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Why does the fridge have a butter compartment? |
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I've been going in the fridge for as long as I've been big enough to get the door open by myself. Not that it's something I've been dwelling on all of that time but, I never understood why there was a special place with a little door labelled "butter." When I was a kid, I thought maybe butter was really expensive and people wanted to hide it in case bad guys broke into the house and wandered into the fridge. It didn't make much sense then to label the trap door "butter," I thought, but lots of things grown-ups were doing didn't make much sense. They still don't! I only recently figured it out because of my new fridge with a butter compartment (With a see-through door. As if that's going to fool anyone!) that was large enough to actually put something in. I stored the cheese in it one day, only because there was no other place to put it. The cheese stayed warmer than when it was in the main part of the fridge! It was softer and tastier! Eureka! I shouted! Well not really, but I felt like an idiot for not figuring it out a few decades ago. It's a separate compartment because there's less insulation in the door in that area so that the butter stays softer and is ready for the table, but is colder than room temperature so it doesn't spoil. And you thought you already knew everything!
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