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By *erbyDalesCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Half a cup of Butter?

Tries t'interweb:

Half a cup of butter = 1 stick.

Wtf? How heavy is a stick? (How long is a piece of string?)

This coconut pie recipe is turning out to be more complicated than understanding Mrs ddc...

Mr ddc

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire

Tell me about it!!!!!! Found the pin site and most recipes are american.... Each cup measurement is different depending on the ingredient...... FFS leaves me exasberated!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but half a cup is 125 ml. How that translates to weight of butter I don't know though.

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By *histler21Man
over a year ago

Ipswich


"Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but half a cup is 125 ml. How that translates to weight of butter I don't know though."

Doesn't the depend on the specifc gravity of butter?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A 'stick' of butter is 4oz.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or 110g in new money.

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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago

Staines

Bloody Americans.

Here you go, from Nigella's website.

Nigella's books are converted for the US and quite often the US edition is sold in other countries, Hence butter will appear in tablespoons and sticks, rather than as a given weight.

US butter is sold in 1/2 or 1 pound packages and divided into "sticks". Each stick weighs 1/4 pound/4 ounces/110g. One stick also contains 8 tablespoons and for convenience the packaging is marked with the tablespoon measures. Each tablespoon weighs 1/2 ounce which we usually equate to a metric weight of 15g.

Hope that helps and while we're on the topic... Mmmmmm, Nigella

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Thanks Prof, and Chip,

4oz

There was another recipe that called for 'half and half', but back in my day that meant half a pint of ale with half a pint of bitter, which seemed a bit of a waste of good beer really!

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

its the uk thats a pain in the arse as the older generation used the cup method more than by weighing them out as that was only done at the shop where you bought your ingredients from

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts


"Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but half a cup is 125 ml. "

I find half a cup doesn't offer much support, full cup is better

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Half and half is half milk half cream mixed together

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Half and half is half milk half cream mixed together "

Sounds like a bi orgy to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick. "

Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My teacher told me at Junior school (many moons ago) that when asked the question 'how long is a piece of string?' answer with 'twice the distance from the middle to the end' - I've never forgotten it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick.

Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard."

I'll leave that one in don't need to know category

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

just to let you know...."we" are watching....

p.s are you still trying to make the coconut pie..... i was going to suggest you go to any good carribean bakery and they would sell you one..... but i can't imagine there are many in derbyshire....

if you try an independent bakery... they may be able to do one for you... thats what i do for proper "buttermilk biscuits" as even the posh bastards at M&S and Waitrose wont do them....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm a guesser and trial and error but had no idea how much butter was in a stick.

Noone has ever been able to tell me how much shit is in a shitty stick. You'd think there would be a consistent standard.

I'll leave that one in don't need to know category"

Knowledge is so important. One day, possibly faced with some quantum/mass balancing conundrum while rooted to the spot and with only a limited number of everyday(ish) objects to hand and being rapidly encircled by an angry mob of extraterrestrial flesh-eating monsters, this could prove to be of critical importance to your continued survival. And ability to bake biscuits.

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire


"just to let you know...."we" are watching....

p.s are you still trying to make the coconut pie..... i was going to suggest you go to any good carribean bakery and they would sell you one..... but i can't imagine there are many in derbyshire....

"

You're right, the closest Derbyshire gets to ethnic food is when they stock Staffordshire Oatcakes, Yorkshire breadpudding and Eccles Cakes from Lancashire!

I'm going to struggle with the final recipe instruction - 'leave it alone until it's fully cold'.

Thinking of serving it with whipped cream laced with Malibu...

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon


"Half and half is half milk half cream mixed together

Sounds like a bi orgy to me."

Haha

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I can make biscuits and gravy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can make biscuits and gravy "

Custard creams and oxo?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can make biscuits and gravy "

Oooh Biscuits.

I miss those with KFC.

Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get yourself down to the bakery/kitchen supplies shop and buy a measuring cup set. You'll be sorted for life then.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"I can make biscuits and gravy

Oooh Biscuits.

I miss those with KFC.

Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!

"

that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can make biscuits and gravy "
i can make a mess

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can make biscuits and gravy

Oooh Biscuits.

I miss those with KFC.

Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!

that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!!"

I like to sit outside a KFC ruminating on the pain and suffering that they inflict on their chickens. Sorry, maybe another thread ...

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By *omaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but half a cup is 125 ml.

I find half a cup doesn't offer much support, full cup is better "

Ah but it looks Sexier . . Quarter cup even more so!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"Thanks Prof, and Chip,

4oz

There was another recipe that called for 'half and half', but back in my day that meant half a pint of ale with half a pint of bitter, which seemed a bit of a waste of good beer really!"

Half and half is the devil's seed.

US gallons are different to ours, so simple conversions are often not simple at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can make biscuits and gravy "

had a holiday job in a USA truck stop diner. biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

once you are past the first bite, heaven.

but grits..... not for me

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By *arrapsMan
over a year ago

port talbot


"just to let you know...."we" are watching....

p.s are you still trying to make the coconut pie..... i was going to suggest you go to any good carribean bakery and they would sell you one..... but i can't imagine there are many in derbyshire....

You're right, the closest Derbyshire gets to ethnic food is when they stock Staffordshire Oatcakes, Yorkshire breadpudding and Eccles Cakes from Lancashire!

I'm going to struggle with the final recipe instruction - 'leave it alone until it's fully cold'.

Thinking of serving it with whipped cream laced with Malibu...

"

Forget the pie,just drink the Malibu....you won't care how many sticks of butter go into a cup

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Watch the video '2 girls, 1 cup' as a measuring guide

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I went to make a lovely creampie for dessert. The things I saw searching for that recipe

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall


"I can make biscuits and gravy

Oooh Biscuits.

I miss those with KFC.

Nothing like a two piece and a biscuit, sat watching the world go by on the Blueridge Parkway!

that is the one thing I still miss whenever i come back from the states... proper KFC biscuits with chicken!!!"

there just bloody scones lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At least you did not call us "Yanks". I sit here with my stick of butter which is 4oz. net weight= 1/4 pound. By volume it is 8 tbsp.= 1/2 cup. 1/2 cup= 4 fl. oz. (fluid ounces of volume) I have trouble with this myself and I was born here. You can buy 2L of Coca-Cola or 1L of water. Other than that, people are very resistant to the metric system over here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just used to use a random cup or mug to measure the ingredients and it always worked. I only recently bothered to check (thanks Google) and found that a cup is 8oz.

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