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[livo]

It must be a Northern hemisphere device. Room temperature at my place is well above spreadable butter. I can make my own ghee on the bench.

[Peripatetic Phil]

It must be a Northern hemisphere device [...]

More latitude than hemisphere, I would suspect, Livo ...
** Phil.

[Robbo141]

Hey George
I didn?t know about the water, but that would make sense.  I?ll have to ask the missis why we don?t use water in ours.  It?s just a different kind of butter dish to me.

Robbo

[George]

Robbo - thank you so much for bringing this product to my/our attention. I wasn't previously aware of such a device. I have now ordered one on amazon for

[JonG]

It must be a Northern hemisphere device. Room temperature at my place is well above spreadable butter. I can make my own ghee on the bench.

But isn

[livo]

I'm not sure. The water is dual purpose. Primarily a seal against atmosphere but, I suspect it would also be of some benefit with temperature. The whole thing being ceramic will help as well but I'm just not sure how it will work at room temps in the mid to high 30s.

[George]

My butter holder arrived. I loaded it up with butter and a little bit of water. At this time of the year, my kitchen isn't much warmer (currently 6C) than inside my fridge (2C-5C range) so it won't have much of a test until the warm weather comes back. I think it works by excluding air, to prevent micro organisms, a bit like a vacuum pack. I doubt if the water offers a jot of cooling by evaporation.

[livo]

6'c in the kitchen? I wouldn't get out of bed at under 12'c. Forget about spreadable butter. My legs wouldn't bend.

[Garp]

 

[JonG]

A kitchen at 6C is a splendid feat of energy efficiency! 

The fridge will consume no power at all, no money is being spent on gas central heating for that room, as warmth leaking through the walls from adjacent rooms would surely be sufficient,  and the room is essentially self-heating during the time you