If butter is dairy, why doesn't it need to be refridgerated?!
If butter is dairy, why doesn't it need to be refridgerated?
My mother keeps the stick of butter on the counter under a lid at room tempurature all day, and always has. Why doesn't it become infected with bacteria and expire like other dairy products do?
Answers:
Butter is not a potentially hazardous food.
Butter is an emulsion where the water is tied up w/ the fat molecules and therefore unavailable.The fat itself does two other things:It prevents the microorganisms from getting any oxygen and since it is a fat it's also acidic . If you add the desiccating qualities of salt to all that you wind up with a low protein safe food product that doesn't require refrigeration.