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Hello /sci/

I was cooking just now and I started wondering, why does butter turn bad rather quickly even though it's refrigerated but vegetable oils are fine for a long time even at room temperature?

>> No.3709844

butter has dairy
dairy spoils like a motherfucker

vegetable oils... are just that. oils.
oils take quite a bit longer to degrade.

>> No.3709858

>>3709844
So it has nothing to do with fat itself?

>> No.3709866

Melt the butter and make it into ghee. Pour it into mason jars, seal tight.

I have tons of the stuff, and the texture on it is so much more enjoyable than butter, even though it's technically the same-- just without the precipitates.

>> No.3709873

>>3709839
butter turns bad quickly??

ive kept butter in my fridge for months. it goes hard but not bad. perhaps your fridge isn't cold enough

>> No.3709877

>>3709873
Not quick when compared other foodstuffs, but I'd say it takes weeks, not months. But oil seems to be fine for ridiculously long times.

>> No.3709878

>>3709858

Well, it's also fermented... so it contains quite a bit of bacteria.