The good and the bad of living in Texas.

[nuranar]

Place a block of refrigerated cream cheese in foil wrapper and a stick of refrigerated butter in waxed paper on the back patio at 5:30 PM.  Wait 25 minutes.

The good: Block of cream cheese is nicely softened and ready to use as a spread.

The bad: Stick of butter is half liquid and half all but, good only for dipping.

Comments

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I have the challenge of a kitty who happens to reside with us and happens to be quite enamored with the taste of butter. Softening butter in our home is also quite complicated. :-)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

That would be a problem! Have you tried a butter bell?

[suededsilk.livejournal.com]

The good: French bread with melted butter is delicious. *g*

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Especially if one has some in the house. ;) I made do with a defrosted roll.

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

I'm told Texas is a dry heat but its still not something I'd want to live with.

Was the butter dip tasty at least? :-)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Not as dry as the desert, but fairly dry. Once it gets to 96 or more, it's almost always try. Summer days in the low 90s usually means there's a lot of humidity in the air - nasty.

It was! At least it didn't leak (much) out of the wax paper.