They can now be found in different sizes and normally come with a plastic lid. The great thing about the stainless steel butter dish is that it is not just for butter sticks or cubes. You can use it for butter blends and even whipped butter or cream cheese. But with a bit of creativity may be used for any sort of storage - food and non-food alike.

These dishes are easy to hand clean with soap and water, are also dishwasher safe, and with the plastic lid, seal the contents allowing storage of the butter in the refrigerator very nicely without absorbing smells from the refrigerator. If you have more that one, they can easily be stacked on top of one another in the refrigerator.

Usability is great with the stainless steel butter dish as they can also be placed inside of a saucepan with water on the stove acting as a double boiler, if you will, to melt the butter right in the dish. You can't do that with plastic.

Even those who prefer to purchase their butter in one pound blocks, as opposed to cubes, are finding the stainless steel butter dish the perfect size to hold an entire block of butter. This is handy for big families and discriminating cooks who prefer to use butter in their recipes and therefore are purchasing their butter in blocks.

The kitchen is not complete without a stainless steel butter dish - once you get one you'll wonder how you ever did without.