How long does butter last?

AskMyChocolate

Okay, so I think we would all agree that it's been a great day for Irish democracy. Joe Higgins, Shane Ross etc.

So I invested in some posh granary bread from Lidl and am looking forward to eating it with some Heinz beans. Those of us who didn't lose the run of ourselves in the boom years can still afford these luxuries.:pac:

I have some butter in the fridge which has been there for quite some time. It doesn't look discoloured in any way. Is it safe?

I will be discounting the opinions of Flutt,Pauleta,Melakalik and MickyDoomsux before ye even bother lads.

So, should I play it safe and just have the beans and the bread? Or should I slather the toast with the rancid butter and come back next week and play for the car?

AMC

MagicMarker

Have you... you know..... checked the date on the butter?

Liam Byrne

Maybe your chocolate might know ?

s3129

its fine. if theres green fluffy stuff growing on top of it dont eat the top layer, but scoop it off and bobs your teapot.. butter

OPENROAD

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Okay, so I think we would all agree that it's been a great day for Irish democracy. Joe Higgins, Shane Ross etc.

So I invested in some posh granary bread from Lidl and am looking forward to eating it with some Heinz beans. Those of us who didn't lose the run of ourselves in the boom years can still afford these luxuries.:pac:

I have some butter in the fridge which has been there for quite some time. It doesn't look discoloured in any way. Is it safe?

I will be discounting the opinions of Flutt,Pauleta,Melakalik and MickyDoomsux before ye even bother lads.

So, should I play it safe and just have the beans and the bread? Or should I slather the toast with the rancid butter and come back next week and play for the car?

AMC

noxqs

Wrapped butter has a shelf life of several months at refrigerator temperatures.

-> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter#Storage_and_cooking

pablomakaveli

Store it in a bog and it will last a few hundred years.

FreudianSlippers

Is it butter or "spread"?

Badgermonkey

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Store it in a bog and it will last a few hundred years.

Explains Twink.

seafood dunleavy

Till the tub is empty.

Poor Uncle Tom

It depends, where's the butter from?

AskMyChocolate

Aah fcukit I'm going for it. If I don't post in the next hour would somebody PM The Master and ask him to clean things up. It's been both an honour and a privilege knowing you weird AHers. I would like Drav to say a prayer at my funeral or at least try and get off with my sister.

AMC

FreudianSlippers

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Aah fcukit I'm going for it. If I don't post in the next hour would somebody PM The Master and ask him to clean things up. It's been both an honour and a privilege knowing you weird AHers. I would like Drav to say a prayer at my funeral or at least try and get off with my sister.

AMC

The Master is your domestic partner?

i57dwun4yb1pt8

I take it you have never seen 'Last Tango in Paris '

AskMyChocolate

The beans are great. Admittedly the toast will be judged by historty.

strobe

How long does butter first? That is the question.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Nice body. Butter face...

AskMyChocolate

Delicious. Absolutely delicious. The purple ones taste like fire...ooohhhhh

Metallitroll

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Delicious. Absolutely delicious. The purple ones taste like fire...ooohhhhh

thought i told you to not be chewing at your sebaceous cysts.

AskMyChocolate

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

The Master is your domestic partner?

Pffft. If he was my domestic partner the butter would never have gone out of date.

Nah. He's my common-law drinking partner. In the event of my death, my bottle of 18 year old Bushmills reverts to his parents, which neither of us is happy with. We wanted Drav and Rose to look after it.

Gummy Panda

Beans on toast?!?!

I'm so hungry now

Cosimo Salvatore

That's deep man.

AskMyChocolate

Either food poisoning takes a good while to kick in or butter lasts an amazingly long time without going off.

Gummy Panda

I must venture out for beans now.

Damn your chocolate!

starling.

Check the best before date

(Though I find sometimes my butter goes a little off before then, it gets kind of a darker colour from being exposed in the fridge. )

Do you have some free government cheese to make a sandwich out of it?

Capt'n Midnight

Do you want a really fine sample of butter ?


http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local/3_000_year_old_butter_found_in_kildare_bog_1_1937050

AN OAK barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old has been found in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown.

The amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a "really fine example" was found by two Bord na Mona workers.

BBDBB

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Aah fcukit I'm going for it. If I don't post in the next hour would somebody PM The Master and ask him to clean things up. It's been both an honour and a privilege knowing you weird AHers. I would like Drav to say a prayer at my funeral or at least try and get off with my sister.

AMC

Drav needs to start his eulogy with the line

"I can't believe he's not better"


has to be done

Pauleta

I actually know the answer to this but my opinion wont be taken note of so i shant share it

s3129

I had beans on toast there. A grand Sunday dinner.

Trog

Top notch thread in my book. That was a less mind-numbingly boring 14 seconds. Thanks for that.

FlutterinBantam

Don't worry man, unless there is a class of a culture on the top, you are good to go.

Now in the off chance there IS a bit of 'bloom' on the butter,don't panic.

Skim off the 'bloomy ' bit and when you are thinking about boning your girl, tip the butt. into a saucer and wave for about 4 secs.

LET IT COOL!!!!

Drizzle the result onto her eager growler and 'follie it in' as they say.

Not too hot mind, their giblets are tender.

Ok horse?

In to the conkers as we say:D

Sonnenblumen

How long does butter last? Until the cows run out of course!