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pensnest ([personal profile] pensnest) wrote2013-11-15 03:11 pm
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How does one measure 3/4 cup butter without going mad?

Seriously. I don't use cup measurements often, but butter measured in a cup sounds ridiculous. What do I do?
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[identity profile] joyfulseeker.livejournal.com 2013-11-15 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Butters in the states have gradations marked on the wrapper, and then you just cut down with a knife at the proper marking. Don't know if that'll help in a non-cup-based system! alternately, find the density of butter, convert the 3/4 cup measurement to a mass, and just weigh it out on a scale...

Looks like 3/4 cup is 177 mL, and the density of butter is .911 g/mL. Therefore 3/4 cup is ~162 grams. If this helps?
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[personal profile] pensnest 2013-11-15 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When we had butter in oz (8oz blocks) we had that, too. We now get it in grams, and I think the little markings divide the bars into 1/5ths, tho' I'd have to go downstairs to check (so we may never know).

I think I'll go with what Topaz said on DW and make it 6oz. I still think in oz anyway, for cooking.
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