Foil lid on butter/marge....

[Haydos]

I do not understand why some people leave their foil lid flapping about once they've opened the butter. I'm a foil in the bin guy, how about you?

[purpleronnie]

Take it off...definately.

[Webbo]

Use proper butter then.

[Jaspa]

Something in your head tells you to keep it on and covering most of it because in your head you think its been keeping it fresh, so you should carry on using it to keep it fresher.

Its all sub-concious really of course

Edit : Why did I answer this seriously, I bet this has just been made to see If we'd argue about anything

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Bin. No need to keep it. If you're basting a tin before baking, use your fingers and wash your hands. Otherwise it's like having to take off 2 lids every time you want to use the butter, and if you put the foil down anywhere you get grease on the worktops.

Personally, I'm proper old-school in this regard. I have a cast-iron butter dish (that's right. Cast iron) which keeps proper butter soft enough to spread. Also frees up a minute amount of fridge space.

[JonnyBoy]

throw it in the bin because i'm straight

[MooseBreath]

I leave mine on without thinking about it until there's probably only a third of the butter left at which point i'll remove the foil completely. It doesn't "flap about" though. I fold that shit back neatly.

[Darkon84]

I wanted to make a butter joke, but there's too much of a margarine for error.

[Webbo]

I wanted to make a butter joke, but there's too much of a margarine for error.

Try not to spread that around.

[StanSP]

Take it off.

Is there any point for it?

[Buzzell]

Take it off.

Recently noticed though that the missis leaves it on. I'm going to have to nip that shit in the bud.

[Brainy]

For some reason lately i've stuck it to the back of the lid

[Guest]

Why would it flap about if it has a lid over the top?

I use real butter, so don't have the problem.

[whoareyaaa]

I understand your pain Haydos. no need for it get it the ****ing bin

[Wycombe Fox]

Don't throw them away. Collect them and then on Christmas Eve, stick them all together to cover your Christmas turkey before popping into the oven on gas mark 4 for 25 minutes per kg plus 25 minutes at the end.

Alternatively, try making your own post-London Marathon heat retention cape. Stand out from the crowd with a gold one.

More great money-saving ideas.

I thank you.

[Wycombe Fox]

I wanted to make a butter joke, but there's too much of a margarine for error.

When my Grandad was ill we spread butter on his back.

He went downhill fast from that point on.

[Guest]

yeuch, now I see the question is about a sandwich spread and not as the misleading title infers - butter/marge.

How can you eat a sandwich spread from a foil lidded pot? Do you shop at Lidl?

Eat fresh young man otherwise you may have problems with your back.

[Haydos]

yeuch, now I see the question is about a sandwich spread and not as the misleading title infers - butter/marge.

How can you eat a sandwich spread from a foil lidded pot? Do you shop at Lidl?

Eat fresh young man otherwise you may have problems with your back.

Are you too posh for Clover?

[Charl91]

I leave mine on without thinking about it until there's probably only a third of the butter left at which point i'll remove the foil completely. It doesn't "flap about" though. I fold that shit back neatly.

I do that.

[lavrentis]

Depends if my housemates butter is on. I will have the opposite of his. Just so I know which is mine and also just to see if he has been using mine. I'm a bad housemate to live with, admittedly.

[Fox92]

Sometimes I do leave it on, but more than likely, bin it.

[sphericalfox]

Take that shit off, it's just helping some halfwit pollute the container with crumbs/marmite/jam or some other unnecessary filth off their knife.

[theessexfox]

I enjoy pulling it off so the latter.

[lavrentis]

The worst thing is when people use the butter after they have been spreading it on toast and it leaves bits of bread. That and jam.

[Wycombe Fox]

I enjoy pulling it off so the latter.

Is that too much information??