Butter Bell - The Original Butter Bell crock by L Tremain, a Countertop French Ceramic Butter Dish Keeper for Spreadable Butter, Le Bistro, White with Blue Trim

Lifting a slippery lid from a butter dish can be a risky proposition and annoying as all get out. I often left the butter uncovered to avoid it. After several trial and errors with different butter dishes, I read a review of this butter bell in a cooking newsletter and after browsing a large selection of colors and designs I bought this one. It’s a bargain because I no longer a worry about the lid slipping out of my hand. The bonus is it looks so nice on my kitchen counter and my butter no longer gets too soft to stay on a knife or too hard to spread.

I had come across an article describing the butter bell and explaining how it worked to keep butter fresh and soft outside the refrigerator. It seemed a strange concept and, although I had never heard of it before, was not just a new gimmick. It had been around for years. I found mine at a second hand store. It works exactly as described. The butter stays soft and fresh for several days. When a fellow butter lover noticed mine and was intrigued, I just had to get her one as a gift. Although there were many styles to choose from, I selected this one because of its simplicity of design in a practical size and shape. It arrived within a few days of my order and matched the description exactly. My friend has been extremely pleased with her butter bell and admits to using butter more often because it's so much easier to have it handy on the counter whenever she wants it.

It’s fantastic. We use it every day and works as advertised.

Super practical and makes life so much easier that the butter is thawed and ready to use and protected from any airborne bug, dust or debris that might come into contact. The style fits my kitchen perfectly. We bought one for my mom as well and she loved it

Great butter bell, it goes great in my kitchen!

I like to make my own butter and like the old fashioned way of keeping it in one of these. I've had mine for about a year now. I don't use it all the time, but when I do, it is handy. I find that if I know I'm not going to be using butter for a few days, i can still put this in the refrigerator to keep the butter fresh longer. But then I have to remember to take it out several hours before I need to use the butter again. One thing I might suggest to the manufacturer is to bevel or taper the edges of the lid so it stays centered. Mine often slides just off center and looks a little weird when it does.

You can have soft, real butter by using a crock like this Butter Bell. It is kept outside the refrigerator and keeps the butter spreadable without rancidity (assuming you use it up in a few weeks?). You take a stick of butter, let it soften a little outside the refrigerator, then squish it into the top part of the Bell. You put a third of a cup of cold water in the bottom, and it acts like a seal to keep the air out, as I understand it. Apparently you don't have to put cold water in it everyday, although I renew the cold water every few days. It has worked well so far. No more putting hard chunks of butter on my morning toast!

It’s wonderful to have soft butter at all times and to know it lasts and is fresh.