Ok, I have a question, I'm sure it will sound like a stupid one to you Americans but, I'm willing to risk sounding stupid, I NEED TO KNOW...... When ever I get a recipe from an American site I have to do some conversions, I don't mind that, but will someone please tell me what "stick" of butter is????? Is it a 1/4 cup?? 1/2 cup?? and what is a "cube" of butter??? I really don't know. Thanks a bunch! OK, I see that even some of you aren't sure. Some say it's a 1/2 cup, some say it's a 1/4 cup. That makes me feel better. At least I'm not the only person who needed this cleared up. I'm going to go with most of you who say it's a 1/2 cup. The "cube thing is still a mystery though..... that's ok I'll go with Ilene W and take the recipe into context! good advice! Thanks to all of you, I appreciate your help!

a standard stick of butter is 1/2 cup. I don't think a "cube" of butter is a common measure in the US. Not sure if that would mean a stick of butter or a piece nearly cube-sized, like and inch on a side (about 2.5mm)

I'm not sure what a "cube" of butter is, but I can always remember a stick being 1/2 cup.

A stick of butter is equal to 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons. . A cube of butter most likely is 1 tablespoon. Hope this helps

There are 4 sticks of butter per pound so a stick of butter is 1/4 pound or 4 oz. Sometimes a cube of butter might be a stick but it is really a rough measurement usually. More like a pat of butter. Depends on the context of the recipe.

A "stick" of butter and a "cube" of butter are the same thing. When you buy a pound of butter in the USA it comes with 4 sticks or cubes, which is 1/2 cup. The entire pound of butter is 2 cups total. And just for the record, a "pat" of butter is a tablespoon, and there are 8 tablespoons in a "stick" or "cube" of butter.

I don't remember the last time I purchased stick butter. Most now days is in a tub of sort. I believe it's a 1/2 cup. Check AllRecipies.com I think they have good conversion chart.

A stick of butter = 1/4 pound and therefore (roughly) just less than .125Kg. Yours was not a stupid question. We should have converted to Metric in 1973 when the push was on to do so. Good luck, eh?

ok 1 stick= 1/2 cup and a cube of buttter is 1 cup

You don't sound stupid. I understand that conversions can be a pain in the neck. One stick of butter is equivalent to 1/2 cup or 8 Tablespoons. I'm pretty sure that a "cube" of butter is referring to the same thing. You see, in America, butter and margarine are sold in a box that holds 4 "sticks". or in other words, 2 cups. Americans can be very sloppy with language, so if you have a recipe that says "cube" take it into context. For example: if you are making cookies and it says to use one cube of butter, it is far more reasonable to assume that it would be 1/2 cup rather than 1 Tablespoon. However if you are going to sautee an onion in a "cube" of butter, it would be ridiculous to use 1/2 cup, but reasonable to use 1 Tablespoon. Sticks I know, cubes--that's just sloppy English.

butter is sold by the box, the box weighs 1 pound (16 Oz's.) in the box there is 4 "sticks' of butter, each "stick of butter weights 1/4 of a pound each. Sorry but I don"t know about a "cube" of butter either.

BUTTER IN THE US IS GENERALLY SOLD IN ONE POUND (16 OUNCE) PACKAGES.....IN THE PACKAGE ARE FOUR WRAPPED PACKAGES OF BUTTER--EACH IS FOUR OUNCES---MEASUREMENTS ARE OFTEN PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE---YOU WOULD JUST CUT THE STICK AT THE NEASUREMENT YOU WANTED---BUT IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH YOURS THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE--1/4 CUP IS 4 TABLESPOONS --A HALF CUP IS ONE STICK---THE REST IS JUST MULTIPLYING THESE.

When we purchase butter, it comes either in a 1 pound chunk or in 1/4 pound "sticks". I have never heard the term a "cube" of butter, so I can't help you with that one.

A cube of butter it half a stick or 4 Tablespoons.

A stick is 1/2 cup, and a cube is 1 tablespoon.

OK, a stick of butter is 1/2 cup, or a quarter of a pound - or around 110 grams. But how on earth can "a cube" of butter mean a stick? If I remember my English right the shape is entirely different - or is the language being re-invented? I'd go with 1 cube = 1 tablespoon.

a stick of butter is 1/4 lb. of butter, in the US, they cut1lb of butter into 4 sticks and each stick is individually wrapped in wax paper