>I like your story, but I'm confused -- what does being "American" have
>to do with not knowing that a "stick" and a "cube" of butter are the
>same quantity?

I've always assumed that the term "cube" was a European term since I had never
heard of anyone refer to a stick of butter as a cube of butter. Maybe it's a
regional thing. Technically I live in the South but it's really right at the
border between the South and the Midwest.