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ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Why is American butter in a stick rather than a block?
I understand the mass differential is ¼ lb vs ¼ kg, but why the shape?
Comment on I hope this clears things up
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Why is American butter in a stick rather than a block?
I understand the mass differential is ¼ lb vs ¼ kg, but why the shape?
trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on why, but…
One box of butter from the store usually has four of these sticks in it, each wrapped in a paper sleeve. That paper is printed with markings at tablespoon increments. One stick is therefore half a cup of butter. So you can easily roughly measure the butter to match common recipe requirements.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So more patch work among patchwork. I mean, my block of butter is in a wrapper with markers on it for every 100g of butter. Also makes estimations for recipes easier, except its in metric
trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Yeah, well, I won’t make excuses for our refusal to use a sensible and consistent measurement system. Just saying that’s how it is.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Haha, very true