The $50 block of butter I hid in the back of my fridge for a year

I bought a fancy imported butter from a farmer's market in Seattle last spring and then forgot about it because I was saving it for something special. It was $50 for a two-pound block and now it's totally rancid, so much for my dream of making a perfect pie crust. Has anyone else ever splurged on something fancy and then just watched it go bad in the back of the fridge?

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jesse844mo ago

Last year I spent $40 on a tiny jar of truffle salt from some fancy online shop and now it's just sitting there clumped up looking sad. I keep telling myself I'll use it on popcorn but then I grab the regular salt like a coward. At least your butter had a noble purpose, mine is just expensive decoration at this point.

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grant_palmer4mo ago

Here's the thing nobody talks about with expensive finishing stuff like truffle salt - it's not really about the taste, it's about the ritual. You paid $40 for the experience of feeling fancy while you sprinkle it on something, but you're saving it for a special moment that never comes. I bet if you just went ahead and dumped that clumpy salt on your popcorn right now, you'd be disappointed because truffle salt actually tastes kind of weird and chemical-y on most things (sorry, truffle fans). The real trick is to use it in something where it can melt or dissolve, like scrambled eggs or on a steak right when it comes off the heat. That clumpiness you're seeing? That's moisture getting in there, which means your $40 jar is slowly losing its magic anyway.

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