stick butter

[ozzie roamer]

Hi All,

looking on cooking page and noticed you mentioned 1 stick of butter,as we normally use grams or ounces just wondering how much a stick weighs.

Thanks
ozzie roamer :blush:

 

[Weight]

"Last Tango in Paris"

 

[ozzie roamer]

One stick of butter is 1/4 pound,  approximately 114  grams

Thanks for that,can now try some of of your recipes 

Ozzie roamer

 

[VanFan]

...recipes in my channel if you want to look.
https://www.youtube.com/sofisintown

Absolutely wonderful!!

 

[crofter]

Here is a recipe for fudge / frosting using butter.

1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup powdered sugar
1 stick soft butter
1 to 2 tablespoons water or other liquid

Whisk together cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Whip the butter, and add the powder bit by bit whipping between. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons liquid for the consistancy you want. Store as you would butter.

This is a tasty alternative to chocolate recipes using heavy cream. Requires a strong arm or a power mixer. Enjoy.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

@sofisintown
I liked your croquettes de courgettes recipe, looks yummy and easy to make, featuring zuchini one of the healing foods for your gut along with onion and garlic.
-crofter

Link to recipe followed by link to channel.


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7Fqdrqkn4ugsKWSHDp7PO0esG9jh_x6

 

[crofter]

This looks like a great recipe for Greek salad, but the only butter is on your side of bread. I have noted from Sofi's video link below.
-crofter

2 tomatoes or a cup of grape tomatoes halved
1 bell pepper or poblano pepper
1 cucumber
1/2 red onion
1/3 cup feta cheese
1/3 cup Greek kalamata olives
Pinch Greek oregano
Olive oil & vinegar
Salt & pepper
Capers are optional

Slice onion and soak briefly before adding. Cut the veggies in bite size chunks. Cube or crumble the feta. Add olives and spices, toss with olive oil and vinegar. Add capers as desired. 

Serve with bread.

 

[crofter]

Here is a recipe for fudge / frosting using butter.

1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup powdered sugar
1 stick soft butter
1 to 2 tablespoons water or other liquid

Whisk together cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Whip the butter, and add the powder bit by bit whipping between. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons liquid for the consistancy you want. Store as you would butter.

This is a tasty alternative to chocolate recipes using heavy cream. Requires a strong arm or a power mixer. Enjoy.
-crofter

This stuff is really good as fudge and much better than commercial candy bar for your chocolate fix. Makes 12 servings of candy bar size: 120 calories each with ( 9 grams fat-14 grams carbs-1 gram protein). The cocoa powder contains caffein, about 16 grams per serving. You could wrap the bars in wax paper or cling wrap. Nature will eat it out of the bowl. Contains 10 grams sugar per serving, 1/3 daily max if you are low sugar.
-crofter

 

[nature lover]

Hey I saw that reference to nature eating out of the bowl. And I want you to know I resemble that remark. No spoon required It taste better right off my finger.

Here’s something that’s good and easy to make. Bake cornbread use one of those mixes in a box and add some butter to make it good. Then when the school break the cornbread up in a bowl little chunks about half an inch or an inch. Chop up any veggies you have tomatoes onions spinach any veggie you can eat raw. Mix the veggies up in the cornbread with some mayo and you have cornbread salad. It really is a treat especially after in the refrigerator for our or two.

 

[maki2]

Good idea for reducing the need to refridgerate butter when canping is to heat ot up and turn it into Ghee by taling out the water and milk solids. That way it will keep at room temperaturw, no refrigeration neededv without getting moldy.

You can buy jars of ghee in the grocery stores but it cost a fair amount. Much less expensiive to make your own from cheaper blocks og butter sold by the pound rather than in packages of 4 quarter pound sticks.

 

[crofter]

...Bake cornbread use one of those mixes in a box and add some butter to make it good. Then when the school break the cornbread up in a bowl little chunks about half an inch or an inch. Chop up any veggies you have tomatoes onions spinach any veggie you can eat raw. Mix the veggies up in the cornbread with some mayo and you have cornbread salad. It really is a treat especially after in the refrigerator for our or two.

Sounds like a yummy use for leftover cornbread also.  I put chunks of cornbread in the bottom of soups for extra richness.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

Oh no! French fries and potato chips have been found to cause cancer. At least according to this article. They also say you can eat all the boiled potatoes you want, all in how the foods are cooked. A truly tragic day for the french fry. I wonder if fast food palaces will begin serving potato salad or mashed? What will become of my fave way to eat hamburger, a la tater tot cassarole???
-crofter

https://www.cspinet.org/new/200206251.html

In toast too?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/aug/15/food.foodanddrink

 

[crofter]

FDA says in their guidance, that we weren't supposed to be eating all those french fries and potato chips even before the discovery of acrylamide. Also say it is used in water treatment and cosmetics. But no info on the cancer risk of having it on your skin. Link to article about ongoing research.

https://www.fda.gov/food/chemicals/acrylamide-and-diet-food-storage-and-food-preparation

Fortunately there are many ways to make tasty potato salad with those boiled potatoes. My fave is with shaved ham and gherkins in it
 Yum.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

And it is in sunscreen among other things, risk of breast cancer. Time to get out my microscope and read all those labels on the cosmetics. Link to article.
-crofter
https://www.safecosmetics.org/get-the-facts/chemicals-of-concern/polyacrylamide-2/

Banned in the UK, but my derma-E lotion made in CA and my Desert Essence products made in NY does not contain any. My Olay products do not list ingredients, still checking. -c

Olay products do contain acrylamide which passes through the skin at the risk of causing cancer. Throwing away all my expensive Olay products, but I can't throw away the stuff that has been on my skin for many years.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

Well TMI about personal care products. DMDMhydantoin may be in your fave designer shampoo but is said to cause cancer and make your hair fall out. Link to lawsuit info follows.

https://981thehawk.com/lawsuit-claims-popular-shampoo-contains-formaldehyde-and-causes-hair-loss/

So check your shampoo and also steer clear of dimethicone (silicone) in all its forms, use leads to hair loss. But it will kill lice, so you may be balding now but no bugs. 

Dr Bronners soap does not contain any of that.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

Good idea for reducing the need to refridgerate butter when canping is to heat ot up and turn it into Ghee...

Here is some info from the Pioneer Woman on Ghee, and directions for making it.
-crofter

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a91575/how-to-make-ghee/