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How long does butter last?


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I had some deli style garlic butter that sat in my fridge for a year or more.  It was still probably okay to eat, but it was way past the date on the container, so I decided to get rid of it.

It was a sizeable chunk about 3" square by 1" deep in a plastic container.  I wanted to recycle the container, so I just threw the chunk of butter out in the back yard.  I figured critters or the weather would soon take care of it.  That was about a month ago.  Today, it is still there.  :o

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I used whipped for toast and similar, and stick for cooking.  I go through the whipped fast enough that I don't worry about expiration, but the stick butter is always at, near, or beyond the date before we finish it.  I have no idea what the real "expiration" - ie unsafe or nasty tasting - date would be. It still seems to smell and taste fine after a few months in the refrigerator.

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1 hour ago, Page Turner said:

...you can freeze stick butter and it lasts a very long time in that state.  Thaws out fine.  Butter goes rancid if you keep it too long in the fridge, and it tastes "off".

I ate some rancid butter in 1955 and it wasn’t until the last couple years I could tolerate butter without gagging. I guess my taste buds finally forgot. That was some government surplus butter that my parents got during a six month strike where my dad worked.

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