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One time on Usenet, ospam (DJS0302) said:
>J.J. 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.
Okay, I see now -- yeah, it's a regional thing. Here on the West
coast, our butter products are *usually* sold in the shorter, thicker
"cube" shape. My mid-Western grandmother used the term "stick", which
confused me until I spent a year on the East coast and saw that the
butter there is shaped longer and thinner. And IMHO, the "stick"
shape makes a lot more sense, as it fits butter dishes better (now
say that ten times fast)... ;-)
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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