Butter - Sticks, tbs and oz

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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.
 
Okay - I'll give it a shot! In America, our butter is usually sold in 1 pound pkgs that are divided into 4 'sticks', each one being 1/4 pound, 4 oz, or 8 tablespoons.

Re the Dutch babies recipe, it looks like there's an error there; I'll post the question to Corazon, but I'd wait on doing that recipe til she answers!

Re the sweet potato recipe, our 2 sticks would be 8 oz. total, whereas it sounds like your 'sticks' would be a pound!

Hope that helped a little!
 
Thanks Marmalady. Most definitely did help. Now I'll be a bit more confident when tackling some of the recipes posted on DC.
 
Here is what a stick of butter looks like...
 

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A picture is as good as a thousand words, GB. Thanks. I have to learn how to post pictures too. My description of Puy and Salamanca lentils would have been obviated by a photo or two!
 
I am glad that helped!

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