2007-02-17 10:36:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Most American sticks of butter are 1/2 cup, and there are tablespoon measurements on the wrapper. You really wouldn't need to measure it unless you didn't have any wrapped butter. If you need to meausure butter for any reason I would suggest a dry measuring cup, unless you need melted butter, in which case I'd say go for the liquid measuring cup.
2007-02-17 10:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's traditional. We're used to it. You measure a cup of butter by cutting off an appropriate amount from the package of butter(it's marked on the wrapper), or you use the displacement method by putting water and butter in the cup until you have a cup total, or you place the butter in the cup all by itself. Or you take a good guess. I can' t think, off the top of my head, of a recipe asking for butter that will be ruined if you don't get the butter measurement exact to the gram. You'd never need to measure a cup of steak. You buy a steak and cook it. It says how much it weighs when you buy it. And what kind of recipe needs an exact amount of brie? North American cookbooks are written with recipes in cups, so weighing ingredients when cooking form one of those cookbooks becomes a major nuisance because you'd have to convert all those cup measurements to weights. The only place where weighing ingredients can make a practical difference is in baking, where weighing flour can give a more accurate measure than measuring it with a cup.
2016-05-23 23:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. There are markings on the stick. One quarter of a pound of butter is 1/2 cup. Two sticks are 1 cup. Etc. If it is 1/4 cup you need, cut a stick in half. If you are using tub margarine, you can spoon some into water in a measuring cup to measure it; any cookbook can explain how to measure shortening, but it won't taste very good.
2007-02-17 10:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by rainbeauclown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally you use stick butter when cooking that has the measurements on the side, if all you have is tub butter then use a dry measuring cup, just make sure you pack the butter in so you get the right amount
2007-02-17 10:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by super_dooper_dooooper_man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't require anything if you know that 1 lb. of butter is 2 cups. The butter that comes in wrapped quarters has the measurements on the wrapper.
2007-02-17 10:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by Karen? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't need a measuring cup for butter. Each 4 oz cube equals 1/2 cup of butter. On each cube you will find markings indicating how much butter is in each section. Just slice and use or melt as needed!
2007-02-17 10:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a liquid measuring cup. pack the butter in it. there you go.
2007-02-17 10:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by Sierra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the measurements for the butter are on the wrapper to the butter. . .
2007-02-17 10:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by whiteknight0o7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you have a bunch of answers Koko. Don't worry about all the harshness. They once had a "first day" too!!
2007-02-17 11:01:11 · answer #9 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋