is too long?
How warm is too warm?
What if your kitchen is hot?
What about summer?
What about unsalted butter?
What about a butter dish that isn’t covered?
What if someone keeps touching the butter with the same knife?
What if crumbs get all over it?
At what point does convenient butter become questionable butter?
These are the questions I never expected to have about my breakfast.
But here we are.
The Butter Dish Is Also Kind of a Nostalgia Thing
There is something old-fashioned about seeing a butter dish sitting on the kitchen counter.
It reminds me of kitchens where things weren’t necessarily designed around maximum convenience and minimal clutter.
There was a place for everything.
A bread box.
A butter dish.
A fruit bowl.
A cookie jar.
Maybe a container of sugar sitting nearby.
The kitchen wasn’t just a place where food was prepared.
It was a
