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What is a STICK of butter?
Hello,
I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... What is a STICK of butter? Thanks for helping |
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Jean wrote:
> Hello, > I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. > In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... > In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... > What is a STICK of butter? > Thanks for helping 1/4 pound, or 1/2 cup, or 8 Tbsp. = 1 "stick" of butter Bob |
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Jean wrote:
> Hello, > I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. > In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... > In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... > What is a STICK of butter? > Thanks for helping 1/4 pound, or 1/2 cup, or 8 Tbsp. = 1 "stick" of butter Bob |
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Jean wrote:
> Hello, > I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. > In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... > In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... > What is a STICK of butter? A stick of butter is a quarter pound. Some butter still comes in sticks. I usually buy unsalted butter and one of the better brands comes in a box containing four individually wrapped sticks. |
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Jean wrote:
> Hello, > I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. > In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... > In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... > What is a STICK of butter? A stick of butter is a quarter pound. Some butter still comes in sticks. I usually buy unsalted butter and one of the better brands comes in a box containing four individually wrapped sticks. |
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>> I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book.
>> In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... >> In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... >> What is a STICK of butter? > >A "stick" is the same as a "cube", which is 8 tablespoons or >1/2 cup... I remember one time I was making somehing that called for a "cube" of butter. Being American I had no idea that a cube of butter was the same thing as a stick. I was also only about 10 years old. I ended up taking a stick of butter and cutting off just enough so that I had a cubed shaped piece of butter. It ended up only being about 2 tablespoons. Needless to say, the recipe didn't turn out very well. |
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>> I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book.
>> In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... >> In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... >> What is a STICK of butter? > >A "stick" is the same as a "cube", which is 8 tablespoons or >1/2 cup... I remember one time I was making somehing that called for a "cube" of butter. Being American I had no idea that a cube of butter was the same thing as a stick. I was also only about 10 years old. I ended up taking a stick of butter and cutting off just enough so that I had a cubed shaped piece of butter. It ended up only being about 2 tablespoons. Needless to say, the recipe didn't turn out very well. |
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"Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message ... > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > scribbled some thoughts: > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks (makes it easier for > use on the table, use some and freeze some). Each stick > will be 1/2 cup of butter. Some will even have gradation > marks making it easy to slice off the amount needed in a > recipe. That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. Gabby |
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"Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message ... > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > scribbled some thoughts: > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks (makes it easier for > use on the table, use some and freeze some). Each stick > will be 1/2 cup of butter. Some will even have gradation > marks making it easy to slice off the amount needed in a > recipe. That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. Gabby |
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"Gabby" > wrote in message
... > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > Gabby Funny that this question was asked. I just this minute finished baking my hedgehogs (which were a disaster). Anyway I used a stick of butter. I've seen them a lot in Canada - more often though it's fresh butter. Elaine |
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"Gabby" > wrote in message
... > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > Gabby Funny that this question was asked. I just this minute finished baking my hedgehogs (which were a disaster). Anyway I used a stick of butter. I've seen them a lot in Canada - more often though it's fresh butter. Elaine |
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"Gabby" > writes:
> That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. I think everyplace I've been in the US uses 1/4 lb sticks as a standard, with whole lb blocks usually being available as well. Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out there were shorter and stockier. This was in the late 70's (and at the time we didn't have Thomas's english muffins, and 1 liter glass Coke bottles were vastly more common than 12 oz cans or 2 liter plastic bottles). Since then, however, things have changed so that the sticks of butter I've bought in TN, NH, VT, MN, MI, and AZ are now all the same size (unless I buy that fancy Vermont Cultured Butter that I have a tendency to buy these days). -- Richard W Kaszeta http://www.kaszeta.org/rich |
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"Gabby" > writes:
> That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. I think everyplace I've been in the US uses 1/4 lb sticks as a standard, with whole lb blocks usually being available as well. Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out there were shorter and stockier. This was in the late 70's (and at the time we didn't have Thomas's english muffins, and 1 liter glass Coke bottles were vastly more common than 12 oz cans or 2 liter plastic bottles). Since then, however, things have changed so that the sticks of butter I've bought in TN, NH, VT, MN, MI, and AZ are now all the same size (unless I buy that fancy Vermont Cultured Butter that I have a tendency to buy these days). -- Richard W Kaszeta http://www.kaszeta.org/rich |
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"Gabby" > wrote in message ... > > "Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message > ... > > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > > scribbled some thoughts: > > > > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks (makes it easier for > > use on the table, use some and freeze some). Each stick > > will be 1/2 cup of butter. Some will even have gradation > > marks making it easy to slice off the amount needed in a > > recipe. > > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > Gabby > > Zehrs sells Lactancia Unsalted butter in sticks, at least here in SW Ontario. Anita |
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"Gabby" > wrote in message ... > > "Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message > ... > > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > > scribbled some thoughts: > > > > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks (makes it easier for > > use on the table, use some and freeze some). Each stick > > will be 1/2 cup of butter. Some will even have gradation > > marks making it easy to slice off the amount needed in a > > recipe. > > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > Gabby > > Zehrs sells Lactancia Unsalted butter in sticks, at least here in SW Ontario. Anita |
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Gabby wrote:
> > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. I buy President's Choice butter in boxes of four sticks at Zehrs in the Niagara area. |
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Gabby wrote:
> > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. I buy President's Choice butter in boxes of four sticks at Zehrs in the Niagara area. |
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One time on Usenet, ospam (DJS0302) said:
(Gal Called J.J.) said: > >One time on Usenet, (Jean) said: > >> I was cooking a cheese cake with a new book. > >> In the intro, he presented basic crust with tablespoon of butter... > >> In recipes, add a stick or 1 1/2 stick of butter... > >> What is a STICK of butter? > > > >A "stick" is the same as a "cube", which is 8 tablespoons or > >1/2 cup... > > I remember one time I was making somehing that called for a "cube" of butter. > Being American I had no idea that a cube of butter was the same thing as a > stick. I was also only about 10 years old. I ended up taking a stick of > butter and cutting off just enough so that I had a cubed shaped piece of > butter. It ended up only being about 2 tablespoons. Needless to say, the > recipe didn't turn out very well. 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? -- J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~ "I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF |
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"Gal Called 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? Worse, it more vexing to think that the OP didn't know what a "stick" or a "cube" are because his/her "butter" comes in a tub. |
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"Gal Called 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? From experience on this newsgroup, it is American. People often ask 'what is a stick of butter?' nancy |
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"Gal Called 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? From experience on this newsgroup, it is American. People often ask 'what is a stick of butter?' nancy |
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pennyaline wrote:
> "Gal Called 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? > > Worse, it more vexing to think that the OP didn't know what a "stick" or a > "cube" are because his/her "butter" comes in a tub. or some other packaging  - in Germany, e.g., butter is packed inrectangular pieces weighing 250 g / about 8 oz each. If I understand it right, 4 sticks of butter are in a 1 lb package which would equal 1 stick to about 110 g. Petra in Hamburg, Germany |
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pennyaline wrote:
> "Gal Called 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? > > Worse, it more vexing to think that the OP didn't know what a "stick" or a > "cube" are because his/her "butter" comes in a tub. or some other packaging - in Germany, e.g., butter is packed inrectangular pieces weighing 250 g / about 8 oz each. If I understand it right, 4 sticks of butter are in a 1 lb package which would equal 1 stick to about 110 g. Petra in Hamburg, Germany |
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In article >,
Richard Kaszeta > wrote: > "Gabby" > writes: > > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > I think everyplace I've been in the US uses 1/4 lb sticks as a > standard, with whole lb blocks usually being available as well. > > Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the > amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up > and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks > of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out > there were shorter and stockier. This was in the late 70's (and at > the time we didn't have Thomas's english muffins, and 1 liter glass > Coke bottles were vastly more common than 12 oz cans or 2 liter > plastic bottles). > > Since then, however, things have changed so that the sticks of butter > I've bought in TN, NH, VT, MN, MI, and AZ are now all the same size > (unless I buy that fancy Vermont Cultured Butter that I have a > tendency to buy these days). I've noticed that the dimensions of butter sticks is different in Washington state than east of the Rockies. Here they're short and stubby; in other parts of the country they're more elongated. That rule goes for the butter churned on the west coast (Tillamook, Darigold, Challenge, etc.). The Land O' Lakes sticks are of uniform dimensions nationwide. Cindy -- C.J. Fuller Delete the obvious to email me |
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In article >,
Richard Kaszeta > wrote: > "Gabby" > writes: > > That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of > > butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in > > Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks. > > I think everyplace I've been in the US uses 1/4 lb sticks as a > standard, with whole lb blocks usually being available as well. > > Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the > amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up > and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks > of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out > there were shorter and stockier. This was in the late 70's (and at > the time we didn't have Thomas's english muffins, and 1 liter glass > Coke bottles were vastly more common than 12 oz cans or 2 liter > plastic bottles). > > Since then, however, things have changed so that the sticks of butter > I've bought in TN, NH, VT, MN, MI, and AZ are now all the same size > (unless I buy that fancy Vermont Cultured Butter that I have a > tendency to buy these days). I've noticed that the dimensions of butter sticks is different in Washington state than east of the Rockies. Here they're short and stubby; in other parts of the country they're more elongated. That rule goes for the butter churned on the west coast (Tillamook, Darigold, Challenge, etc.). The Land O' Lakes sticks are of uniform dimensions nationwide. Cindy -- C.J. Fuller Delete the obvious to email me |
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In article >, Andrew H.
Carter > wrote: > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > scribbled some thoughts: > >What is a STICK of butter? > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks Unless it is a lower priced option and is but one solid block. -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> 12-10-04; Sam I Am! Christmas Baking "Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?" -Food writer Mimi Sheraton |
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In article >, Richard Kaszeta
> wrote: (snip) > Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the > amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up > and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks > of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out > there were shorter and stockier. That's because those were "cubes", not "sticks", Rich. "-) -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> 12-10-04; Sam I Am! Christmas Baking "Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?" -Food writer Mimi Sheraton |
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In article >, Richard Kaszeta
> wrote: (snip) > Interestingly, the actual size of the stick (dimensions, not the > amount of butter) have varied---when I was a kid, our family packed up > and moved from Delaware to Arizona, and found that the 1/4 lb sticks > of butter in AZ didn't fit our butter dishes; the butter sticks out > there were shorter and stockier. That's because those were "cubes", not "sticks", Rich. "-) -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> 12-10-04; Sam I Am! Christmas Baking "Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?" -Food writer Mimi Sheraton |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote: > In article >, Andrew H. > Carter > wrote: > > > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > > scribbled some thoughts: > > >What is a STICK of butter? > > > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks I've also seen boxes with two sticks of butter, e.g. a half - pound (at Walgreen's) -- Best Greg |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote: > In article >, Andrew H. > Carter > wrote: > > > On 13 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0800, (Jean) > > scribbled some thoughts: > > >What is a STICK of butter? > > > When you go to the store in the dairy section you will find > > butter in rectangular boxes, those boxes are 1 lb of butter, > > each of those boxes will have 4 sticks I've also seen boxes with two sticks of butter, e.g. a half - pound (at Walgreen's) -- Best Greg |
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Nancy Young > wrote in
: > "Gal Called 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? > > From experience on this newsgroup, it is American. People often > ask 'what is a stick of butter?' > > nancy > Pick me!!...Pick me!! Ok Ok...what is a stick of margerine? -- Starchless in Manitoba. Type 2 Diabetic |
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Nancy Young > wrote in
: > "Gal Called 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? > > From experience on this newsgroup, it is American. People often > ask 'what is a stick of butter?' > > nancy > Pick me!!...Pick me!! Ok Ok...what is a stick of margerine? -- Starchless in Manitoba. Type 2 Diabetic |
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Jean > wrote:
> What is a STICK of butter? Why not look it up in the rec.food.cooking FAQ? <http://vsack.bei.t-online.de/rfc_faq.html> Section 2.7.4 Miscellaneous a "stick" of butter or margarine weighs 4 oz and is 1/2 cup US each 1/4 cup or half stick butter or margarine in US recipes weighs about 50 g there are 8 tablespoons in 1/4 pound butter Victor |
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