On Sun 07 Dec 2008 01:20:21p, Mark Thorson told us...

> 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.

Both are always available here in the Phoenix area, shape depending on
manufacturer.

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Wayne Boatwright
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