re: Salted vs. Unsalted Butter

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The main reason I buy salted butter is that it doesn't spoil as quickly at room temperature as unsalted. I keep half a stick in a butter dish at room temp for spreading on toast, muffins, etc. and it stays good for a couple of weeks vs. a couple of days for unsalted.

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My (future) wife started making a pound cake one time and realized the butter had soured in the summer heat. She went ahead and finished the cake, but warned me that it might not be good.

I thought it was the best pound cake I had had since my grandmother last made one. My grandmother was from south Florida and didn't believe in AC. Her pound cakes were great and had a bit of a twang to them that made them unique.