Do you leave the bit of foil over the butter after opening it?

Broads.ie

Why do some people leave that bit of foil on the butter, even though there is a good solid plashtic lid to keep it fresh? It just ends up getting all wrinkled and covered in crust. It's disgusting.

Does your household do this?

If so... WHY? It literally does not make any sense to leave that bit of foil on other than to annoy the shit out of people.

Also, what do you think would happen if you threw that foil covering away? Do you think the butter would instantly turn to mould?

Duggy747

Because idiots I've lived with tend to somehow lose the bloody lid.

I hate when someone scrapes leftover butter back into the tub and it's covered in toast crumbs.

jonnyfingers

Broads.ie wrote: »

Why do some people leave that bit of foil on the butter, even though there is a good solid plashtic lid to keep it fresh?

If that's true why is the foil even there in the first place then?

Foil back on the butter ftw!

Broads.ie

jonnyfingers wrote: »

If that's true why is the foil even there in the first place then?

What do you mean "if that's true" ?

The foil is there as a sort of safety seal. Once you open the butter and see that the foil is still intact, you can be sure that your butther hasn't been tampered with.

The next logical step is to throw that piece of crap foil away before it gets all wrinkly and crusty.

Also, towards the end of the tub, when there's around 1/4 of it left, your fingers always get covered in slime from that piece of filthy foil because by that stage it's just a crumpled up ball covered in 2 week old butter and it just falls all over the place.

WHAT'S THE POINT?

Canard

Why are you using the first 3/4 of it without throwing away the foil if it bothers you so much? :pac:

mikom

Broads.ie wrote: »

Do you leave the bit of foil over the butter after opening it?

No.
I wrap it around my cock and give myself a low-low posh ****.
Happy now?

Broads.ie

Patchy~ wrote: »

Why are you using the first 3/4 of it without throwing away the foil if it bothers you so much? :pac:

I don't use the foil at all, I throw it away instantly.

It's only when I go to other people's houses who have this strange habit that I have to experience it.

emeraldstar

Sounds like you're not using butter at all OP, but that nasty spread stuff. Change to real butter and not only will it taste better, you won't have this conundrum as it'll be all foil

efb

Butter only comes in foil

Hank_Jones

Is the whole point of the foil not that the butter doesnt go mouldy?

orchidsrpretty

I do, my cats love a bit of butter and if its not covered they will eat it. I would put it in the fridge but then its too hard to use:(

mattjack

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

I do, my cats love a bit of butter and if its not covered they will eat it. I would put it in the fridge but then its too hard to use:(

put yours cat's in the fridge ...problem solved.

Chuck Stone

Peek-a-boo spread wrecks my head.

Morag

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is the whole point of the foil not that the butter doesnt go mouldy?

Not if you put it in a butter dish.

Turner

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is the whole point of the foil not that the butter doesnt go mouldy?

Rancid rather than mouldy.

Butter oxidises with air, hence trying to keep as much air away from it.

Silver foil keeps a little bit more circulating air away from it and keeps it fresh for longer.

pickarooney

My butter comes in wax paper.

Latchy

Sharrow wrote: »

Not if you put it in a butter dish.

Agreed but you can sometimes get the dish covered on the rim with sloppy butter which is just as bad

Saila

because some people just cant throw **** away. even if its use is now redundant. its a tamperproof seal ffs throw it away, we know its open and it has already been used :rolleyes:

woodoo

Glad to see the big issues being addressed on boards

I get rid of the foil part. It annoys me. I like to scrape the butter off in thin strips and not just dig down into it at the front.

Latchy

Well ...as long as you put the contents back in fridge ok ? ...otherwise ...well ...you'll just have to leave

/points to front door .

Samich

Yup

juan.kerr

I use Flora Buttery, but yes I leave it on until it is nearly finished. Was considering removing it yesterday but didn't. Might today if I have toast for brunch.

westendgirlie

Stop making toast at other peoples houses then! Problem solved.

Next you will be complaining that they use crappy Irish Pride bread!

Tazium

Real Butter FTW

Stiffler2

I keep the foil on. I only peel the foil back as it needs it so when its first opened I peel about 2cm back. Then I work away on the 2cm of butter I can see to the bottom, then peel more back and so on. Keeps it fresher for longer this way imo.

juan.kerr

juan.kerr wrote: »

I use Flora Buttery, but yes I leave it on until it is nearly finished. Was considering removing it yesterday but didn't. Might today if I have toast for brunch.

I've removed it since, only a few days worth left.

Caraville

juan.kerr wrote: »

I use Flora Buttery

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww



:pac:

up for anything

Plastic container = margarine even if it's pretending to be buttery.

Butter goes in butter dish.

Foil wrapping from butter kept to grease baking trays/tart dishes. The old ways are the best.

juan.kerr

Main reason for using Flora Buttery is that is spreads straight from the fridge.

4Sheets

I notice when the foil is removed completely rather than peeled backed knifes dig indiscriminately into regions of untainted butter..rather like people prospecting for the tastiest butter..whole thing ends a mess..peeling back the foil gradually enforces better butter landscape conservation.

Paparazzo

The people that leave the foil on the butter are the same people that always have a basin in the sink. Weirdos

Wurly

Broads.ie wrote: »

Why do some people leave that bit of foil on the butter, even though there is a good solid plashtic lid to keep it fresh? It just ends up getting all wrinkled and covered in crust. It's disgusting.

Does your household do this?

If so... WHY? It literally does not make any sense to leave that bit of foil on other than to annoy the shit out of people.

Also, what do you think would happen if you threw that foil covering away? Do you think the butter would instantly turn to mould?

How weird, I was only thinking of this yesterday when I couldn't get my knife under the jaysis paper!! I couldn't get it in the bin quick enough. So annoying.

shannie

Wrecks my head when the foil is on the butter, it has a lid for a reason :O

JohnMagic

I am a recovering 'foil leaver'. Only realised it was pointless a few weeks ago.

efb

Saps with their dairy spread- butter block ftw

jd007

first world problems :pac:

Azureus

JohnMagic wrote: »

I am a recovering 'foil leaver'. Only realised it was pointless a few weeks ago.

Mise freisin-only realised I did this the other day when I was in the boyfriend parents house. Opened a new tub of butter, lifted the foil, got my scoop of butter and placed it back. Was only when his dad reopened it later on that day and just looked at the crumpled foil, shook his head, ripped it off and threw it in the bin that I realised it was extremely pointless to leave it there.
Something Id never even thought about before that and then a thread popped up about it...off to CT forum with me!!

micropig

I'll even remove it in other peoples houses as I really dislike having this dirty greasy tinfoil thing stuck in the butter unless their butter is really neat with the foil pulled back carefully and it looks like they are really anal about keeping the foil on, I will take it off

Missmiddleton

yes because i'm the only one in the house who uses dairy gold original. If the foils been moved, someones been tampering with my butter, and i can't have that.