Where do you keep your natural peanut butter?

[Kermit]

If you eat the natural peanut butter, where do you keep it? Do you HAVE to keep it in the fridge, or is that just so you don't have to stir it every time? I used to keep mine in the fridge, but it makes it so hard to spread. I've started keeping it in the pantry. I do have to stir it a little bit each time, but it's not much compared to the first stir when you open it. Will it go bad there? It doesn't last long, but I don't want it to make me sick.

 

[Dan Murphy]

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa110397a.htm

How long is long??

 

[minniecarousel]

We keep it in the refrigerator - upside down! (make sure the lid is screwed on tight!)

 

[Kermit]

I hadn't thought of upside down. That's a good idea.

That link Dan posted said it will keep for 6 months at room temp. Since I'm a peanut butter freak, especially when I'm pregnant, that should be plenty safe at our house.