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> Sarah wrote:
>> Hi everyone, I'm trying to follow a US recipe that calls for 2 squares of
>> chocolate, but I can't find out how much this is. (We don't measure
>> chocolate in squares in the UK)
>> Hope someone can help!
>> Sarah
>
> That reminds me one time when I was just a kid I was making a recipe
> that called for a cube of butter. Little did I know that a cube of
> butter and a stick of butter were the same thing. I ended up only
> using 2 tablespoons because I thought the recipe was calling for a
> cubed shaped piece of butter. Needless to say the recipe didn't turn
> out.
>

Or a cube of butter could be in some's opinion, a whole pound. You can
still buy it in one piece per pound.
It's generally a bit rectangular, but not that much.
:-)))
Dee Dee