Simple. Take the wrapper off the stick. Fold it so you have one butter width of the wrapper and fold the ends in. Now fold the wrapper twice, so that you have one quarter of the full length of the stick as your width. This will give you an exact measurement of two tablespoons. To recap: 1. remove the wrapper. 2. fold the ends in so the wrapper is now exactly as long s the stick of butter. 3. fold the wrapper so the width is the same width as the stick of butter. 4. fold the length twice so it's now the length of one quarter a stick, or 2 tablespoons.
Questions? > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:53 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [CnD] Any hints for cutting tablespoons of butter off a stick? > > Hi all, > I usually have a sighted person cut the proper amount of butter off the > sticks we keep, because I always forget to pickup one of those slicers. > Today, though, it's just me, but I want to make a cake for when > everyone else gets home. It calls for two tablespoons of butter, and > all I have are the usual 8-tablespoon sticks. Does anyone have any > hints on how I might cut the proper amount, given that I can't, of > course, see the markings on the butter's wrapper? This cake is somewhat > forgiving, but I'm notoriously bad at estimating butter and I'd rather > not take a chance on messing up the rest of the cake if I don't have > to. Thanks. > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
