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Post by idahopea on Aug 1, 2018 15:10:27 GMT
As a side topic, how many of you call 1/4 of a pound of butter a stick? Or do you call it a cube? I think this is also regional.
I grew up on the east coast and we always called it a stick of butter, but when I moved to the Pacific northwest a friend gave me a recipe that called for a cube of butter. I had no idea how much that was! Do I just cut a cube shape off a stick of butter? I was supposed to put in a whole stick (cube as my friend called it). We still joke about it 15 years later and I always state exactly how many tablespoons, cups, etc of butter to put in a recipe now.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 1, 2018 15:29:09 GMT
As a side topic, how many of you call 1/4 of a pound of butter a stick? Or do you call it a cube? I think this is also regional. I grew up on the east coast and we always called it a stick of butter, but when I moved to the Pacific northwest a friend gave me a recipe that called for a cube of butter. I had no idea how much that was! Do I just cut a cube shape off a stick of butter? I was supposed to put in a whole stick (cube as my friend called it). We still joke about it 15 years later and I always state exactly how many tablespoons, cups, etc of butter to put in a recipe now. What??? I would have had NO idea what they were talking about. It's a stick of butter up here in the northland. I need to buy my Costco butter on my next trip. I wonder what I'll find?
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Aug 1, 2018 15:53:05 GMT
As a side topic, how many of you call 1/4 of a pound of butter a stick? Or do you call it a cube? I think this is also regional. I grew up on the east coast and we always called it a stick of butter, but when I moved to the Pacific northwest a friend gave me a recipe that called for a cube of butter. I had no idea how much that was! Do I just cut a cube shape off a stick of butter? I was supposed to put in a whole stick (cube as my friend called it). We still joke about it 15 years later and I always state exactly how many tablespoons, cups, etc of butter to put in a recipe now. PNW here...always been called a stick of butter.
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Post by styxgirl on Aug 1, 2018 15:56:59 GMT
Center of the USA … Stick of butter here too. Not sure if I can handle a butter shape change! LOL
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Post by ashley on Aug 1, 2018 16:01:44 GMT
Costco here carries Lactantia brand butter in 1 lb blocks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 16:11:06 GMT
As a side topic, how many of you call 1/4 of a pound of butter a stick? Or do you call it a cube? We refer to it as a stick of butter. Cube would have to be square IMO and all the ones I buy are rectangular in shape.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 1, 2018 20:40:50 GMT
Regional size differences for butter make about as much sense to me as regional differences for Best Foods/Helmans, Carl’s Jr. /Hardee’s.... Why? 🤷♀️🤦♀️ You have to read the article trollie linked upthread. Suddenly it all makes sense! I grew up on the west coast but spent summers on the east coast.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 1, 2018 21:09:48 GMT
If you used the right Costco butter (Kerrygold from Ireland, in half-pound blocks), you wouldn't have this problem. You'd have a different butter storage problem. More like mine. I use this, too- love it. I was thrown off last week when I had to buy REGULAR sticks of it because they were out of blocks. I still have some sticks, but went back to the block-lol.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 1, 2018 22:11:12 GMT
Interesting. According to this article, we've always had the short stubbies here, which makes sense as I live in the PNW. I call them cubes and sticks interchangeably.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 1, 2018 22:25:41 GMT
I haven't encountered that yet. AnastasiaBeaverhausn , I use my butter dish by placing the butter in the cover and using the bottom as the lid. It fits the larger Kerry Gold blocks better this way. what a great idea! Unfortunately, it didn't work with my butter dish because the knob on the lid makes it too tippy when turned over and the base as a lid is too heavy. I will be keeping an eye out for something that works with this idea.
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Post by MaryMary on Aug 1, 2018 23:08:58 GMT
I’ve been using stubby butter my whole life and had no idea! And I’ve always called it a stick of butter.
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Post by scrappersue on Aug 1, 2018 23:39:54 GMT
So I'm reading along thinking we had skinny butter sticks and then I click on the link for the article - what? what? So the butter sticks I've had my whole life in Washington State are short and stubby!! Who knew?? I've never seen the long skinny ones before. Mind officially blown.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 1, 2018 23:40:05 GMT
A stick. I had never seen short sticks until last year. Sometimes regional recipes call for a stick of butter. And they mean the long thin sticks.
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Post by Sue on Aug 1, 2018 23:51:39 GMT
PNW here.. short and stubby for me and I've always called it a cube of butter. The only long cube/stick I've ever had was Kerrygold.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 1, 2018 23:57:21 GMT
Interesting. According to this article, we've always had the short stubbies here, which makes sense as I live in the PNW. I call them cubes and sticks interchangeably. But, but they're not...cube shaped?
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Post by kels99 on Aug 2, 2018 0:02:10 GMT
Interesting. According to this article, we've always had the short stubbies here, which makes sense as I live in the PNW. I call them cubes and sticks interchangeably. But, but they're not...cube shaped? I know...just one of those weird geographical idiosyncrasies I guess. (Funnily enough, I used to be a math teacher and I never though about it not being mathematically correct.) ETA: Maybe I don't actually call it a cube anymore; I just asked DD(19) what a thing of butter was called and she said "stick". I asked her if she'd ever heard of it being called a cube and she said, "No....maybe if you cut it." LOL
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Post by teddyw on Aug 2, 2018 0:31:06 GMT
I forgot to look today while I was there to see what mine is carrying.
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Post by stampinfraulein on Aug 2, 2018 0:45:55 GMT
Odd, because our Costco used to sell the butter in the shorter fatter sticks but then they changed to the longer skinnier sticks more recently. I wonder if they will change back?
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Post by SunnySmile on Aug 2, 2018 0:47:59 GMT
Ours got changed from the short, fat sticks to the long thin ones! Maybe it's a regional thing?
I grew up calling it a cube and I still call it that sometimes, but we always had the short, fat sticks back then.
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Post by pattyraindrops on Aug 2, 2018 3:27:26 GMT
As a side topic, how many of you call 1/4 of a pound of butter a stick? Or do you call it a cube? I think this is also regional. I grew up on the east coast and we always called it a stick of butter, but when I moved to the Pacific northwest a friend gave me a recipe that called for a cube of butter. I had no idea how much that was! Do I just cut a cube shape off a stick of butter? I was supposed to put in a whole stick (cube as my friend called it). We still joke about it 15 years later and I always state exactly how many tablespoons, cups, etc of butter to put in a recipe now. If it is for a recipe I would call it a 1/4 pound or a half cup, saying 1/2 cup much more often. If I am just asking for it to be taken out of the fridge or something like that I will ask for a stick. I've heard it often called a cube though so it wouldn't even phase me if I heard it. This is all having me remember "a loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter" and now I wonder how she was only able to buy 1 stick of butter and not have to buy the whole pound.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 3:42:14 GMT
Yup, but it's still marked on the paper on each stick of butter for measuring. It's shorter and fatter... Not sure why they all are doing it though.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 2, 2018 11:28:50 GMT
A stick. I had never seen short sticks until last year. Sometimes regional recipes call for a stick of butter. And they mean the long thin sticks. Both shape ‘sticks’ of butter are 1/4 pound so it shouldn’t matter which ‘stick’ your using the short stubby or long thin are both supposed to be a 1/4 lb. Unless your buying butter in 1/2 lb or 1 lb blocks.
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Post by sabrinae on Aug 2, 2018 12:35:10 GMT
A stick. I had never seen short sticks until last year. Sometimes regional recipes call for a stick of butter. And they mean the long thin sticks. Both shape ‘sticks’ of butter are 1/4 pound so it shouldn’t matter which ‘stick’ your using the short stubby or long thin are both supposed to be a 1/4 lb. Unless your buying butter in 1/2 lb or 1 lb blocks. I think she’s talking about 1/4 C sticks. Land o lakes sells a pound of butter that is divided into 8 sticks that are individually wrapped. They took the long thin sticks and chopped those in half, wrapped and put in a one pound box.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 2, 2018 13:49:29 GMT
Both shape ‘sticks’ of butter are 1/4 pound so it shouldn’t matter which ‘stick’ your using the short stubby or long thin are both supposed to be a 1/4 lb. Unless your buying butter in 1/2 lb or 1 lb blocks. I think she’s talking about 1/4 C sticks. Land o lakes sells a pound of butter that is divided into 8 sticks that are individually wrapped. They took the long thin sticks and chopped those in half, wrapped and put in a one pound box. Ooooooooooh God even more ways to get butter I guess I’m just going to have to be very specific when writing recipes and not use random descriptions. ie use portions of a cup or lb rather than stick, block or whatever
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Post by lurkingsince2001 on Aug 2, 2018 20:27:45 GMT
My butter has been sort and stubby at Costco AND Wal-Mart since 2011. It was strange to see at first to be sure.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 4, 2018 13:25:40 GMT
Both shape ‘sticks’ of butter are 1/4 pound so it shouldn’t matter which ‘stick’ your using the short stubby or long thin are both supposed to be a 1/4 lb. Unless your buying butter in 1/2 lb or 1 lb blocks. I think she’s talking about 1/4 C sticks. Land o lakes sells a pound of butter that is divided into 8 sticks that are individually wrapped. They took the long thin sticks and chopped those in half, wrapped and put in a one pound box. I was, indeed. I guess that you shouldn’t use “stick of butter” in a recipe any more.
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Post by Just Beth on Aug 4, 2018 13:53:01 GMT
I’m a West Coast pea. I swear I learn new things every day here! I had no idea our butter was shaped differently than the East Coast. Short and stubby is the only style I have ever seen.
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Post by Merge on Aug 4, 2018 15:57:53 GMT
Am I the only one who never uses a butter dish? We almost only use butter in cooking or baking. I take out a stick, cut off what I need, re-wrap the stick in its waxed paper and return the stick to the box in the fridge.
A butter dish is just something else to be washed! LOL
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Post by flanz on Aug 5, 2018 5:35:51 GMT
If you used the right Costco butter (Kerrygold from Ireland, in half-pound blocks), you wouldn't have this problem. You'd have a different butter storage problem. More like mine. Our fave butter!
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