sally > wrote:
: W. Baker wrote:

: > RodS > wrote:
: > : What is a 1/2 stick of butter? They only sell butter by weight here not
: > : by the log. :-)
: >
: > : (- -)
: > : =m=(_)=m=
: > : RodS T2
: > : Australia
: >
: > 2 oz as there are 4 sticks to the pound
: >
: > Wendy

: I am going to try this tomorrow and am getting confused with the sticks
: of butter. I get my butter/marg in a 1 lb block and am guessing there
: are 4 sticks if I remember a while back to when the pound was
: occassionally divided. I calculate the 2 1/4 sticks to equal 1 cup + 1/8
: cup of butter. Please correct me if I am wrong. Hope this is as good as
: it sounds as the carb content if pretty low althought the calories sure
: add up.
: Thanks,
: Sally

Correct. One cup is 2 sticks or 16 tablespoons so 2 tablespoons is one
2 ounces or 1/8 of a cup.

Wendy