Butter Dish

[Chaos Faery]

I have a glass butter dish identical to that used by my grandparents 40yrs ago. I have always put the butter in the deep part, as they did, and used the shallow one as the lid. Recently a friend laughed at me for having it upside down... is this a social faux pas or is it up to the user ?

[bored0]

i think you have it the right way up and your friend is the muppet: :-)

[Jugglering]

I've also got one of those butter dishes and have often wondered which way round was *correct*.... but then I realised that it didn't really matter, it was up to me ! I'd been putting the butter on the shallow dish and covering it up with the deeper bit so it looked nice when on the table without a lid but was a darned sure way of making the complete dish a bit unstable and wobbly...lol

[funnygirl]

I use the deeper part as the lid on my butter dish!

But it does not really matter as they both click into one another and it a matter of choice.

[Alibobs]

I use the deeper part as the lid too but your way sounds sensible!!

[spudqueen]

I put the butter in the deeper part, but it would be a bit hard to put it in the shallow bit as mine has a handle!

[ladyalex]

I use the deeper part as a lid, but it's your dish and your house, do it your way, they both work.

[figure]

I use the deeper part for the lid and put the butter on the plate-like looking part.

[Quizmonster]

Our glass butter-dish has a picture of a cow etched onto the outside of the shallow part, so, clearly, the manufacturer meant that to be the lid. However, we invariably use it the other way around for the simple reason that it makes it so much easier actually to get at the butter!

[4getmenot]

If I had one I'd use deeper part as lid, my mums always did its like a serving plate.

[4getmenot]

Oh and the fact that the lid (deeper part) had a handle on top.

[Fay Mousse]

What happens in the hot weather though? Doesn't it squidge and lose its shape if the shallow part is the base?

[Fay Mousse]

Looks like I've been doing it wrong all my life!

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But my current butter dish does indeed have a handle on the shallow part

[4getmenot]

No you keep lid on and keep it in fridge, just takeing it out to use for dinner, would have to be very hot if its real butter

[Fay Mousse]

In the fridge? How horrid. I like my butter nice and spreadable, and keep it in an insulated butter dish in the winter, to stop it getting too cold.

I am convinced refrigeration kills the flavour of a lot of foods.

[country_boy]

I do the same as you and was laughed at by my ex. That's why she's my ex!!
Seriously though, I tried it the "right" way for one pack but it just seemed too top heavy and I reverted back to the usual big bottom. Just seems more practical all round to me.
But then my mum had the same dish and did it that way round so maybe it's just what you know. Bit like should you say scone or scone!

[bimbo123456]

Surely you end up having difficulty getting the butter out of the deep bit. It is easier if it is standing on a shallow dish I would have thought. Incidentally, I have a Lurpak butter disk which has a man on the top, which is the deeper part XX