Dominant Magazine
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • Culture & Arts
  • Fashion
  • Home & Living
  • Relationships
  • Style & Beauty
  • Weddings
  • Work/Life
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • Culture & Arts
  • Fashion
  • Home & Living
  • Relationships
  • Style & Beauty
  • Weddings
  • Work/Life
No Result
View All Result
Dominant Magazine
No Result
View All Result

East And West Coast Butter Is Different, And We’ve All Been Living A Lie

Related articles

The Best KitchenAid Stand Mixer Models To Get For Your Kitchen

24 Products That’ll Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard

We’ve all had realizations that make us feel like we’ve been living a lie ― like the discovery that it’s “Berenstain Bears” and not “Berenstein Bears.” This week, a tweet about butter spawned another one of those “whoa” moments for people across the country.

On Jan. 22, Panic Inc. co-founder Cabel Sasser tweeted an ad for “a smarter butter dish” that promises to hold both “West & East Coast butter” and shows two differently shaped sticks to represent each. His accompanying text sums up the reaction many of us had: “i’m sorry, what.”

Advertisement

The ad appears to be for a product called Butter Hub, which promises to “solve everyday problems” that plague butter eaters, thanks to its size accommodations, magnetic lid, extended feet, scoop ramps and scrape edge.

Sasser followed up his initial tweet with “still learning new things every day,” a sentiment echoed in the replies.

TIL that there are two different sizes of butter sticks and also that idiots previously designed butter dishes with such tolerances that they simply couldn’t fit both types from the get go.

— Paul Carpenter (@xmetal) January 22, 2022

First east-coast/west-coast rap feuds, now butter.

— Glenn Fitzpatrick (@gfitzp) January 22, 2022

How can we unite as a country when we can’t even agree on the same size butter.

— J (@thesingerinAM) January 22, 2022

Some staffers at HuffPost were similarly flabbergasted by the notion that there could be a difference between the sticks of butter on the East and West coasts. New York and Los Angeles editors rushed to their refrigerators to inspect and compare their respective butters and found that … it’s true!

Indeed, butter on the East Coast tends to be sold in long and narrow sticks, while on the West Coast, the sticks are shorter and wider (and sometimes called “stubbies”).

Advertisement

In February 2021, TikTok user @bloodbathandbeyond shared a video explaining the reason behind the difference. The radio show “Marketplace” also did a segment on this piece of dairy history in 2014.

The gist (or shall we say the long and skinny) is that early 20th century butter was sold in 1-pound blocks, in most cases. In 1907, a New Orleans-based chef asked his butter supplier, Swift & C., to give him the product in quarter-pound sticks instead.

The concept clearly caught on. Over time, these skinny East Coast sticks of butter came to be known as Elgin sticks after Elgin Butter Co. in Elgin, Illinois, which was once known as the butter capital of the world. The Elgin Butter Co. manufactured the widely used butter press (the Elgin Butter Cutter) that standardized the shape and size.

Although the eastern side of the U.S. dominated the dairy industry for a long time, its western counterpart decided to ramp up production in the 1960s. But it didn’t use those Elgin-style machines.

Advertisement

So, as John Bruhn ― former director of the Dairy Research and Information Center at the University of California, Davis ― told “Marketplace,” “the size of the cube you see in the West is a result of newer equipment purchased at the time to package the butter.” Basically, their new machines made the stubbier sticks known as “West Coast butter.”

To this day, the difference persists, leading to some culture shock among transplants.

the shorter, wider butter was the second biggest culture shock moving to california, the first being that hellman’s mayo is called best foods here??

— owen (@me_north_of) January 22, 2022

Some butter storage products come in multiple sizes to accommodate the regional divide, and one on Amazon even offers a helpful map graphic to help customers determine which version they need.

But even if you’re a bicoastal baker, you need not worry. You’re still getting the standard 8 tablespoons of butter per stick, no matter which style you buy. Just make sure you’re measuring out the right amounts when you bake your next delicious treat!

Related…

Previous Post

Joni Mitchell Yanks Music From Spotify To Back Neil Young Over Joe Rogan’s COVID Lies

Next Post

I Dressed Like ‘Seinfeld’ Characters For A Week, And Now You Can Too

Related Posts

The Best KitchenAid Stand Mixer Models To Get For Your Kitchen
Home & Living

The Best KitchenAid Stand Mixer Models To Get For Your Kitchen

24 Products That’ll Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard
Home & Living

24 Products That’ll Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard

31 Viral TikTok Home Products That Just Make Sense
Home & Living

31 Viral TikTok Home Products That Just Make Sense

The Essential Cocktail Glasses You Need At Home, According To Experts
Home & Living

The Essential Cocktail Glasses You Need At Home, According To Experts

This New High School Comedy Is The Top Movie On Netflix
Home & Living

This New High School Comedy Is The Top Movie On Netflix

31 Funny TikToks Every Cat Owner Can Relate To
Home & Living

31 Funny TikToks Every Cat Owner Can Relate To

TRENDING

Gwen Stefani And Blake Shelton File For Wedding License In Oklahoma

Gwen Stefani And Blake Shelton File For Wedding License In Oklahoma

The Genius Summer Accessory You Had No Idea You Were Missing

The Genius Summer Accessory You Had No Idea You Were Missing

The Best KitchenAid Stand Mixer Models To Get For Your Kitchen

The Best KitchenAid Stand Mixer Models To Get For Your Kitchen

Anna Delvey’s ‘Art Show’ Was Nothing More Than Whiteness At Work

Anna Delvey’s ‘Art Show’ Was Nothing More Than Whiteness At Work

Pete Davidson Gets Surprisingly Sentimental In His ‘SNL’ Farewell

Pete Davidson Gets Surprisingly Sentimental In His ‘SNL’ Farewell

Woman Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary By Drinking 50-Year-Old Coors

Woman Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary By Drinking 50-Year-Old Coors

This $15 Lip Jelly Is The Perfect Nude Gloss For Women Of Color

This $15 Lip Jelly Is The Perfect Nude Gloss For Women Of Color

24 Products That’ll Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard

24 Products That’ll Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard

‘Real World: New Orleans’ Star Melissa Beck Is Still Giving Us Comic Relief

‘Real World: New Orleans’ Star Melissa Beck Is Still Giving Us Comic Relief

Johnny Depp’s Slow Burnout

Johnny Depp’s Slow Burnout

  • Advertise with us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Terms & Conditions

© 2021 Copyright - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • Culture & Arts
  • Fashion
  • Home & Living
  • Relationships
  • Style & Beauty
  • Weddings
  • Work/Life

© 2021 Copyright - All rights reserved.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT