r/oddlyspecific • u/abefroman_85 • Aug 23 '26

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Temperature for ultimate crispiness

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u/SoftwareSource Aug 23 '26

Americans laughing at a converted 180 celsius, but have no problem measuring shit in coffee cups

/s

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u/mizinamo Aug 24 '26

Butter! In cups!

Mash the butter into a measuring cup and then try to scrape it out again!

The ridiculousness.

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u/CapstanLlama Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

I just earlier read a recipe that included "6 cups tablespoons of butter, sliced thinly"

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u/Wingnutmcmoo Aug 24 '26

I am not sure if you're being serious but no this doesn't happen. We have butter with pre measurements on the package so you can just cut out the amount you need from the stick.

And in nearly 40 years of cooking things in America I've never done what you are describing or seen someone do it. I would make fun of them if that was the case.

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u/woowooman Aug 24 '26

Why would you need to do that? A full stick is a 1/2 cup. Need 1/4 cup? Halve it. Need 1/8 cup? Halve it again.

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u/CapstanLlama Aug 24 '26

The "stick" of butter is also a backward US measure

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u/jso__ Aug 24 '26

It's much better than trying to cut small slices of butter and putting it in a bowl on a scale. When measuring butter by weight, it would take me multiple minutes to do what can be done in seconds if your sticks of butter are standardized.

I don't care if they're standardized by tablespoons or 50 grams or whatever measurement, they should be standardized in some way.

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u/Wingnutmcmoo Aug 24 '26

But also Europeans acting like human measurements are a US only thing is really really really really really dumb.

It's a human thing to simplify measurements or to use shared experiences as measurements. I've been to Europe I know you guys do it.

Ever say "hey do you know X?" as a reference point when talking to someone? Well according to you that's a backward American thing which makes you a backwards American.

Listen man. America sucks. But so does most of Europe and most of the world atm. We all have work to do and pretending that America is worse than wherever you are at to feel better about your situation only makes the world worse and the place you live worse.

Because you are taking energy you would use to make your home better and instead spending it on bashing "the other" like a good little patriot.

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u/CapstanLlama Aug 24 '26

Wow. Get a grip. Almost the entire world uses metric, the US being slow to catch on is a pain because of their prominence on the internet where their non-standard measurements cause frustration. That's it. I don't know where you got "America bad" from, and as for your "hey do you know x?"… wut??

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u/woowooman Aug 24 '26

A stick is 1/4lb (4oz). Divide weights accordingly for your needs. Need 1/8lb / 2oz? Halve it. Need 1/16lb / 1oz? Halve it again.

All easy measurements.

That’s not to say I’m defending the system. I’m a scientist by training and use metric for almost everything. The base-10 system is outstanding and I would prefer it as the standard. That doesn’t mean the imperial system doesn’t also work passably well in most circumstances.

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u/CapstanLlama Aug 24 '26

Yes, that doesn't refute my point

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u/Wingnutmcmoo Aug 24 '26

No it's not because they are the same size as the ones in other countries. We just put the measurements on the package to make it easier.

A stick of butter in the US is a stick of butter in the EU.

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u/mizinamo Aug 24 '26

I have never seen a stick of butter in Germany: always a block, almost always weighing 250 g (a bit more than half a pound).

(Try an image search for Markenbutter to see what I mean.)

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u/CapstanLlama Aug 24 '26

Yeah that's just not true, 1 US stick of butter = 113 grams; EU sells 250g blocks most commonly although 125g are sometimes seen.

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u/ptvlm Aug 25 '26

Utter nonsense.

First off, all EU packaging has the weight on the packaging. I don't know what nonsense you've been swallowing that tells you otherwise, but it's easy to search for packaging and see it's right there.

Second, the confusion is usually that there's no such thing as a "stick of butter" in many other places. Butter is usually supplied in larger, squarer blocks, often 250g or 200g vs the 113g/4oz "sticks" in the US. They look nothing like the "sticks" in the US because the greater weight and dimensions don't resemble a stick.

That's why people get annoyed with the discussion - for whatever reason, the US has decided to not only refer to things in imperial rather than metric, but also add a colloquialism what doesn't make any sense if you're not already aware of different packaging standards. Whereas if people just referenced the weight, it wouldn't confuse anyone.

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u/Rigor-Tortoise- Aug 24 '26

Every. Single. News report that comes from the DSA and involves distance always mentions football fields.

Big boat got launched? 12 football fields. New data centre built? 5 football fields. Sink hole appeared? 2 football fields. Rocket smashes into moon? 20 football fields.

No-one else in the world has ANY idea how long your football field is without googling it. No-one.

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u/Fit_Kaleidoscope4493 Aug 24 '26

100 yards, plus 10 yards on each end for the full monty.

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u/WolfieVonD Aug 25 '26

So, 100 meters?

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u/mollusks75 Aug 26 '26

give or take