Mark Thorson wrote:
> I hadn't realized there's a regional variation in the
> shape of butter sticks.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter#..._butter_sticks
>
> I'd seen the longer Eastern-pack sticks, but I
> thought that was just a quirk of one manufacturer.
>
> I didn't realize that's the way it's done in half
> the country.

I've only seen the shorty sticks a few times. Mostly
the sticks are long.

nancy