Tuesday, July 06, 2010

A knob is a knob or is it?

knob-of-butter-surftwisted

 

Trying to locate all my notes on cups vs grams. I know they are somewhere in this house. Haven’t found it yet so googling for conversions.

And found –among more practical notes- this:

A knob

Another definition for "knob" of butter is the amount of butter you get when you slice the corner of a block of butter to form an isosceles right-angled tetrahedron equal to half the height of the block of butter. This averages about 2 tsps.
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(picture from here)

Ah… maybe I’m more of a visual person.

I think I will revert to eyeballing…

10 comments:

  1. Haha-ha-ha!! I just choked on my coffee ... a post most appropriate for my geeky soul. Thanks for making my day!

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  2. Eye ball, yes the truest measure in the universe!
    Is there an icon for spiting coffee on your laptop because you laughed?

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  3. Yeah. Right. Because ... all butter comes in the same geometry? I think not!

    Wonderful find, though.

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  4. ok let's suppose you'll be needing 5 knobs...*gasp* what's a unsuspecting baker got to do? Why.... break out another block for sure!

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  5. I never knew that a knob was an actual measure!! I always thought it was about half way between "some" and "a good shot". I'm reeling at this explanation from "Practically Edible".

    -Elizabeth

    (Can't stop laughing at the "eyeballing" comment.)

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  6. Aha! I love this definition!! I posted some time back about nob vs knob or butter - which is it??

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  7. So funny..what if you need 5 knobs hahaha,this is just too much in the heat!!
    I just assume when they say knobs, pinches and stuff like that you're free to interpret.

    I always wondered how much a cup of apple slices is... it would all depend on how you pack them in there wouldn't it. Thank God for metrics!

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  8. So.... If I want more butter in a recipe I should buy the 1000gr block instead of the 500gr block? The triangle being bigger?

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  9. Wow, who knew there was so much math involved in butter?
    Eyeball all the way! :-)

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  10. If you need 5 knobs.....just turn the pack and start on the other 4 corners/knobs.
    Life is simple....;-
    Hubbie

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