Butter Keeper

Here's a great idea for keeping butter fresh and at room temperature. Take one of the bells on the butter keeper and fill it with softened butter. Fill the bottom of the keeper with water to just over the edge of the bell. This creates an air tight seal when its closed, keeping the butter fresh for days. You will need to change the water in the butter keeper occasionally, especially if its used often and gets bread crumbs floating around in it. Or little strawberry jam seeds. Baked potato nubs.

We have this butter keeper in Lee Davis' famous white and cobalt blue (pictured), or green and brown. Use them for serving compound butter in for a fancy French touch. Fresh herb of choice, a little garlic, salt and pepper.