http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food..._rich_and.html

or


http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr


At least it is still a pound package.

Tracy

"Tracy" > wrote

> http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr
>
>
> At least it is still a pound package.

Their half pounds had the little sticks, I liked them. They were
rather handy. I can't say they were time saving except maybe
they would be used up rather than having to rewrap and save.

nancy

Tracy wrote:
> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food..._rich_and.html
>
> or
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr
>
>
> At least it is still a pound package.

I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds like a good idea
to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter from which I have
taken a measure.

--
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"Dave Bugg" > wrote

> I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds like a good
> idea to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter from which
> I have taken a measure.

The most important thing is those little sticks of butter are
so darned cute!!

Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
1/4 pound sticks. Okay with me.

nancy

Another imbecile thread... how many does that make today... don't any
of yoose ****-offs own a friggin' butter dish. Now yoose pinheads are
implying I gotta toss out my full 1/4lb stick Pyrex butter dish that's
served well for nigh on fifty years and resort to storing mini sticks
in finger cots.

And here I thought this is a cooking group... WAS a cooking group.

Sheldon wrote:
> Another imbecile thread... how many does that make today... don't any
> of yoose ****-offs own a friggin' butter dish. Now yoose pinheads are
> implying I gotta toss out my full 1/4lb stick Pyrex butter dish that's
> served well for nigh on fifty years and resort to storing mini sticks
> in finger cots.

ROTFLOL!! Finger cot storage vessels :-)

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"Sqwertz" > wrote

> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:40:40 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
>> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
>> 1/4 pound sticks. Okay with me.
>
> I just bought 4lbs of butter at Costco for $1.53/lb. I think I'm
> making croque monsieurs for dinner...

You like the Costco butter? I remember you had questions.

nancy

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:30:24 -0500, Tracy wrote:
>
>> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food..._rich_and.html
>
> Since butter is an odor sponge, and gets pretty messy wrapping it
> back up when you only use a little at a time, I don't see that
> the problem is.
>
> Why did you even post this? It seems like a non-issue.
>
> =sw


Just thought it was kind of funny..."Changing demographics and
time-starved U.S. consumers have prompted Land O'Lakes to offer a new
stick configuration."

I mean - really - new stick configuration?? When are they going really
listen to consumers. I was most surprised that they are still selling it
by the pound.

-Tracy

"Dave Bugg" wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Another imbecile thread... how many does that make today... don't any
> > of yoose ****-offs own a friggin' butter dish. �Now yoose pinheads are
> > implying I gotta toss out my full 1/4lb stick Pyrex butter dish that's
> > served well for nigh on fifty years and resort to storing mini sticks
> > in finger cots.
>
> ROTFLOL!! �Finger cot storage vessels :-)

It is funny, but also very sad. I don't understand all those
mentioning rewrapping... why... I never rewraped stick butter in my
life, put a stick in the glass dish and cover with the domed glass
lid. Any questions... that's what I thought.

Makes me really suspicious if any of those rewappers actually cook, I
truly suspect they eat out or do take out. Come to think of it none
of them have stick butter in their fridge --- all liars--- can't
bullshit me about cooking, anyone claims to rewrap stick butter reuses
condoms and launders tampons.

Liars!

Sheldon wrote:
>
> Makes me really suspicious if any of those rewappers actually cook, I
> truly suspect they eat out or do take out. Come to think of it none
> of them have stick butter in their fridge --- all liars--- can't
> bullshit me about cooking, anyone claims to rewrap stick butter reuses
> condoms and launders tampons.

The reuseable ones aren't called tampons.

http://www.divacup.com/

In article >, Tracy > wrote:

> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food..._rich_and.html
>
> or
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr
>
>
> At least it is still a pound package.

All that unnecessary packaging.

Miche

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In article 1>,
"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:

> "Dave Bugg" > dropped this
> news:uY%zj.3544$4D2.2852@trndny06: in rec.food.cooking
>
> > Tracy wrote:
> >> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food...amy_rich_and.h
> >> tml
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr
> >>
> >>
> >> At least it is still a pound package.
> >
> > I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds like a
> > good idea to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter
> > from which I have taken a measure.
>
> It's a non issue here as well. Sometimes I'll make clarified butter out
> of the bits and pieces if I accumulate enough.

Total non-issue in New Zealand, as butter is available in 500g "metric
pound" or 250g "metric half-pound" blocks. If you want any amount less
than that you have to cut if off the block and either use it or put it
on a dish. None of this farting about with "sticks".

Miche

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"Sheldon" > wrote in message

It is funny, but also very sad. I don't understand all those
mentioning rewrapping... why... I never rewraped stick butter in my
life, put a stick in the glass dish and cover with the domed glass
lid. Any questions... that's what I thought.


**********************
Using the same butter dish with cover for years now. Only time I ever
re-wrap is when I take a part of a stick to keep in the fridge at work as I
don't use all that much there.

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:36:44 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > "Sqwertz" > wrote
> >
> >> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:40:40 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >>> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
> >>> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
> >>> 1/4 pound sticks. Okay with me.
> >>
> >> I just bought 4lbs of butter at Costco for $1.53/lb. I think I'm
> >> making croque monsieurs for dinner...
> >
> > You like the Costco butter? I remember you had questions.
>
> Good memory. I've had trouble using it for candy-making -
> getting it up to toffee temps. I've had three successive failed
> attempts using that butter, but this christmas I bought store
> brand butter (HEB brand), and I made 3 or 4 batches without
> incident.
>
> Other than that, Costco butter has served me well for all other
> uses.

Huh. I wonder if it's had water added to it. Some butter does, and I
regard it as a nasty trick.

Miche

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Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Dave Bugg" > wrote
>
>> I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds like a good
>> idea to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter from which
>> I have taken a measure.
>
> The most important thing is those little sticks of butter are
> so darned cute!!
>
> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
> 1/4 pound sticks. Okay with me.

Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
little 3.25" stubbies? Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
same cross section but twice as long. I used marge for many years; when I
came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. Or am I
misremembering? Or is this a regional thing? In the middle there, I did
move to the other end of the country.


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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>
>Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
>little 3.25" stubbies? Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
>same cross section but twice as long. I used marge for many years; when I
>came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. Or am I
>misremembering? Or is this a regional thing? In the middle there, I did
>move to the other end of the country.

Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". Think the shape of two
undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. I still have a
butter dish for them (intact).

I don't buy brand name butter anymore, so I'd like to know if everyone
is getting rid of the tablespoon marks on the wrapper - or is that
limited to store brands?

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sf wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>>
>>Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
>>little 3.25" stubbies? Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
>>same cross section but twice as long. I used marge for many years; when I
>>came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. Or am I
>>misremembering? Or is this a regional thing? In the middle there, I did
>>move to the other end of the country.
>
> Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". Think the shape of two
> undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. I still have a
> butter dish for them (intact).

I sure don't remember those.

> I don't buy brand name butter anymore, so I'd like to know if everyone
> is getting rid of the tablespoon marks on the wrapper - or is that
> limited to store brands?

Store brand here. Marked in TSPs and 1/4, 1/3 and 1/2-cup portions.


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sf wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>>
>>Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
>>little 3.25" stubbies? Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
>>same cross section but twice as long. I used marge for many years; when I
>>came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. Or am I
>>misremembering? Or is this a regional thing? In the middle there, I did
>>move to the other end of the country.
>
> Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". Think the shape of two
> undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. I still have a
> butter dish for them (intact).

I was right, according to wiki (which I quote below).

It's regional.

I spent about the first half of my life in Michigan:

"The dominant shape east of the Rocky Mountains is the Elgin, or
Eastern-pack shape. This shape was originally developed by the Elgin
Butter Tub Company, founded in 1882 in Elgin, Illinois and Rock Falls,
Illinois. The sticks are 4.75" long and 1.25" wide, and are usually sold
in somewhat cubical boxes stacked 2x2."

Then I moved to California;

"West of the Rocky Mountains, butter printers standardized on a different
shape that is now referred to as the Western-Pack shape. These butter
sticks are 3.125" long and 1.5" wide and are typically sold packed
side-by-side in a rectangular container."

So I grew up with thinner, longer ones (by 1 5/8 inches), albeit they
weren't as long as I thought I remembered them.


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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:03:53 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
>>>little 3.25" stubbies? Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
>>>same cross section but twice as long. I used marge for many years; when I
>>>came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. Or am I
>>>misremembering? Or is this a regional thing? In the middle there, I did
>>>move to the other end of the country.
>>
>> Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". Think the shape of two
>> undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. I still have a
>> butter dish for them (intact).
>
>I was right, according to wiki (which I quote below).
>
>It's regional.
>
>I spent about the first half of my life in Michigan:
>
>"The dominant shape east of the Rocky Mountains is the Elgin, or
>Eastern-pack shape. This shape was originally developed by the Elgin
>Butter Tub Company, founded in 1882 in Elgin, Illinois and Rock Falls,
>Illinois. The sticks are 4.75" long and 1.25" wide, and are usually sold
>in somewhat cubical boxes stacked 2x2."
>
>Then I moved to California;
>
>"West of the Rocky Mountains, butter printers standardized on a different
>shape that is now referred to as the Western-Pack shape. These butter
>sticks are 3.125" long and 1.5" wide and are typically sold packed
>side-by-side in a rectangular container."
>
>So I grew up with thinner, longer ones (by 1 5/8 inches), albeit they
>weren't as long as I thought I remembered them.

Blinky, I was brought up in Michigan too (so, you're a freshwater
shark?)... but my mom used margarine back in those days, so I have no
point of reference.

I've seen skinny sticks of butter, but it was here in California and I
thought they were trying to mimic European butter (what do I know?).

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Blinky the THIEF wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > > wrote:
>
> >>Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than today's
> >>little 3.25" stubbies? �Seems like maybe they were half-pound sticks --
> >>same cross section but twice as long. �I used marge for many years; when I
> >>came back to butter it seems like this change had happened. �Or am I
> >>misremembering? �Or is this a regional thing? �In the middle there, I did
> >>move to the other end of the country.
>
> > Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". �Think the shape of two
> > undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. �I still have a
> > butter dish for them (intact).
>
> I was right, according to wiki (which I quote below).
>
> It's regional.
>
> I spent about the first half of my life in Michigan:
>
> "The dominant shape east of the Rocky Mountains is the Elgin, or
> Eastern-pack shape. This shape was originally developed by the Elgin
> Butter Tub Company, founded in 1882 in Elgin, Illinois and Rock Falls,
> Illinois. The sticks are 4.75" long and 1.25" wide, and are usually sold
> in somewhat cubical boxes stacked 2x2."
>
> Then I moved to California;
>
> "West of the Rocky Mountains, butter printers standardized on a different
> shape that is now referred to as the Western-Pack shape. These butter
> sticks are 3.125" long and 1.5" wide and are typically sold packed
> side-by-side in a rectangular container."
>
> So I grew up with thinner, longer ones (by 1 5/8 inches), albeit they
> weren't as long as I thought I remembered them.

When you post information that you gleaned off the net it's honest to
include attributions.

You stole all that from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter

Blinky the THIEF

Sheldon wrote:
> Blinky the THIEF wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:43 -0800, Blinky the Shark
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> Hey, back in the day didn't butter come in sticks longer than
>>>> today's little 3.25" stubbies? ?Seems like maybe they were
>>>> half-pound sticks -- same cross section but twice as long. ?I used
>>>> marge for many years; when I came back to butter it seems like
>>>> this change had happened. ?Or am I misremembering? ?Or is this a
>>>> regional thing? ?In the middle there, I did move to the other end
>>>> of the country.
>>
>>> Butter used to come in two half pound "slabs". ?Think the shape of
>>> two undivided quarter pound sticks in today's shape. ?I still have a
>>> butter dish for them (intact).
>>
>> I was right, according to wiki (which I quote below).
>>
>> It's regional.
>>
>> I spent about the first half of my life in Michigan:
>>
>> "The dominant shape east of the Rocky Mountains is the Elgin, or
>> Eastern-pack shape. This shape was originally developed by the Elgin
>> Butter Tub Company, founded in 1882 in Elgin, Illinois and Rock
>> Falls, Illinois. The sticks are 4.75" long and 1.25" wide, and are
>> usually sold in somewhat cubical boxes stacked 2x2."
>>
>> Then I moved to California;
>>
>> "West of the Rocky Mountains, butter printers standardized on a
>> different shape that is now referred to as the Western-Pack shape.
>> These butter sticks are 3.125" long and 1.5" wide and are typically
>> sold packed side-by-side in a rectangular container."
>>
>> So I grew up with thinner, longer ones (by 1 5/8 inches), albeit they
>> weren't as long as I thought I remembered them.
>
> When you post information that you gleaned off the net it's honest to
> include attributions.
>
> You stole all that from:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter
>
> Blinky the THIEF

Shellie the blind. Read ALL of his post!

">> I was right, according to wiki (which I quote below)."

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
> "Sheldon" wrote:
>
> It is funny, but also very sad. �I don't understand all those
> mentioning rewrapping... why... I never rewraped stick butter in my
> life, put a stick in the glass dish and cover with the domed glass
> lid. �Any questions... that's what I thought.
>
> **********************
> Using the same butter dish with cover for years now. �Only time I ever
> re-wrap is when I take a part of a stick to keep in the fridge at work as I
> don't use all that much there.

I place the butter along with the parchment wrapping into my butter
dish; stays neater: http://i26.tinypic.com/ih2muh.jpg

We had a real kitchen in our lunch room at work; large double sink,
two stoves, two fridges, two microwaves, and all the typical kitchen
tools... we also had some very large stainless steel pots that were
custom made at our sheet metal/welding shop, used for holiday meals.
There were about forty in our department. Some of us chipped in to a
slush fund for keeping our kitchen supplied with condiments, we didn't
use a lot of butter so we bought whipped butter in tubs Amazingly
there were very few disputes about using other people's stuff. We had
a good system for keeping things neat, anyone's left overs found in
the fridge after 3PM on Friday got shit canned.

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > dropped this

>> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
>> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
>> 1/4 pound sticks. Okay with me.
>
> So how much butter you gonna buy?

At least five pounds ... maybe more later in the week if I
wind up there. What really holds me back is that those
pounds of butter take up a lot of freezer room after a while.

nancy

Sheldon wrote:
> Liars!

Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?

This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos on a
regular basis.

Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!

On Mar 6, 5:30�pm, Tracy > wrote:
> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food...reamy_rich_and....
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypzgwr
>
> At least it is still a pound package.

Yeah but that extra packaging will increase the cost per pound, I
betcha! With more wrapping there will also be a bit more waste,
always some small quantity of butter stays with the wrapping and few
people make the effort to scrape the last bits off the wrapping
paper... now instead of four grams you'll waste eight grams... with
all the tons of butter sold grams count... butter companys don't care
that you have more waste so long as you pay for it, so if they can
increase each individual consumer's waste even a little bit it all
adds up, they increase their profits substantially

I don't see any convenience whatsoever, in fact it's twice the work;
twice as many sticks to handle and unwrap... may as well go all the
way and buy those individually wrapped pats like they serve at
restaurants. I think this is a marketing ploy to increse butter
consumption... most folks tend not to leave that last pat worth of
butter from a 1/4 lb stick but will instead unconciously use it all by
slathering a little extra on their bread or dump it into their
recipe.. is there such a thing as too much butter in baked goods. So
now with twice as many sticks there is twice the opportunity presented
to use up those ends by taking extra... folks will become fatter while
butter company wallets get fatter too. Butter companys are no
different from other businesses, everything they do is to increase
their bottom line, Land O' Lakes is not doing this for the good of the
consumer... they are emptying consumer's wallets while increasing
their increasing bottoms and waists.

Think about all the reasons why commercial kitchens buy ingredients in
the *largest* sizes... resturant kitchens don't use sticks, they use
five pound blocks. In ethnic neighborhoods where people do a lot of
cooking/baking they mostly buy butter in one pound blocks, costs
substantially less than sticks and there is less waste.

Dave Bugg wrote:

>
> > At least it is still a pound package.
>
> I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds like a good idea
> to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter from which I have
> taken a measure.

Who would have thought that people were too stupid to figure out how to cut a
stick of butter in half. Maybe it would have been cheaper for them to just
change the package and provide written instructions.

FWIW. most butter here is sold in one pound blocks. Some of the better quality
butters are also sold in half pound blocks. Not surprisingly, they are half as
big as the one pound blocks. Very few brands are sold in sticks. In the grocery
store where I usually shop they have 5 or 6 brands of butter, some of which
sell salted and unsalted. Two of them also sell half pound sizes. Only one
(premium) brand comes in boxes of sticks, both salted and unsalted.
,

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>
>>
>> > At least it is still a pound package.
>>
>> I may be missing something, but what's the big deal? Sounds
>> like a good idea
>> to me. I hate having to re-wrap a messy portion of butter
>> from which I have
>> taken a measure.
>
>
> FWIW. most butter here is sold in one pound blocks. Some of
> the better quality
> butters are also sold in half pound blocks. Not surprisingly,
> they are half as
> big as the one pound blocks. Very few brands are sold in
> sticks. In the grocery
> store where I usually shop they have 5 or 6 brands of butter,
> some of which
> sell salted and unsalted. Two of them also sell half pound
> sizes. Only one
> (premium) brand comes in boxes of sticks, both salted and
> unsalted.

A small request :-) Could people who use the word "here" check
that it is apparent where it is? I only found out that Dave
Smith was talking about Canada when I saw his address as I began
to compose this response. I could have asked for details of the
message too, I suppose, but that's extra work too.



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"PinocchiOphelia" wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Liars!
>
> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>
> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos on a
> regular basis.
>
> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!

Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
comment as though defending themselves.

Sheldon wrote:
> "PinocchiOphelia" wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> Liars!
>>
>> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>>
>> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos on
>> a regular basis.
>>
>> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!
>
> Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
> comment as though defending themselves.

LOLOL what's up fercocktah Shellie.... don't you like being shown up to be
wrong))))))))))))

"PinoicchiOfailure" wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > "PinocchiOfailure" wrote:
> >> Sheldon wrote:
> >>> Liars!
>
> >> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>
> >> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos on
> >> a regular basis.
>
> >> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!
>
> > Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
> > comment as though defending themselves.
>
> LOLOL what's up fercocktah Shellie.... don't you like being shown up to be
> wrong))))))))))))

Wrong, me... NEVER!

Ofailure!

Ahahahaha. . . .


SHELDON

Sheldon wrote:
> "PinoicchiOfailure" wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> "PinocchiOfailure" wrote:
>>>> Sheldon wrote:
>>>>> Liars!
>>
>>>> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>>
>>>> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos
>>>> on a regular basis.
>>
>>>> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!
>>
>>> Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
>>> comment as though defending themselves.
>>
>> LOLOL what's up fercocktah Shellie.... don't you like being shown up
>> to be wrong))))))))))))
>
> Wrong, me... NEVER!
>
> Ofailure!
>
> Ahahahaha. . . .
>
>
> SHELDON

You wish old man)))) I hate to prick your balloon but..........I am
afraid you are a busted flush <G>

On Mar 6, 7:08*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:36:44 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
> > "Sqwertz" > wrote
>
> >> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:40:40 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >>> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
> >>> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
> >>> 1/4 pound sticks. *Okay with me.
>
> >> I just bought 4lbs of butter at Costco for $1.53/lb. *I think I'm
> >> making croque monsieurs for dinner...
>
> > You like the Costco butter? *I remember you had questions.
>
> Good memory. *I've had trouble using it for candy-making -
> getting it up to toffee temps. *I've had three successive failed
> attempts using that butter, but this christmas I bought store
> brand butter (HEB brand), and I made 3 or 4 batches without
> incident.
>
> Other than that, Costco butter has served me well for all other
> uses.
>
> -sw

You should be using unsalted...

"Ofailure" wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > "PinoicchiOfailure" �wrote:
> >> Sheldon wrote:
> >>> "PinocchiOfailure" wrote:
> >>>> Sheldon wrote:
> >>>>> Liars!
>
> >>>> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>
> >>>> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos
> >>>> on a regular basis.
>
> >>>> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!
>
> >>> Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
> >>> comment as though defending themselves.
>
> >> LOLOL what's up fercocktah Shellie.... don't you like being shown up
> >> to be wrong))))))))))))
>
> > Wrong, me... NEVER!
>
> > Ofailure!
>
> > Ahahahaha. . . .
>
> > SHELDON
>
> I hate to prick your balloon but..........I am
> afraid you are a busted flush <G>

Hmm, you must be dyslexic... I think that should read "I hate to bust
your balloon but I'm araid... youre a big prick". <G>

James Silverton wrote:

>
> >
> > FWIW. most butter here is sold in one pound blocks. Some of
> > the better quality
> > butters are also sold in half pound blocks. Not surprisingly,
> > they are half as
> > big as the one pound blocks. Very few brands are sold in
> > sticks. In the grocery
> > store where I usually shop they have 5 or 6 brands of butter,
> > some of which
> > sell salted and unsalted. Two of them also sell half pound
> > sizes. Only one
> > (premium) brand comes in boxes of sticks, both salted and
> > unsalted.
>
> A small request :-) Could people who use the word "here" check
> that it is apparent where it is? I only found out that Dave
> Smith was talking about Canada when I saw his address as I began
> to compose this response. I could have asked for details of the
> message too, I suppose, but that's extra work too.

Aside from the fact that, like a lot of people here, I am on the RFC
map, have frequently said that I live in the Niagara Peninsula, and my
address has that identifying .ca, I am not sure that it really mattes
where I live. The fact remains that around here ( Niagara Peninsula of
southern Ontario, Canada) the vast majority of butter is sold in grocery
stores is 1 lb. blocks.

Dave wrote on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:59:56 -0500:

??>>> FWIW. most butter here is sold in one pound blocks. Some
??>>> of the better quality butters are also sold in half pound
??>>> blocks. Not surprisingly, they are half as big as the one
??>>> pound blocks. Very few brands are sold in sticks. In the
??>>> grocery store where I usually shop they have 5 or 6
??>>> brands of butter, some of which sell salted and unsalted.
??>>> Two of them also sell half pound sizes. Only
??>>> one (premium) brand comes in boxes of sticks, both
??>>> salted and unsalted.
??>>
??>> A small request :-) Could people who use the word "here"
??>> check that it is apparent where it is? I only found out
??>> that Dave Smith was talking about Canada when I saw his
??>> address as I began to compose this response. I could have
??>> asked for details of the message too, I suppose, but
??>> that's extra work too.

D>Aside from the fact that, like a lot of people here, I am on
D>the RFCmap, have frequently said that I live in the Niagara
D>Peninsula, and myaddress has that identifying .ca, I am not
D>sure that it really matteswhere I live. The fact remains that
D>around here ( Niagara Peninsula ofsouthern Ontario, Canada)
D>the vast majority of butter is sold in grocerystores is 1 lb.
D>blocks.

..


I was just interested in where butter was sold in 1 lb blocks: a
reasonable request, I thought. I certainly don't think I am so
famous that everyone knows where I live nor that my address will
appear with the post :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Dave Smith" > wrote

> Who would have thought that people were too stupid to figure out how to
> cut a
> stick of butter in half. Maybe it would have been cheaper for them to just
> change the package and provide written instructions.

Just because some company decided to sell their butter cut
into smaller pieces doesn't mean they were being inundated with
people asking how they could cut their butter in half.

nancy

James Silverton wrote:

>
>
> D>Aside from the fact that, like a lot of people here, I am on
> D>the RFCmap, have frequently said that I live in the Niagara
> D>Peninsula, and myaddress has that identifying .ca, I am not
> D>sure that it really matteswhere I live. The fact remains that
> D>around here ( Niagara Peninsula ofsouthern Ontario, Canada)
> D>the vast majority of butter is sold in grocerystores is 1 lb.
> D>blocks.
>
> .
>
> I was just interested in where butter was sold in 1 lb blocks: a
> reasonable request, I thought. I certainly don't think I am so
> famous that everyone knows where I live nor that my address will
> appear with the post :-)
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

But you are famous. We all know that you live in Potomac Maryland :-)

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> James Silverton wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> D>Aside from the fact that, like a lot of people here, I am
>> on
>> D>the RFCmap, have frequently said that I live in the Niagara
>> D>Peninsula, and myaddress has that identifying .ca, I am
>> not
>> D>sure that it really matteswhere I live. The fact remains
>> that
>> D>around here ( Niagara Peninsula ofsouthern Ontario, Canada)
>> D>the vast majority of butter is sold in grocerystores is 1
>> lb.
>> D>blocks.
>>
>> .
>>
>> I was just interested in where butter was sold in 1 lb
>> blocks: a
>> reasonable request, I thought. I certainly don't think I am
>> so
>> famous that everyone knows where I live nor that my address
>> will
>> appear with the post :-)
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>
> But you are famous. We all know that you live in Potomac
> Maryland :-)
>

I'd never claim fame in r.f.cooking nor is it one of my life's
great ambitions :-). You only know I post from Potomac because I
include it in my signature. My real address gives none of that
information, only my carrier.



--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Ophelia wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
>> "PinocchiOphelia" wrote:
>>> Sheldon wrote:
>>>> Liars!
>>>
>>> Shellie, have you been missing your meds again?
>>>
>>> This cry of LIAR seems to come out of the mouths of total weirdos on
>>> a regular basis.
>>>
>>> Normal people don't seem to do it all all!!
>>
>> Ever notice how it's the most offensive prevaricators who need to
>> comment as though defending themselves.
>
> LOLOL what's up fercocktah Shellie.... don't you like being shown up to be
> wrong))))))))))))

Uh...ferkakdeh? (I'm not positive, myself.)


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In article <SWjAj.214$Ls6.110@trnddc01>,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Dave wrote on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:59:56 -0500:

[attributions lost previously]

> ??>> A small request :-) Could people who use the word "here"
> ??>> check that it is apparent where it is? I only found out
> ??>> that Dave Smith was talking about Canada when I saw his
> ??>> address as I began to compose this response. I could have
> ??>> asked for details of the message too, I suppose, but
> ??>> that's extra work too.
>
> D>Aside from the fact that, like a lot of people here, I am on
> D>the RFCmap, have frequently said that I live in the Niagara
> D>Peninsula, and myaddress has that identifying .ca, I am not
> D>sure that it really matteswhere I live. The fact remains that
> D>around here ( Niagara Peninsula ofsouthern Ontario, Canada)
> D>the vast majority of butter is sold in grocerystores is 1 lb.
> D>blocks.
>
> .
>
>
> I was just interested in where butter was sold in 1 lb blocks: a
> reasonable request, I thought. I certainly don't think I am so
> famous that everyone knows where I live nor that my address will
> appear with the post :-)

Butter is sold in "metric pound" (500g) and "metric half-pound" (250g)
blocks in New Zealand.

Miche

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