Butter is fucking nuts, people!
Did you know that depending on where you live, your butter stick will have a different shape? Say what?!
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The dominant shape east of the Rocky Mountains is the Elgin, or Eastern-pack shape. The sticks are 4.75″long and 1.25″wide, and are usually sold in somewhat cubical boxes stacked 2×2.
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However, if you live west of the Rocky Mountains, the butter is now referred to as the Western-Pack shape. These butter sticks are 3.125″long and 1.5″wide and are typically sold packed side-by-side in a rectangular container.
But here’s the kicker – both sticks contain the same amount of butter. Not only that, wait for it… while the stick’s wrapper is usually marked off as 8 tablespoons, the actual volume of one stick is approximately 9 tablespoons. WTF?!
Sit down, there’s more.
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India produces and consumes more butter than any other nation.
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In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different color from butter. The dairy board claimed margarine was beginning to resemble butter, and would therefore be mistaken for real butter. The government tried to impose mandatory coloring of margarine, which was disgusting (see image above). Now it’s almost white.
Go get the butter. - Bernardo Bertolucci
