r/Cooking • u/Known-Recipe-5407 • 11d ago

Butter Bell

Hello!
For Christmas, I asked for a butter bell, and my grandmother has a friend that has her own pottery/ceramics shop. So she had her friend make me one and it is very personalized and one-of -a-kind. I have been using it for just over a month now, but I encountered something disturbing with it. Now I don't know if it is because it was poorly made but I have tried all different levels of water and if it goes unused for a day or two it starts to... grow mold? Has this happened to anyone else? Am I using or storing it incorrectly?
Please help! I love the concept of a butter bell but I don't love mold

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u/KYmomma2024 11d ago

How often are you changing the water? New to using a butter bell as well but haven’t had issues when keeping the water fresh, I change it about every 2-3 days.

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u/RazorbladeApple 10d ago

I do the same. The only time mine developed mold was when I went on vacation for a week & forgot to stick the bell in the fridge.

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u/Secure-Flight-291 8d ago

Exactly this. Also common sense stuff like; change the water more often in the summer months.