Dr. Yubsie
Okay, Americans, dying to know: Are your butter packages marked in tablespoons or something?
Dr. Yubsie
Because I can't understand why this recipe says eight tablespoons of butter and not... half a cup
Haunted Boobs
Yes, yes they are
Haunted Boobs
At least some of them
Nox
I've never noticed tbh
kikibug13
Yon Fellow
American butter is in sticks almost exclusively
Artemis
oh! that explains a lot
Yon Fellow
I was mildly flummoxed to find that this is not a thing in Canada because it seems infinitely less convenient
c_for_characters
My wife confirms yes.
Caletara
Haunted Boobs
Artemis
I had always figured Americans just hate themselves enough to measure butter by sticking tablespoons into a slab of butter and measuring like that
Yon Fellow
No.
Yon Fellow
Good lord
Yon Fellow
We're not that barbaric
Yon Fellow
/Shot
𝓉𝒶𝒸𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒
Yes tablespoons
rana
The normal sticks are, the premium stuff like kerrygold isn't (iirc I only have cheap butter rn lmao)
Corpse Sniffer
yep
Dr. Yubsie
Ah, you CAN buy butter in sticks in Canada but it's more expensive and I never figured it was worth it when I can cut the butter 
Caletara
hahahahaha its all backwards. weird!
Dr. Yubsie
Let me tell you, seeing "a stick of butter" when your butter comes as a two cup block...
Artemis
we have our butter packages marked in 50g
Blighty
wait how does canada butter work
Blighty
Blighty
fascinating
Dr. Yubsie
https://www.loblaws.ca/... Like this. A block of butter.
Dr. Yubsie
No-name butter measurement lines
The first picture I find of the measurement lines is of course "Uh guys you're doin' it wrong
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
yes in america they're packaged with tbsp lines on the wrapper
Blighty
it's kind of like how cream cheese is in america if you get it in a block
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
and a stick is a 8 tbsps/half a cup
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
(well, a normal stick. you can get bigger)
Sharkleberry
tablesspoons
Sharkleberry
8 is a cup
sailor bii
what you do is before you cut your butter, you press the back of the knife just a little bit in through the paper, then you unwrap and cut where the dent is
Sharkleberry
i mean half theyare usually labeled how much is a cup
rana
Oh interesting, most of the time butter is sold in packs of 4 (half cup each) so it really is just like
sailor bii
unless you don't care about making sure the cut end has paper to cover it, then you just cut through the paper
rana
The 2 cup block but quartered into sticks
sailor bii
also, there's two kinds of stick
sailor bii
long and thing vs short and fat
sailor bii
they both have the same amount of butter in them, though
Yon Fellow
sailor bii
: We always just cut through the paper down to the bottom layer and then folded the paper from the bottom up to cover the exposed butter.
sailor bii
... that's smart
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
you can also buy tubs but in general the sticks are used when baking because of the convenience
sailor bii
yeah, it's easier to measure
antler queen
Yes. They have tablespoon markings on the sticks.
ᾣατεrƒεʅʅ
they are yeah
ᾣατεrƒεʅʅ
though to me it always takes a second when i see "quarter cup" to mentally make that tablespoons lol
antler queen
a lot of them will also have quarter cup markings so if you don't know offhand that's half a stick it helps you
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
yeah
sailor bii
they'll have third cup ones too
𝐎𝐡, 𝐉𝐨
Yes, tablespoons on all the ones in my house currently.
𝐎𝐡, 𝐉𝐨
But they also have the 1/3rd and 1/2 cup marks, too.
akinoame
Yep, same! Both for butter and margarine. It always seemed weird to me when recipes written for other countries just kind of have you eyeball it?
akinoame
Like...two tablespoons of butter to fry with. That way you can make sure you're going to have it even when you need more to bake with later
Amiho ho ho
does anyone else feel like looking at this Plurk is like a glimpse into another dimension
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
i feel this way any time i learn a new thing about the rest of the world
StupidSexyV⚠der
you can get rent cheap butter that's just a block too but in general yeah
you can get rent cheap butter that's just a block too but in general yeah
StupidSexyV⚠der
so. three of us took pictures of our butter 
Dr. Yubsie
What is the point of having a bunch of Americans on Plurk if I can't play "Wait is that a thing in America?"
Dr. Yubsie
LIke school nurses and wearing shoes in the house!
c_for_characters
My wife and I are constantly surprised by the differences. For instance, she came from a benighted part of the US that had heard neither of All Dressed chips or Vernors.
c_for_characters
Both of which, I might add, only ever showed up at the FANCY grocery store with big "MADE IN CANADA" stickers on them, as exotic items.
Nox
I mean Vernor's is just in the soda section at Walmart with everything else down here, and it's not like we're anywhere near Canada-land >>
c_for_characters
It's penetration is weird and they only went full-national in the US in the past ten years. It really depends where you are.
StupidSexyV⚠der
yeah it was hard to find in Ohio for a while
StupidSexyV⚠der
'all dressed' chips still are
c_for_characters
If you ever develop a pressing need for them, when the border comes back open we could mail some
StupidSexyV⚠der
don't tempt me
c_for_characters
We have even Ketchup Doritos up here now, on occasion. Canada's chip choices are insane, but we pursue them vigorously.
Nox
Ketchup Doritos sound wrong
c_for_characters
They are, absolutely unholy.
c_for_characters
I may not be great at defining what is holy, but I know unholy when I see it. But like most unholy things, they are delicious.
Dr. Yubsie
I do not care for most dinstinctly Canadian chip flavours
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
yeah vernor's has only been a common thing for a little bit, before i never saw them
c_for_characters
The bigger question: have you ever had a Boston Cooler?
c_for_characters
Vernors being the base ingredient
Yon Fellow
At the risk of getting deported, ketchup chips are an abomination
c_for_characters
People say that about ALL the fun things But it's all about the mixture and intensity, so even I'll admit some brands are too much.
But it's all about the mixture and intensity, so even I'll admit some brands are too much.
c_for_characters
And making ketchup flavoring to sprinkle on popcorn was a bridge too far.
Dr. Yubsie
I don't like ketchup so ketchup chips are also a no
c_for_characters
That would kinda do it, yeah.