In article >, Miche > wrote:
>In article >,
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > 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!
>> >
>> > 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.
>
>That was, up till recently, the only way to buy butter in New Zealand.
>Now you can buy it by the half-pound as well.

I thought Kiwiland had gone metric ages ago?

Cheers, Phred.

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