Heh heh. I don't think there's anything wrong with eating butter straight from the container. I think we do it because we've been told it's bad for so long, that once you consider it "legal", you'll want to have it just to taste it! When I first bought it, I did the same thing, but it doesn't have much appeal anymore.

As a side point, a few weeks ago, I ate an entire can of whipped cream in one day.