there are butter dishes that do this (not in a ditch), but if you put the butter on a plate with an upside down bowl on it and immerse it in water and keep it in the larder in the UK, it works. Some people I know still use this technique!

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On 25 Jul 2016, at 05:28, Norbert Eeltink <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

When I was young I heard an old man tell that his mother used to store butter in a bowl placed upside down under water in a ditch. No idea if it was true or if he was just pulling our legs.

Norbert

(Netherlands)

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