Salted butter keeps for several days at room temp, without loss of quality, but unsalted butter start to fade after 2 or 3 days. I haven’t bought margarine for at least 40 years, but it’s getting really pricey. Our regional dairy stores used to sell their cultured butter for $3/pound, on sale. Now their sale price is $3.50/pound, which is still cheaper than anywhere else.
I like using salted butter on the table and unsalted butter (kept in the fridge) in recipes, to control the salt content.
Yep Butter’s getting a bit pricey but I’ll forgo something else before I’ll give up butter. Crtain food items are simply a must.
Hint: Don’t look at the price just get it into your cart! :)