Butter isn’t something we Southerners joke about, especially when it comes to making a big batch of buttermilk biscuits, a stack of Sunday morning pancakes, and the like—when butter is not only used in the recipe, but slathered on top in a generous fashion. Back in the day, it wasn’t uncommon to leave butter out on a pretty little dish all day long, just waiting for someone to have a reason to take a butter knife to it for a perfectly softened, smooth pat.
With enough nostalgic charm to bring memories back from your granny’s kitchen counter, the $13 minty green butter dish is part of an entire collection that you can scoop up until you’ve got a cabinet full of retro panache. Keep butter out on the counter to soften before dinner and forget all about that fake “spreadable” stuff for good. You can even place a stick of butter on the dish to soften before baking something along the lines of a classic pound cake or holiday sugar cookies. Because, why not bake in style? You can shop the collection here.
Butter is a major component of almost everything Southerners make in the kitchen, and it’s time we started acting like it. Let’s dress it up for the occasion.
