Johnathan's last post, with its tip for party planning, reminded me of my favorite Firefox searchbar instant unit conversion:

which leads, inevitably and in the spirit of adventure, to this:

Now to find the right recipe...
Posted by madhava at June 5, 2008 07:29 PMIs a "US stick of butter" bigger or smaller than a Canadian stick of butter?
Posted by: Justin Dolske at June 5, 2008 09:02 PMThe metric stikke is a little smaller, but right now things are about on par.
Posted by: madhava at June 5, 2008 09:27 PMAs we say in German, "auf ex". That should do as a recipe.
Posted by: Axel Hecht at June 6, 2008 04:20 AMI think you're looking for a recipe by Paula Deen, you can find her on the Food Network.