On Dec 7, 3:20�pm, 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.

At the ethnic market chain I shopped on Lung Guyland they sold butter
shaped like a pillow, unfortunately I can't remember the brand, I
think it was the name of a local dairy. It was good butter, I bought
it when it was on sale, double wrapped in heavy crinkly parchment, a
one pound butter pillow. I checked but no butter pictured this week:
http://www.comparesupermarkets.com/showSales.php?SID=19