Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by account42 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @05:33AM
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Do people here not always have an open pack of butter in their fridge?
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by vidarh on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:30AM
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For my part: Only around christmas-time, as it's the only time I bake.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by antonyh on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @11:59AM
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We have salted butter for the table, and unsalted for baking. We don't bake often enough to want unopened packs if we can avoid it.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by account42 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @04:09AM
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Pre-salted butter is another weird American thing that's completely unnecessary. Butter is also great for cooking and you can keep it for months in the fridge without issues.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by rkomorn on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @04:17AM
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Salted butter is a weird American thing?
It's much easier finding unsalted butter in the US than in Portugal.
In fact, unsalted butter has been the default everywhere I've lived in the US.
Edit: not to mention, say, salted butter being a point of pride for Britany.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by detaro on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @04:24AM
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It's not really an American thing. It's a pretty wild mix which regions use which how much all across the world (well, across places that commonly use butter obviously)
Most butter here (and in a number of other countries) have measuring lines on the pack itself in 50g increments, so while I agree with you it's a nuisance to have an open one to deal with, the measurement part is usually a matter of using a knife along the marked line...
If the "certain brands" you refer to don't have those measuring lines, though, then a pox on them...