my daughter wants to know if one can say a jar/tin/kilo/bag/bottle/packet/carton of butter? which is correct?

Answer 1

well
I have never seen a jar or tin or bag of butter
but a pound of butter (if it is a pound)
or a packet (if it is wrapped in a packet

it really depends on how it is wrapped
often it is a pad of butter

Answer 2

It depends how it is packaged . . .
Is it in a jar ? in a tin ? If so, they would be OK.
If it is 1 kilo in weight then, a kilo of butter would be correct.
Is it in a bag, or a bottle ? Then a bag or bottle would be OK but butter rarely comes in a bottle.
A packet might be the small prepackaged portions they have at fast food restaurants, but just asking for butter would be sufficient.

Answer 3

It depends on how it is packaged and or the weight of the portion.
Kilo may be appropriate in countries that use the gram weight system. Here it would be a pound. A stick of butter is 1/4 pound that is individually wrapped. You can purchase butter by the 5 gallon bucket for use in institutional or large commercial kitchens. I've heard of a tin of butter but only in British references.
Butter pats or butter chips are individually wrapped single servings that are purchased in bulk though they can be made in the kitchen at fancier resturaunts. Butter is used by the cup or fraction there-of for baking recipes. I suppose that would convert to a litre system in other countries. Then there are colloquial terms such as dab, smidgeon, skoash, etc. to describe small amounts. I believe butter was measured in firkins at one time too. A firkin is quite a lot of butter for a household though.

Answer 4

I've never seen butter in a jar, tin, bag or bottle.

In the states, butter comes in a pound (which has 4 sticks of butter) or a tub. Or those little individual 'pats' of butter that you get at a restaurant.

Answer 5

Well, this probably won't help you but in America we would say:

A "pat" of butter---a little bit. A single serving

A stick of butter---1/4 of a pound box of butter. Here

A half cup of butter= 1 stick

A tablespoon of butter= 1 tbsp or 1/8th of a stick

Answer 6

You should refer to it by weight/mass (kg/lb) or by specific volume (Tbsp, liter, etc). To say jar, bottle, etc would leave open the question as to how big of a bottle or jar.

Answer 7

tub sounds better