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I've seen this similarly when I accidentally put a can of something in my pantry rather than the fridge, but it still keeps for a long time.

• gumby 4y ago
  The point of canning is that refrigeration it not required. In fact it preceded refrigeration by about a century.
  • xeromal 4y ago
    I meant an open can.
    • EricE 4y ago
      If you have an open can then all bets are off - if out for more than a few hours (or definitely if overnight) safest to toss it. Canning only preserves as long as the can is sealed!
• inglor_cz 4y ago
  You can keep butter for a long time in room temperature if it is submerged in water (e.g. in a pot). It also spreads really well, but your bread may get wet if you are not careful. Something that I learnt in post-1989 Czechoslovakia when we cut down on our electricity bill by turning the fridge off for weeks :) Ancient knowledge of my grandma who grew up in eastern Slovakia without any electricity served us well.
  • ProllyInfamous 4y ago
    From memory, does butter not float in water? Also, according to my circuit monitor: using three fridges full-time accounts for about 4% of my total monthly usage [FYI, Gramms].
    • inglor_cz 4y ago
      You can "glue" it to the bottom, it is sticky enough to catch and stay. Fridges made behind the Iron Curtain in the 1980s were a lot more power-hungry than today and our specimen had some non-tight seals on top of it. Buying a new one was out of question, our budget back then wouldn't support it.
      • hgsgm 4y ago
        Or just put something heavier on top