Help with US cooking terms!!!!

[The Old Ram-Australia]

Hi Gang,Can you help? Jenny needs to know what is a "peck"?..........How many "sticks " do you get from a 1/2 a lb of butter?

I told her that the "forum" would know the answer,they "KNOW" everything..............................T.O.R...........................

 

[Crooked Gate Farm]

No clue on the peck mesurement. It is two sticks of butter to a half pound. Hope that helps some.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day CFG,thanks ,I told her so,the forum knows "ALL".....T.O.R.........

 

[Sunny]

I googled it, and this is what I came up with..

8 quarts = 1 peck (pk) = 537.605 cubic inches = 16 pints
4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu) = 2150.42 cubic inches = 32 quarts

 

[Sunny]

And here is a Butter Conversion Chart..

Hope it helps you out..

http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking_butter.htm

 

[old fashioned]

oops, nevermind. Sunny just answered perfectly.

 

[tamlynn]

wow, a peck. That's not something I hear often.

A half pound of butter is 2 sticks.

One stick of butter is 1/4 pound, or 8 TB or 4 oz. but you probably have to convert those measurements too! That link above is perfect. I had to figure it out when I started buying butter in 1 lb. bricks that weren't divided up into sticks with little guidelines on the wrapping paper.

 

[Denim Deb]

When I think of pecks, I think of Peter Piper. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

 

[Wannabefree]

When I think of pecks, I think of Peter Piper. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Weird...first thing I thought of was chickens

 

[i_am2bz]

LOL, I first thought of the old song "I love you/a bushel & a peck/a bushel & a peck/And a hug around the neck..."