Originally Posted by
ziegamomma
Mac, what is a cube of butter? Is that a stick, which equals 1/2 cup of butter? I love lemon curd! I have been given a bunch of lemons, but I want to make the best recipe ever. This one sounds really easy.
This needs to be answered. Out west they use butter in a different shape then we do in the mid-west. Ours in the mid-west are long thin sticks at 1/2 cup each. We call them "sticks". Each stick is wrapped in paper that has Tablespoon markings on it. Each line is one tablespoon. Easy to cut off what you need. I just cut through the paper.
Out west a quarter pound of butter is a shorter chunky stick, so is probably called a cube. Could someone please explain how the tablespoons are marked on these shorter sticks, and what their measurements are?