DJS0302 wrote:
>
> >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.

It seems to be a western US thing.Found it slightly confusing as the
truncated sticks of butter aren't actually cubes in the usual sense.
Perhaps at one time they were cubic.