Why can't we all just get along?
American recipes, you are the bane of my existence.
You're all cute and sugary on the surface...
but a stick of butter?! That is not a measurement.
Sure, I grew up learning metric measurements in an official capacity,
but cooking at home I used both metric and imperial. Great.
And then enter 'United States Customary Units'.
So I bought the 'cups'.
It's not often I use US recipes but, American Friends, may I ask
how does one measure butter in a cup (without melting)?
Pack it in and hope for the best?
Help a European sister out will ya!
2 comments:
I thiiink there are measurements written on the wrappers of the sticks of butter. Like, it marks where one cup is. Or it says something like "4 tablespoons = 1 cup." I don't know if that's actually correct. Sorry, that sounds frustrating.
Allie's right. That's how it is here in Canada, where we exist in a weird kind of hybrid between American units and metric (although NOTHING here is measured in sticks). It can be pretty frustrating, I totally understand. On boxes of crisco and the like, there's always a little ruler on the flap that has measurements on it. If you'd like, I'd be happy to cut one off and send it to you (email me)! I did that a long time ago and I keep it in my recipe box so I've always got one handy. It hasn't got sticks on it, but it's got cups and mls. You'll just have to convert the sticks into cups via an online converter.
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