Butter dish

A butter dish is a container made ​​of plastic, stainless steel or porcelain for the storage of butter.

The first butter dishes were mostly round, made ​​of materials such as earthenware and served not only for storage but also as tableware. Accordingly, sometimes expensive ornaments or paintings found.

With the broadest end of the sale of unpackaged butter as bulk lots also the shape and the cans were changed often sized for a standard 250 -gram piece.

The butter dish today consists of two parts:

• The base is usually a flat, elongated shell in which a recess is incorporated in the form of a piece of butter. High quality butter dishes have thicker soils that store the cold of a refrigerator longer and so keep the butter out of the refrigerator longer cool.
• The cover is usually a high-vaulted dome or a rectangular tower which is placed over the butter and engages into a guide that is incorporated into the bottom of the can. The lid is placed loosely in the rule. Some butter dishes offer an airtight seal means a seal made ​​of plastic ( silicone or similar)..

The storage in the butter dish increases the durability of butter and provides protection from foreign odors and small animals, eg insects. Furthermore, a butter dish can also be used for the serving of butter (as tableware).