Half a cup of Butter?
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Half a cup of butter = 1 stick.
Wtf? How heavy is a stick? (How long is a piece of string?)
This coconut pie recipe is turning out to be more complicated than understanding Mrs ddc...
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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago
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Bloody Americans.
Here you go, from Nigella's website.
Nigella's books are converted for the US and quite often the US edition is sold in other countries, Hence butter will appear in tablespoons and sticks, rather than as a given weight.
US butter is sold in 1/2 or 1 pound packages and divided into "sticks". Each stick weighs 1/4 pound/4 ounces/110g. One stick also contains 8 tablespoons and for convenience the packaging is marked with the tablespoon measures. Each tablespoon weighs 1/2 ounce which we usually equate to a metric weight of 15g.
Hope that helps and while we're on the topic... Mmmmmm, Nigella 
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Thanks Prof, and Chip,
4oz 
There was another recipe that called for 'half and half', but back in my day that meant half a pint of ale with half a pint of bitter, which seemed a bit of a waste of good beer really! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick. "
Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My teacher told me at Junior school (many moons ago) that when asked the question 'how long is a piece of string?' answer with 'twice the distance from the middle to the end' - I've never forgotten it.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick.
Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard."
I'll leave that one in don't need to know category |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick.
Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard.
I'll leave that one in don't need to know category"
Knowledge is so important. One day, possibly faced with some quantum/mass balancing conundrum while rooted to the spot and with only a limited number of everyday(ish) objects to hand and being rapidly encircled by an angry mob of extraterrestrial flesh-eating monsters, this could prove to be of critical importance to your continued survival. And ability to bake biscuits. |
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"just to let you know...."we" are watching.... 
p.s are you still trying to make the coconut pie..... i was going to suggest you go to any good carribean bakery and they would sell you one..... but i can't imagine there are many in derbyshire....
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You're right, the closest Derbyshire gets to ethnic food is when they stock Staffordshire Oatcakes, Yorkshire breadpudding and Eccles Cakes from Lancashire!
I'm going to struggle with the final recipe instruction - 'leave it alone until it's fully cold'.
Thinking of serving it with whipped cream laced with Malibu...
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can make biscuits and gravy "
Oooh Biscuits.
I miss those with KFC.
Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"I can make biscuits and gravy
Oooh Biscuits.
I miss those with KFC.
Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!
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that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can make biscuits and gravy
Oooh Biscuits.
I miss those with KFC.
Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!
that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!!"
I like to sit outside a KFC ruminating on the pain and suffering that they inflict on their chickens. Sorry, maybe another thread ... |
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By *omaMan
over a year ago
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"Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but half a cup is 125 ml.
I find half a cup doesn't offer much support, full cup is better  "
Ah but it looks Sexier . . Quarter cup even more so! |
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"Thanks Prof, and Chip,
4oz
There was another recipe that called for 'half and half', but back in my day that meant half a pint of ale with half a pint of bitter, which seemed a bit of a waste of good beer really!"
Half and half is the devil's seed.
US gallons are different to ours, so simple conversions are often not simple at all. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can make biscuits and gravy "
had a holiday job in a USA truck stop diner. biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
once you are past the first bite, heaven.
but grits..... not for me
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By *arrapsMan
over a year ago
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"just to let you know...."we" are watching....
p.s are you still trying to make the coconut pie..... i was going to suggest you go to any good carribean bakery and they would sell you one..... but i can't imagine there are many in derbyshire....
You're right, the closest Derbyshire gets to ethnic food is when they stock Staffordshire Oatcakes, Yorkshire breadpudding and Eccles Cakes from Lancashire!
I'm going to struggle with the final recipe instruction - 'leave it alone until it's fully cold'.
Thinking of serving it with whipped cream laced with Malibu...
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Forget the pie,just drink the Malibu....you won't care how many sticks of butter go into a cup |
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"I can make biscuits and gravy
Oooh Biscuits.
I miss those with KFC.
Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!
that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!!"
there just bloody scones lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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At least you did not call us "Yanks". I sit here with my stick of butter which is 4oz. net weight= 1/4 pound. By volume it is 8 tbsp.= 1/2 cup. 1/2 cup= 4 fl. oz. (fluid ounces of volume) I have trouble with this myself and I was born here. You can buy 2L of Coca-Cola or 1L of water. Other than that, people are very resistant to the metric system over here. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I just used to use a random cup or mug to measure the ingredients and it always worked. I only recently bothered to check (thanks Google) and found that a cup is 8oz. |
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