot support because WHY would you say butter keeper when BUTTER BELL is an option?? I don’t know, maybe we’ll find out on the next episode of Crate & Barrel Mysteries.
A butter bell is a two piece system. One piece is the base, and the other is the lid, that also happens to have a little cup that extends down into the base piece. You put a stick of butter into the cup on the lid, then fill the base price with a little bit of water, enough so there’s no space between the two pieces of the bell. This way, your butter is sealed and can stay fresh, while ALSO remaining at room temp so it’s spreadable at any moment. After all, you never know when you will need toast.
You should change the water every three days or so, but I‘ve forgotten about it for four or five days and I’ve never had any butter related tragedies. Also, I’ve seen some people be like, “WATER? So you have WET BUTTER?” and no, the water is to make an airtight seal. If your butter is WET, something is going wrong. If you have two or three water droplets on your butter, that’s normal. Also, maybe you overfilled it?
I got this butter bell/keeper because 1) I had some credit at C&B, and 2) because it’s the French kitchen collection that I love and have multiple pieces from. It’s a real ooh la la way to keep your nice Irish butter fresh, spreadable, and chic as hell.
