How do you know if butter is bad?

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asked Nov 4, 2020 in Other-Food Drink by Lukawkhuse (1,460 points)
How do you know if butter is bad?

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answered Nov 5, 2020 by Jaybird (12,310 points)
When butter goes bad the spoiled butter will smell rancid.

If you smell the butter and it smells rancid and makes you want to vomit then throw it out because it's bad.

The spoiled butter may also have mold or the color or texture of the butter can change and if so throw it out.

Butter should last for a few days at room temperature and when refrigerated butter can last from 1 to 3 months.

When leaving butter out at room temperature to soften it's usually safe to leave your butter out for up to 2 days.

If you leave your butter out longer than a few days then you risk it getting spoiled and growing bacteria.

Also if there's any flies around in your house then make sure to cover the butter up as the flies can lay maggots into the butter.

That has happened to me before.

I had a stick of butter on the counter and was making toast with it and forget and left it out overnight.

The next morning I found maggots in the butter.

If the maggots had not gotten into the butter it would have been safe to eat.

Just make sure to cover the butter and don't leave sticks of butter out on the counter without them being in a container as the maggots can get through the wrap.

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