A little while ago the butter dish from our Miele fridge met it's premature demise. There was a brief juggling act before it plummeted to certain death on the kitchen floor. This was a shame for a couple of reasons. The first being that it was a good butter dish. It met, and in some instances exceeded, the necessary requirements for being a butter dish. It was big enough to fit a standard block of butter. It had a see through lid so one could immediately ascertain how much butter was left. It had a stable base so it would sit firmly on the table without rolling or sliding away and it was aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately it failed in one vital respect, that is the requirement for being able survive a one meter free fall on to a tiled floor. The other reason it was a shame is because the butter dish actually belongs to Christoph and Tanja, the owners of our apartment and after they had successfully managed not to destroy their butter dish for some two years I thought it was a bit poor for us to do it in less than 2 months.
So Annika sent an email to Miele enquiring about a replacement butter dish. An email was received stating her email had been forwarded on to the correct department and then nothing. A few days later was Easter and we were in Salzburg. As fate would have it, our hotel was just across the road from a Miele shop which, strangely enough, was open on Good Friday. Striking while the iron was hot, we went in a purchased a new butter dish. When we returned to München we found a DHL tag on the door saying they had tried to deliver something. We weren't expecting anything. The next day I went to the post office to collect the package. It was a butter dish shaped box with Miele printed on the side containing a free butter dish. Strange. We didn't order it, we had only inquired how to replace the broken one.
We now have two butter dishes and are hoping they will breed.
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