Monday, July 31, 2017

How to measure butter


How to Measure Butter
Have you tried to measure exactly 1 cup of butter (or tablespoon for that matter)? 
Spend forever to squeeze the butter in the cup, making sure there are no spaces,
just to spend more time with a spatula trying to get every little bit of butter out of the cup again?

Q: Is 1/2 lb. of butter the same as 1/2 cup of butter? ( Or margerien or baking margerien like Stork bake or Marvello)
A:  The recipe writers of the world have entered into a conspiracy to make cooking with butter way more complex than it should be. 
In one recipe they ask for a half-cup of butter. In the next, they ask for 8 tablespoons. 
Then they turn around and demand one stick of butter.
 
And the whole time, they're asking for the same thing!
In the US, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters or sticks. 
In South Africa, butter is packed 250g or 500g.
Sometimes you get a smaller brick.
Or at Woolworths you can get a Stick of Butter.
The margarines are packed in 250g, 500g or 1kg.


Each pound (S.A. 500g)  is roughly two cups of butter.
Each quarter-pound stick is 8 tablespoons or a half a cup. Each tablespoon is 1/2 ounce. 


To thwart the wicked aims of those recipe writers once and for all, we present the following fool-proof
Butter Measurement Translation Chart to Defeat Nefarious Recipe Writers*






Volume
Sticks
Weight: US & British
Weight: Metric
1 Tbsp
1/8
1/2 oz
14 g
2 Tbsp
1/4
1 oz
25 g
3 Tbsp
3/8
1-1/2 oz
42 g
1/4 cup
1/2
2 oz
57 g
5 Tbsp
5/8
2-1/2 oz
72 g
6 Tbsp
3/4
3 oz
85 g
7 Tbsp
7/8
3/1/2 oz
98 g
1/2 cup
1
1/4 pound
113 g
9 Tbsp
1-1/8
4-1/2 oz
126 g
10 Tbsp
1-1/4
5 oz
142 g
11 Tbsp
1-3/8
5-1/2 oz
155 g
3/4 cup
1-1/2
6 oz
170 g
13 Tbsp
1-5/8
6-1/2 oz
184 g
14 Tbsp
1-3/4
7 oz
198 g
15 Tbsp
1-7/8
7-1/2 oz
212 g
1 cup
2
1/2 pound
227 g
17 Tbsp
1-1/8
8-1/2 oz
241 g
18 Tbsp
1-1/4
9 oz
255 g
19 Tbsp
1-3/8
9-1/2 oz
270 g
1-1/4 cups
1-1/2
10 oz
284 g
21 Tbsp
1-5/8
10-1/2 oz
298 g
22 Tbsp
1-3/4
11 oz
312 g
23 Tbsp
1-7/8
11-1/2 oz
327 g
1-1/2 cups
3
3/4 pound
341 g
25 Tbsp
1-1/8
12-1/2 oz
355 g
26 Tbsp
1-1/4
13 oz
370 g
27 Tbsp
1-3/8
13-1/2 oz
384 g
1-3/4 cups
1-1/2
14 oz
398 g
29 Tbsp
1-5/8
14-1/2 oz
412 g
30 Tbsp
1-3/4
15 oz
427 g
31 Tbsp
1-7/8
15-1/2 oz
441 g
2 cups
4
1 pound
454 g

 

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