Snoop Puss
Head Chef
I'm a Brit living in Spain. So sorry for asking what is probably a dumb question for 99.9999% of the DC population:
What exactly is a stick of butter? I've been guessing it's what's sold as a standard 8 oz /250 g block in Britain and Spain. But I've just spotted a sweet potato halva recipe that has 2 sticks to three sweet potatoes. Wow. That's a lot of butter if my assumption is right. Can someone confirm what a stick of butter weighs?
Plus, I think under the Dutch Babies thread there's a recipe that calls for 4 tbs of butter. But in the instructions, it says 4 oz. If I cut a 4 oz chunk of butter, it looks like more than 4 tablespoons to me. When you all say a tablespoon of butter in your recipes, is it a kind of shorthand for an ounce? Or is it that a US tablespoon is bigger than a European tablespoon (15 ml, according to the measures I have)?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
What exactly is a stick of butter? I've been guessing it's what's sold as a standard 8 oz /250 g block in Britain and Spain. But I've just spotted a sweet potato halva recipe that has 2 sticks to three sweet potatoes. Wow. That's a lot of butter if my assumption is right. Can someone confirm what a stick of butter weighs?
Plus, I think under the Dutch Babies thread there's a recipe that calls for 4 tbs of butter. But in the instructions, it says 4 oz. If I cut a 4 oz chunk of butter, it looks like more than 4 tablespoons to me. When you all say a tablespoon of butter in your recipes, is it a kind of shorthand for an ounce? Or is it that a US tablespoon is bigger than a European tablespoon (15 ml, according to the measures I have)?
Thanks in advance for any replies.