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JimL > wrote in
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> On Sep 27, 9:46 pm, "M. Halbrook" > wrote:
>> "Ray" > wrote
>> :
>>
>> > Hi, could someone please interpret a measurement in a recipe that
>> > calls for 1 or 2 sticks of butter ?\

>>
>> > Imperial or metric please...
>> > regards
>> > Ray..............TIA

>>
>> 1 stick = 4 oz =1/4 lb

>
> That's four ounces of weight. But one stick is also eight ounces of
> volume, equal to half a cup.
> (I think)
>
>

Nope. 1 stick is 4 oz by weight or by volume.