How I learned to measure butter

As a former Home Ec. teacher, I know that method was taught in Home Ec. classes.

Marie, thank you for that nifty tip.

Els

Jan it sounds like the test that Archimedes (spelling) came up with to figure out the weight of things, while he was sitting in his bathtub and the water overflowed when he stepped in to his bath.

Els

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I learned that too, but I think I never practised it for my students. In Norwegian recipes, butter most often is measured in gram weight. There are lines on the butter paper so you can cut slices (50g or 100g...) so MY job was to teach them toevaluate WHEN it was nessesary to be accurate and use weight, and when you could just take a litte more..(....or hopefully:less! LOL) AUD ;-))

My mother taught me that, too, but I usually find it too much trouble. Fortunately, most butter and margarine can now be bought with the measurements marked on the wrapper.

Katherine

I vaguely remember my Mom doing that when I was little too. Thank you for the reminder, Marie! :o)

Gemini

That's how I learned to measure shortening in Home Ec in high school.

Jenn

Archimedes, "Eureka," water, bathtub, no?

JaneB

Exactly!

Kather> Archimedes, "Eureka," water, bathtub, no?

Now this brings up the question of who was the first person to use the standardized cup measurement in cooking. I read about it somewhere, and I can't recall where, but it seems to me that standardized measures are a relatively recent innovation - early 20th century perhaps? It seems to me it was an American woman. Dora I'll ponder this while watching the House Doctor and eating supper.

I nominate Fanny Farmer.

Lol JaneB